A majority of citizens across nine EU countries see a high risk of war breaking out between the bloc’s members and Russia, according to a survey by polling group Cluster 17 published Thursday in the French international affairs journal Le Grand Continent. The poll’s findings, based on a sample of almost 10,000 people from the […]
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French President Emmanuel Macron told Xi Jinping that France and China must overcome their “differences”, as the two leaders met in Beijing on Thursday.”Sometimes there are differences, but it is our responsibility to overcome them for the greater good,” Macron told Xi during the meeting. The Chinese leader echoed Macron, calling for “more stable” ties […]
Read MoreThe children of Hong Kong’s jailed pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai are voicing new alarm for his health, saying his condition has continued to deteriorate. Lai, who turns 78 next Monday, has been behind bars since late 2020 as China clamps down on the financial hub to which it promised a separate system when Britain handed […]
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Under a scorching sun, Nur Apsyah waited in line with hundreds of others, hoping to secure some of the food aid in short supply in Indonesia’s flood-hit Sumatra. She was one of the lucky ones on Wednesday, when soldiers in military fatigues oversaw the distribution of rice to flood survivors. Her town Sibolga has been […]
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Der Bundesgerichtshof (BGH) urteilt am Donnerstag (09.45 Uhr) in Karlsruhe darüber, ob mit der fiktiven Figur Miss Moneypenny aus dem James-Bond-Universum Dienstleistungen beworben werden dürfen. Eine norddeutsche Firma warb mit “Moneypenny” und “My Moneypenny” für Dienstleistungen wie Assistenz oder Buchhaltung. Eine US-Firma, welche die Rechte an den Bond-Filmen verwaltete, klagte gegen die Nutzung durch das […]
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As the United States deploys more military forces and carries out airstrikes on boats in the Caribbean, Venezuelans in South Florida are divided over what President Donald Trump’s next moves should be. Most people in the diaspora here long for a new leader to replace President Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, a country that hundreds of […]
Read MoreOrganizing a World Cup is never simple. But when the host is Donald Trump, it’s even more complicated. In just six months, the United States along with Mexico and Canada will host soccer’s flagship tournament. And the mercurial US president has infuriated his co-host neighbors, threatened to relocate matches, and imposed visa restrictions.- Travel restrictions […]
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Vor dem kommende Woche in Kraft tretenden Verbot von Onlineplattformen für Kinder und Jugendliche hat die Facebook- und Instagram-Mutter Meta damit begonnen, Nutzer unter 16 Jahren von der Plattform auszuschließen. “Wir arbeiten intensiv daran, alle Nutzer, von denen wir wissen, dass sie jünger als 16 Jahre sind, bis zum 10. Dezember zu entfernen”, sagte ein […]
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Lebensmittel aus gentechnisch veränderten Pflanzen sollen in der EU künftig in vielen Fällen im Supermarkt keine Kennzeichnung mehr tragen müssen. Vertreter aus dem Europaparlament und dem Rat der 27 EU-Länder einigten sich nach Angaben beider Seiten in der Nacht zum Donnerstag auf Lockerungen der Regeln für den Einsatz von Gentechnik. Die Änderungen sollen dafür sorgen, […]
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