Polish police are investigating after arresting a man suspected of plotting an attack against Prime Minister Donald Tusk and defence minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz, the interior ministry told AFP on Sunday. Searches were continuing at the suspect’s home, ministry spokeswoman Karolina Galecka said, adding: “information about this man will of course then be verified by the police.”This […]
Read MoreFinance ministers and central bankers meet in Bangkok this week for the annual gatherings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, with the global economy buffeted between the US-Iran war’s energy shock, rising debt pressures and the AI boom. The meetings run from Monday through Saturday in the Thai capital, and will see policymakers […]
Read MoreIn Polen ist nach Hinweisen auf einen möglichen Attentatsversuch gegen Ministerpräsident Donald Tusk und Verteidigungsminister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz ein Verdächtiger festgenommen worden. “Der Mann, der mit einem Attentat gedroht hat, ist festgenommen worden”, schrieb Tusk am Sonntag im Onlinedienst X. Nach Angaben von Innenminister Marcin Kierwinski wurde der etwa 60 Jahre alte Mann im Südwesten Polens […]
Read MoreUS President Donald Trump sowed confusion on Sunday, announcing an “energy ceasefire” between Ukraine and Russia that sparked astonishment in Kyiv, silence from Moscow and support from Ukraine’s Western allies. But the ceasefire appeared shaky at best as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia struck multiple Ukrainian power plants on Sunday, including one in the […]
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Eurodeputy Raphael Glucksmann was on Sunday elected the centre-left candidate for next year’s French presidential elections, organisers of the vote said, winning comfortably in the first round. Glucksmann, 46, who leads the centre-left Place Publique party, won 66 percent of the 120,787 votes cast in the primary. Socialist Party leader Olivier Faure was a distant […]
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Pope Leo XIV on Sunday announced he would have an operation “in the coming days” for a lump on his lung, saying it had been located “at a very early stage”.”During recent medical checks, a nodule on my lung was found. It has been detected at a very early stage and is very localised,” the […]
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva led a massive rally Sunday to call for more days off for workers ahead of an election runoff against his right-wing opponent Flavio Bolsonaro. A sea of people massed along Sao Paulo’s Paulista Avenue, which was awash in red, the color of Lula’s Workers’ Party. The leftist leader, […]
Read MorePakistan placed a northern province under emergency rule on Sunday, the president’s office said, following anti-government demonstrations by supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and militant violence in the northwest. Thousands of Khan’s supporters have been marching in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to demand his release and airing anti-government criticism fuelled by harsh economic […]
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Russland hat nach Angaben des ukrainischen Präsident Wolodymyr Selenskyj nach der Ankündigung von US-Präsident Donald Trump zu einer “Energie-Waffenruhe” zwischen Kiew und Moskau Energieanlagen in der Ukraine angegriffen. “Die Russen haben ein Kraftwerk in Kiew mit einer Schahed-Drohne angegriffen”, schrieb Selenskyj am Sonntagabend in Online-Netzwerken. Später habe es noch weitere Angriffe auf Energieanlagen in der […]
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