Lufthansa vence oferta comercial de ações da TAP Air Portugal

A companhia aérea alemã Lufthansa venceu a licitação para adquirir uma participação majoritária na TAP Air Portugal, conforme anunciou nesta quarta-feira (14) o primeiro-ministro português, Luís Montenegro, após meses de esforços para privatizar a companhia aérea resgatada pelo Estado. A Lufthansa superou a Air France-KLM com uma oferta de 1,025 bilhão de euros (cerca de 5,74 […]

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Macron says French student protesters ‘exploited’ by political forces: spokeswoman

French President Emmanuel Macron believes the students waging three weeks of protests that have closed many schools have “legitimate” grievances but are also being “exploited” by political forces, a government spokeswoman said Wednesday. The leader, who is in his final six months of office, has asked the government to come up with “concrete responses” to […]

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Ukraine war reaches shores of Bulgarian fishing village

After a series of drone attacks on ships off the coast, the conflict in Ukraine has taken on a new immediacy for residents of Krapets, a tiny Bulgarian Black Sea fishing village. When Stefan Irinkov, 82, heard a loud bang in the early hours of Tuesday, he thought little of it — until he learned […]

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Houthis atacam novamente a Arábia Saudita; FMI teme impacto regional e global

Os houthis do Iêmen reivindicaram, nesta quarta-feira (14), bombardeios contra uma instalação da empresa de petróleo Aramco e o aeroporto de Riade, no mais recente capítulo de uma crise com a Arábia Saudita que preocupa o Fundo Monetário Internacional (FMI) por seu impacto global e regional. A capital da Arábia Saudita, potência regional e principal […]

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Restrictions expose Ukraine’s Starlink dependency in Russia war: observers

Restrictions reported by Ukraine on its use of the US satellite internet system Starlink have exposed Kyiv’s reliance on the technology for both offensive and defensive operations in its fight against Russia’a invasion, analysts and observers say. A senior Ukrainian official, who asked not to be named, told AFP on Wednesday that Starlink data communication […]

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Pope out of bed, progress ‘normal’ after lung cancer operation

Pope Leo XIV is out of bed, walking and eating after doctors removed a cancerous tumour from his lung, while post-surgery tests show his progress is “normal”, his doctors said Wednesday. Part of the pope’s right lung was removed in Tuesday’s operation at Rome’s Gemelli hospital and the leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics […]

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Brazil probing ‘criminal’ origin of forest fires: minister to AFP

Brazil is probing possible “deliberate criminal activity” behind surging fires in the Amazon, as well as possible links to a tense election period, Brazil’s environment minister told AFP. The northwestern state of Amazonas, home to a huge chunk of the world’s largest rainforest, has recorded almost double the wildfires so far in October as in […]

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Lufthansa gewinnt Bieterduell um Airline TAP aus Portugal

Im Bieterwettstreit um Anteile an der portugiesischen Fluglinie TAP hat sich die Lufthansa gegen die niederländisch-französische Air France-KLM  durchgesetzt. Nach Angaben der Regierung in Lissabon bot der deutsche Luftfahrtkonzern 1,025 Milliarden Euro für eine 44,9-prozentige Beteiligung an der Airline, die in der Corona-Krise vom portugiesischen Staat gerettet worden war. Für die Lufthansa ist die Beteiligung […]

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