Costa Rica police said Friday they had arrested four suspects in the killing on its soil of a fierce critic of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega in June. Retired Nicaraguan army major Roberto Samcam, 66, was gunned down at his apartment building in San Jose on June 19 in an attack rights groups and exiled dissidents […]
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Nepal’s former chief justice Sushila Karki was sworn in Friday as the country’s prime minister to lead a six-month transition to elections, after deadly anti-corruption protests ousted the government. The previous prime minister quit Tuesday as parliament was set ablaze.”I, Sushila Karki… take an oath in the name of the country and the people to […]
Read MoreA União Europeia (UE) se comprometeu, nesta sexta-feira (12), a revisar “o mais rápido possível” seus planos para acabar com a venda de veículos com motor de combustão para 2035, diante da crescente pressão da indústria automotiva europeia, que sofre com a crise. A presidente da Comissão Europeia, Ursula von der Leyen, fez este anúncio […]
Read MoreFashion legend Giorgio Armani asked in his will made public Friday for a major luxury group to take a stake in his company, citing LVMH, EssilorLuxottica or L’Oreal as potential buyers. The Italian designer, who died on September 4 aged 91, had kept strict control of the business empire built up over five decades, which […]
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Fashion legend Giorgio Armani asked in his will made public Friday for a major luxury group to take a stake in his company, citing LVMH, EssilorLuxottica or L’Oreal as potential buyers. The Italian designer, who died on September 4 aged 91, had kept strict control of the business empire built up over five decades, which […]
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Climate action is a “moral responsibility” for wealthy polluting nations, Tuvalu’s climate minister told AFP Friday, as the low-lying island nation pursues UN recognition for its heritage threatened by rising seas. The Pacific island nation is one of the places most threatened by climate change, to the point that it might become uninhabitable this century […]
Read MoreNepal’s first woman Supreme Court chief justice Sushila Karki — now the country’s new prime minister — is known for her insistence on integrity and the need for an independent judiciary. Karki, who took the oath of office late Friday from President Ram Chandra Paudel, will lead the political transition in the Himalayan nation after […]
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Ein 18-Jähriger soll in Baden-Württemberg nach einem Streit mit seinem Auto ein Kind überfahren haben. Der Zwölfjährige erlag seinen Verletzungen noch vor Ort, wie die Polizei in Heilbronn am Freitag mitteilte. Demnach soll der 18-Jährige mit seinem Begleiter am Donnerstagabend auf einem Supermarktparkplatz in Niedernhall mit dem Zwölfjährigen und dessen 13-jährigem Begleiter in einen Streit […]
Read MoreDie UN-Vollversammlung hat eine Erklärung zur Wiederbelebung der Zweistaatenlösung für eine Beilegung des Nahost-Konflikts angenommen. Der am Freitag mit großer Mehrheit verabschiedete Text fordert ausdrücklich die Entmachtung der im Gazastreifen herrschenden radikalislamischen Hamas. Für die sogenannte New Yorker Erklärung stimmten 142 Staaten, darunter Deutschland. Zehn Länder, darunter Israel und die USA, votierten gegen den von […]
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