For two years, hundreds of thousands of Lady Gaga lovers wondered why the main fan account dedicated to the superstar musician had gone silent across social media. In September, they got their answer: the founder of “Gaga Daily” had been in prison in Belarus. The authoritarian country, a close ally of Moscow wedged between Russia […]
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For two years, hundreds of thousands of Lady Gaga lovers wondered why the main fan account dedicated to the superstar musician had gone silent across social media. In September, they got their answer: the founder of “Gaga Daily” had been in prison in Belarus. The authoritarian country, a close ally of Moscow wedged between Russia […]
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One message told him to “go to hell.” Others said he deserved to be imprisoned. Death threats poured in. Asians who share a name with one of the men accused of raping a US university student have faced a torrent of online abuse. The alleged 2024 gang rape of a Cornell University student, detailed in […]
Read MoreBrazil’s Amazonian Indigenous communities are watching with bated breath as presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro inches closer to power, recalling the damage wrought on the rainforest under his father Jair Bolsonaro. The surname they share “represents everything bad for us,” Inara Waty, leader of the Satere-Mawe people in the Amazonian city of Manaus, told AFP.”It mainly […]
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Alberta voters decide next week if they want the oil-rich province to begin the process of separating from Canada, a pivotal test for the country as it confronts a hostile United States. Polling indicates less than a quarter of Alberta’s roughly five million people want independence, but in an interview with AFP on Tuesday, a […]
Read MoreEU leaders on Thursday head for their biggest clash yet over the bloc’s next long-term budget, as they race to lock in a deal before next year’s French presidential election. The 27-nation European Union wants an agreement by Christmas, worried that any future dealmaking will be derailed by potential eurosceptic wins in polls taking place […]
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Artificial intelligence has become a lightning rod in climate debates over concerns about the growing carbon footprint of the data centres powering the technology. The issue will be in the spotlight at the COP31 climate summit in Turkey next month, with the hosts saying they will push for “climate-responsible AI”. But the discussion over the […]
Read MoreUS-Präsident Donald Trump hat Papst Leo XIV. nach dessen Krebsdiagnose eine schnelle Genesung gewünscht. Er wünsche sich, “dass Papst Leo wieder gesund wird”, sagte Trump am Mittwoch nach einem Wahlkampfauftritt in Bullhead City im Bundesstaat Arizona. “Das ist eine große Sache. Krebs ist immer eine große Sache, aber die Prognose scheint gut zu sein”, fügte […]
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Der Drogenbeauftragte der Bundesregierung, Hendrik Streeck (CDU), hat das ab diesem Donnerstag geltende bundesweite Alkoholverbot an Bahnhöfen begrüßt. “Alkohol ist nicht die Ursache jeder Auseinandersetzung, aber er kann Konflikte verschärfen und Hemmschwellen senken”, sagte Streeck der “Rheinischen Post”. Deshalb begrüße er das bundesweite Alkoholkonsumverbot der Deutschen Bahn (DB) “ausdrücklich”. Bahnhöfe müssten Orte sein, “an denen […]
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