US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday called on all opposition factions in Venezuela to join talks with the interim government of Delcy Rodriguez on a future political transition. Rubio made the comment as he welcomed Dinorah Figuera, who led the opposition bloc that won a majority in Venezuela’s last internationally recognized elections in […]
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Im monatelangen Streit über die Einführung einer Zuckersteuer hat sich die Regierungskoalition offenbar auf einen Kompromiss geeinigt. Laut einem Bericht der “Bild”-Zeitung vom Freitag soll die Abgabe zum 1. Juli 2027 in Kraft treten und damit ein halbes Jahr später als ursprünglich geplant. Bundesfinanzminister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) lenkte demnach zudem bei den umstrittenen Steuersätzen ein und […]
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South African police battled Friday to control rioters and looters in the east coast city of Durban amid a second day of unrest targeted at foreign nationals. Large mobs moved through the city, kicking in shop windows and hurling bricks and bottles in violence that echoed weeks of protests that led thousands of nationals from […]
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O presidente americano, Donald Trump, criou uma comissão para investigar Lisa Cook, governadora do Fed há tempos na mira do republicano por suposta fraude hipotecária, informou a Casa Branca nesta sexta-feira (9). Este grupo vai celebrar uma audiência presencial sobre Cook em 5 de novembro na Casa Branca, em uma nova tentativa de Trump para […]
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Students in France were largely back in the classroom Friday following days of protests demanding better education and school conditions, as the UN voiced “concern” over the sometimes violent clashes. Tens of thousands have taken to the streets across France since students in late September began blocking entrances to high schools, which led to squads of riot […]
Read MoreEthiopia and Eritrea each accused the other of starting a war on Friday as an internal Ethiopian conflict threatened to escalate into a regional war. Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia in 1993 and they fought a brutal border war from 1998 to 2000. Ethiopia accuses its neighbour of backing rebels in its northern Tigray state, who […]
Read MoreMalaysia closed schools in the capital and parts of the country on Friday as haze from fires in neighbouring Indonesia again reduced its air quality to among the world’s worst. Toxic smoke from peatland and forest fires has shrouded towns and cities in the region for more than a month, sending respiratory complaints skyrocketing. The school […]
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O produtor de soja David Schacht começou a nova colheita com a certeza de que sua renda cairá devido aos preços elevados do diesel e dos fertilizantes nos Estados Unidos. Isso não mudou seu apoio ao Partido Republicano do presidente Donald Trump. Ainda assim, admite à AFP: “Votei em Trump e isso faz você cerrar […]
Read MoreInitiatives to label books as written by humans, and not artificial intelligence, are gaining ground following a string of scandals where authors were suspected of using the technology without admitting it. Several labelling schemes, including from Britain, France and Germany, were being showcased at the world’s biggest book industry fair in Frankfurt this week, where the […]
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