Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado emerged from nearly a year in hiding to greet supporters in Oslo on Thursday after she won the Nobel Peace Prize. It was unclear how Machado managed to travel to Norway, or how she will return after Venezuela said it would consider her a fugitive if she left the country. “Of […]
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Am Donnerstag kommen die Finanzminister der Eurozone in Brüssel zusammen, um einen neuen Präsidenten aus ihrer Mitte zu bestimmen. Nach dem Rücktritt des Iren Paschal Donohoe können die 20 Minister der Eurogruppe zwischen zwei Kandidaten wählen: dem griechischen Finanzminister Kyriakos Pierrakakis und seinem belgischen Kollegen Vincent Van Peteghem. Donohoe wechselt auf einen Spitzenposten bei der […]
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Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz (CDU) empfängt am Donnerstag Nato-Generalsekretär Mark Rutte in Berlin. Gegen 10.35 Uhr wollen die beiden gemeinsam vor die Presse treten. Rutte wird laut Nato zudem eine Grundsatzrede bei einer Veranstaltung der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz halten (14.00 Uhr). Im Anschluss ist eine Podiumsdiskussion mit Bundesaußenminister Johann Wadephul (CDU) geplant. Die Nato muss sich derzeit […]
Read MoreDie sogenannte Koalition der Willigen zur Unterstützung der Ukraine will am Donnerstag in einer Videokonferenz über Sicherheitsgarantien für das von Russland angegriffene Land beraten. Dabei solle es auch um den Beitrag der USA gehen, hieß es in Paris. Das virtuelle Treffen unter dem Vorsitz von Frankreich und Großbritannien steht im Kontext der jüngsten Debatte über mögliche […]
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Sensible people might prefer to flee at torpedo speed from a great white shark, but there’s one job in Australia that pays you to race towards the predators. And when you reach the big fish, you have to fix a tracker to its dorsal fin while bobbing in a boat on the ocean swell. The […]
Read MoreAustrian lawmakers on Thursday are expected to approve a law banning headscarves in schools for girls under 14, a move rights groups and experts say is discriminatory and could deepen societal division. Austria’s conservative-led government — under pressure at a time when anti-immigration sentiment is running high — proposed the ban earlier this year. They […]
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A South Korean minister resigned on Thursday after being accused of receiving illegal funds from the Unification Church, a cult-like movement linked to widespread influence-peddling. The church, known for its mass weddings, is currently being investigated on charges of unlawful donations linked to the country’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee. Kim’s conservative husband, Yoon […]
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Once a picturesque Red Sea port, the city of Aden in government-controlled Yemen has been transformed by the massive influx of people fleeing war: electricity cuts are constant, running water scarce and the meagre public services badly overstretched. The centuries-old city has become a haven for people seeking safety and work since Iran-backed Houthi rebels […]
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