An ancient dam, pandas and ping-pong: French leader Emmanuel Macron concludes his fourth state visit to China on Friday, striking a more relaxed note after some tough discussions with his counterpart Xi Jinping the previous day on Ukraine and trade. The French president and his wife Brigitte will head to the city of Chengdu […]
Read MoreDonald Trump still seems unsure whether to call it soccer or football. But the US president’s aim is truer when using the world’s favorite sport to score diplomatic goals. Trump will try to do so again Friday when he meets the leaders of 2026 World Cup co-hosts Canada and Mexico at the tournament’s draw in […]
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Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates told AFP on Thursday it is “tragic” that child deaths will increase worldwide for the first time this century because wealthy Western countries have slashed international aid. The United States has cut the deepest, with Gates saying fellow billionaire Elon Musk’s so-called US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was […]
Read MoreWhen Bahara was four months pregnant, she went to a Kabul hospital to beg for an abortion. “We’re not allowed,” a doctor told her. “If someone finds out, we will all end up in prison.”Abortion in Afghanistan is illegal and you can be locked up for having or assisting one. But Bahara was desperate. Her jobless husband […]
Read MoreDer Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) im kommenden Jahr in Wien wird voraussichtlich mit Israel, aber dafür ohne zahlreiche andere Länder stattfinden. Bei einer Sitzung der Europäischen Rundfunkunion (EBU) am Donnerstag in Genf wurde Israels Teilnahme nicht zur Abstimmung gestellt, so dass der Weg für Israel frei ist. Die ARD stellte sich hinter die Entscheidung, die […]
Read MoreUS-Verteidigungsminister Pete Hegseth sieht sich zunehmend scharfem Gegenwind ausgesetzt. Kongressabgeordnete der Republikaner und der Demokraten äußerten sich am Donnerstag in Washington entsetzt über die Tötung von zwei mutmaßlichen Drogenschmugglern, die einen von Hegseth angeordneten Angriff auf ihr Boot überlebt hatten. Eine Pentagon-Untersuchung ergab zudem, dass der Ressortchef mit der Weitergabe von Militärgeheimnissen im Chatdienst Signal […]
Read MoreGerman President Frank-Walter Steinmeier made a rallying cry for Europe’s future global competitiveness at a City of London banquet Thursday, as he wrapped up the second day of his UK state visit. Addressing guests inside the historic Guildhall in the British capital’s financial district, Steinmeier urged the continent to adopt some of the so-called Square […]
Read MoreO presidente da Rússia, Vladimir Putin, está na Índia nesta quinta-feira (4) para aprofundar a relação entre os dois países no setor da defesa, em um momento de forte pressão de Washington sobre Nova Délhi para que deixe de comprar petróleo de Moscou. Putin viajou acompanhado de seu ministro da Defesa, Andrei Belousov, nesta visita […]
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It may not make up for missing out on the Nobel Prize, but President Donald Trump still looked thrilled to arrive at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.”It’s a great honor,” said Trump, gazing admiringly at the ceiling as he hosted the signing on Thursday of a peace deal between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic […]
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