Netanjahu ordnet Verhandlungen zu Freilassung “aller Geiseln” an

Inmitten der israelischen Vorbereitungen auf die Einnahme der Stadt Gaza hat Israels Regierungschef Benjamin Netanjahu die Aufnahme “sofortiger Verhandlungen” zur Freilassung “aller Geiseln” angeordnet. Er habe angewiesen, “unverzüglich Verhandlungen über die Freilassung aller unserer Geiseln und die Beendigung des Krieges unter für Israel akzeptablen Bedingungen aufzunehmen”, sagte Netanjahu am Donnerstag in einer Videobotschaft. Unterdessen verstärkte […]

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Chile, Argentina football fans trade blame over stadium violence

Argentine and Chilean football fans traded blame on Thursday after a pitched battle in a Buenos Aires stadium involving knives, sticks and stun grenades, which left 19 people injured, three seriously. More than 100 people were arrested over some of the worst sporting violence South America has seen in years. Chilean President Gabriel Boric described […]

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Palestinian camps in Lebanon begin disarming

Some armed Palestinian groups in Lebanese refugee camps began handing over their weapons to the authorities on Thursday after reaching a deal earlier this year, with Washington hailing the move as a “historic step”. The efforts at disarmament came after the Lebanese government, under US pressure, tasked the army with formulating a plan to also […]

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Canada measles cases pass 4,500, highest count in Americas

Canada’s measles case count has passed 4,500, with the western province of Alberta — which has about five million people — recording more cases this year than the United States, figures updated Thursday showed. World Health Organization data released this month show Canada accounts for about half of all the confirmed measles cases across the Americas […]

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Five dead as ‘thunderous’ bomb attack hits Colombian city

Colombian authorities said five people were killed and dozens more injured when a truck bomb tore through a busy street in the city of Cali on Thursday, deepening the country’s most serious security crisis in decades. Police said the explosion targeted a military aviation school in the city’s north — a fresh challenge to Colombia’s […]

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Adidas entschuldigt sich in Mexiko für Verwendung von indigenem Design bei Schuh-Modell

Der deutsche Sportartikelhersteller Adidas hat sich nach massiven Vorwürfen aus Mexiko wegen “kultureller Aneignung” hinsichtlich eines von ihm verwendeten Designs bei einem neuen Sneaker-Modell offiziell entschuldigt. Die Schuhe des deutschen Unternehmens seien “in Anlehnung an ein ursprüngliches Design (…) entworfen” worden, sagte die Rechtsvertreterin von Adidas Mexiko, Karen González, am Donnerstag. Sie räumte ein, dass […]

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Libanon beginnt mit Entwaffnung palästinensischer Flüchtlingslager

Im Libanon haben bewaffnete Palästinensergruppen mit der Übergabe ihrer Waffen an die libanesischen Streitkräfte begonnen. Am Donnerstag habe in der in Burdsch al-Baradschneh südlich der Hauptstadt Beirut gelegenen palästinensischen Flüchtlingssiedlung die “erste Phase des Prozesses der Waffenübergabe aus den palästinensischen Lagern” begonnen, erklärte der Vorsitzende des libanesisch-palästinensischen Dialogkomitees, Rames Dimaschkieh. Ein AFP-Fotograf berichtete von einem […]

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Lil Nas X arrested after nearly naked nighttime stroll in LA

A nearly naked Lil Nas X was picked up by police Thursday after being found wandering through Los Angeles in just his underwear and a pair of white cowboy boots. Video posted on TMZ appeared to show the “Old Town Road” artist almost in the buff as he strutted down the major thoroughfare in the […]

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EU gets 15% US tariff for cars, but fails to get wine reprieve

The US and EU released details of a trade deal Thursday that foresees lower car tariffs but no relief for Europe’s wine sector, but Brussels said it would push for further concessions. US President Donald Trump and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen clinched a framework accord in July for most EU exports to […]

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