Lawrow: Europäer wollen mit “plumpen Versuchen” Trumps Position zur Ukraine verändern

Russlands Außenminister Sergej Lawrow hat den europäischen Staats- und Regierungschefs vorgeworfen, mit “plumpen Versuchen” die Meinung von US-Präsident Donald Trump zur Ukraine beeinflussen zu wollen. “Wir haben nur eine aggressive Eskalation der Lage und eher plumpe Versuche gesehen, die Position des US-Präsidenten zu ändern”, sagte Lawrow am Mittwoch. Der russische Außenminister bezog sich auf das Gipfeltreffen […]

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Israel mobilisiert 60.000 Reservisten für die Armee

Für das weitere militärische Vorgehen in der Stadt Gaza mobilisiert Israel zehntausende Reservisten. Verteidigungsminister Israel Katz billigte den Plan der israelischen Armee für die Einnahme der Stadt sowie die Entsendung von Einberufungsanordnungen an etwa 60.000 Reservesoldaten, wie ein Sprecher des Verteidigungsministeriums gegenüber der Nachrichtenagentur AFP am Mittwoch erklärte. Die Armee rechnet Medienberichten zufolge mit einem […]

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Nestle unveils method to boost cocoa yields as climate change hits

Faced with climate change diminishing farmers’ yields, Nestle announced Wednesday that it was working on a technique to produce chocolate by using up to 30 percent more of the cocoa fruit. Chocolate is traditionally made using only cocoa beans taken from inside the pod, meaning that a large amount of the fruit — including the […]

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Chinese troops swelter through rehearsal for major military parade

Rows of neatly dressed soldiers marched in unison to shouted instructions at a training ground in humid Beijing on Wednesday, as China prepares to unveil new domestically produced military hardware at a parade next month. President Xi Jinping will inspect troops in the capital’s Tiananmen Square at the event to mark 80 years since the […]

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Russia says discussing Ukraine security guarantees without Moscow ‘road to nowhere’

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that discussing any Western security guarantees for Ukraine without Russian involvement was a “road to nowhere”. NATO military chiefs were set Wednesday to discuss the details of eventual security guarantees for Ukraine amid efforts to broker an end to Russia’s offensive. But Lavrov warned that “seriously discussing […]

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Índia alcança ‘marco’ em energia limpa, mas carvão segue dominando

Na Índia, as fontes renováveis representam agora, anos antes do previsto, a metade da capacidade energética instalada, mas o terceiro maior emissor de gases de efeito estufa segue dependendo em grande medida do carbono para a geração de eletricidade. “Um marco no caminho da transição energética da Índia”, disse o ministro de Energias Renováveis, Pralhad Joshi, […]

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Torrential Pakistan monsoon rains kill more than 20

More than 20 people were killed on Wednesday in a torrential spell of monsoon rain in Pakistan, where downpours have swept away entire villages over the last week, leaving more than 400 dead. Eleven people died in the touristic northern region of Gilgit-Baltistan and 10 others in Karachi, the financial capital in the south, due […]

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