Trump-Regierung ordnet Baustopp für Offshore-Windprojekt in Rhode Island an

Die US-Regierung hat ein nahezu fertiges Windpark-Projekt vor der Küste des Bundesstaates Rhode Island gestoppt. Der geschäftsführende Direktor des Büros für Meeresenergie-Management (BOEM), Matthew Giacona, wies den dänischen Betreiber Örsted am Freitag (Ortszeit) an, “alle laufenden Aktivitäten” einzustellen, um Zeit für eine Überprüfung zu geben. “Insbesondere versucht BOEM, Bedenken im Zusammenhang mit dem Schutz von […]

Read More
Guinea’s junta suspends three main political parties

Guinea’s junta has suspended three main political parties — including that of former president Alpha Conde — for three months, ahead of an electoral campaign for a rewrite of the constitution, according to an order seen by AFP on Saturday. The move came as the west African nation readied for protests called by the main […]

Read More
Senat in Texas stimmt für Neuzuschnitt von Wahlkreisen

Im Ringen um künftige Mehrheiten im US-Kongress hat nach dem Repräsentantenhaus auch der republikanisch kontrollierte Senat des Parlaments in Texas einen von US-Präsident Donald Trump gewollten Neuzuschnitt der Wahlkreise in dem US-Bundesstaat gebilligt. Entlang der Parteigrenzen stimmten in der Nacht zum Samstag 18 Senatoren für den Vorschlag, elf dagegen. Nun muss noch der republikanische Gouverneur […]

Read More
Lyle Menendez denied parole decades after murder of parents

A US judicial commission denied parole Friday to Joseph Lyle Menendez, a day after his brother Erik was also ordered to stay in prison for the murder of their parents in a Beverly Hills mansion more than three decades ago. A California panel ordered the 57-year-old, who goes by his middle name, to remain behind […]

Read More
Bolsonaro defense says Brazil police aim to ‘discredit’ him

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s lawyers denied Friday that he violated restrictions imposed for his detention during his trial over an attempted coup, and accused police of “discrediting” him, according to a document submitted to the Supreme Court. The far-right former president is accused of plotting to cling onto power after losing the 2022 elections to […]

Read More
Rebrand of US culture ‘fixture’ Cracker Barrel sparks backlash

Cracker Barrel has a special place in the hearts of many Americans, offering homestyle American cuisine in a folksy “Old Country Store” setting complete with rocking chairs and occasional country music performances. But an attempt to rebrand the storied US chain has sparked a firestorm of opposition online and opened a new front in the […]

Read More
Five killed in New York state tourist bus crash

Five passengers aboard a tourist bus were killed Friday when their driver got distracted and crashed on a New York state highway, police said. The wreck happened 25 miles (40 kilometers) east of Buffalo as the tourists headed back to New York City after visiting Niagara Falls. The passengers were of Indian, Chinese and Filipino […]

Read More
BundID: Hunderttausende inaktive Konten gelöscht – Nutzungsrate steigt aber

Die Bundesregierung will die Digitalisierung der Verwaltung seit Jahren vorantreiben. Die Zahl der dazu bereitgestellten Nutzerkonten für Bürgerinnen und Bürger ist aber seit Ende 2024 um mehrere hunderttausend gefallen, wie die Nachrichtenagentur AFP aus dem Bundesdigitalministerium erfuhr. Grund ist demnach die Löschung inaktiver Konten. Die monatliche Nutzungsrate des sogenannten BundID-Angebots hat sich den Angaben zufolge […]

Read More
Firefighting games spark at Gamescom 2025

In a video gaming landscape often dominated by fantasy duels and kinetic gunfights, one different genre is standing out in the Gamescom trade fair in Germany: firefighting. Both “Firefighting Simulator Ignite” from German developer Weltenbauer and French studio Exkee’s “Rescue Ops: Wildfire” see themselves as having a social impact beyond fun — whether raising fire […]

Read More