US residents will be able to enter its national parks like the Grand Canyon and Yosemite for free on President Donald Trump’s birthday in the latest move by his administration to elevate his profile. But Americans will lose the current privilege of doing the same on two national days commemorating civil rights icon Martin Luther […]
Read MoreThe mother of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado told AFP Monday she hopes her daughter, who lives in hiding, will be able to collect her Nobel Peace Prize in person in Oslo this week.”Every day I pray the rosary, I ask God the Father, the Virgin, both together, that we may have Maria Corina tomorrow,” […]
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Aus Protest gegen die verzögerte Auszahlung von EU-Agrarsubventionen haben wütende Landwirte auf der griechischen Urlaubsinsel Kreta zwei internationale Flughäfen blockiert. Am Flughafen Heraklion besetzten Bauern am Montag das Rollfeld, so dass nach Angaben der Flughafenverwaltung ab 13.00 Uhr keine Flüge landen oder abfliegen konnten. In Chania sperrten die Landwirte den Zugang zum Flughafengebäude. Zuvor war […]
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US-Präsident Donald Trump will nach Angaben des Weißen Hauses noch am Montag Agrarhilfen im Umfang von zwölf Milliarden Dollar (gut zehn Milliarden Euro) verkünden. Anlass ist ein Runder Tisch mit Vertretern der Landwirtschaft und der US-Regierung in Washington. Der Großteil des Geldes soll laut Medienberichten als Einmalzahlung an die Bauern fließen. Hintergrund sind die Handelsstreitigkeiten zwischen […]
Read MorePolice in Brazil have identified one suspect behind the theft of eight Henri Matisse engravings from a Sao Paulo library and found the robbers’ getaway car, authorities announced Monday. A pair of gunmen stole the late French master’s works, as well as five pieces by the Brazilian painter Candido Portinari, from a library in the […]
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Police in Brazil have identified one suspect behind the theft of eight Henri Matisse engravings from a Sao Paulo library and found the robbers’ getaway car, authorities announced Monday. A pair of gunmen stole the late French master’s works, as well as five pieces by the Brazilian painter Candido Portinari, from a library in the […]
Read MoreA Paramount lançou, nesta segunda-feira (8), uma oferta pública de aquisição da Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) a 30 dólares por ação, desafiando um acordo previamente anunciado entre a empresa e a Netflix. A oferta avalia a gigante do entretenimento em 108,4 bilhões de dólares (578,8 bilhões de reais) e representa um bônus de 139% sobre o […]
Read MoreHere are the nominees in key categories for the 83rd Golden Globe Awards, which will be handed out on January 11.”One Battle After Another” leads all contenders with nine nods, followed by “Sentimental Value” with eight and “Sinners” with seven.- FILM -Best film, drama”Frankenstein””Hamnet””It Was Just An Accident””The Secret Agent””Sentimental Value””Sinners”Best film, musical or comedy”Blue […]
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Thirteen inmates died at the weekend in a prison in Ecuador that has seen 44 killed in violence in the past month, authorities said Monday. The deaths occurred Sunday at a prison in the coastal city of Machala in the southwest of the country and are now under investigation. The state prison authority SNAI said […]
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