The death toll from floods and landslides triggered by Cyclone Ditwah rose sharply to 334 on Sunday, Sri Lanka’s disaster agency said on Sunday, with many more still missing. It is the worst natural disaster to hit the island in two decades, and officials said the extent of damage in the worst-affected central region was […]
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Der Rückzieher des Verbands der Familienunternehmer im Umgang mit der AfD ist bei CDU und SPD auf ein positives Echo gestoßen. “Drohender Mitglieder- und Einnahmeverlust scheint bei Unternehmern zu wirken”, sagte der Bundesvorsitzende des CDU-Arbeitnehmerflügels, Dennis Radtke, dem “Handelsblatt” (Montagsausgabe). Auch Thüringens Innenminister Georg Maier (SPD) lobte den Kurswechsel, nannte es im Gespräch mit dem […]
Read MorePope Leo XIV is set to urge peace and unity on his second day in Lebanon on Monday, bringing a message of hope to young people whose faith in their crisis-hit country has dwindled. After arriving from Turkey on his inaugural visit abroad as pontiff, Leo urged Lebanon’s leaders to serve their long-suffering people, who […]
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Several thousand people rallied in Croatia’s capital on Sunday in an anti-fascist march protesting against the rise of World War II revisionism and far-right views in the country. In recent months, Croatia has been seeing right-wing nationalists increasingly trying to impose their agenda, with subsequent incidents targeting the ethnic Serb minority and the use in […]
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US President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday he had recently spoken with Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro amid soaring tensions between the two countries, while Caracas slammed what it called US preparations for an attack. The United States is piling the pressure on Venezuela, with a major military buildup in the Caribbean, the designation of an alleged […]
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