With two months to go, the “COP30 Hotel,” spruced up and renamed after the UN climate conference due to take place in the Amazonian city of Belem in November, has zero bookings. The owners had been hoping to cash in on the conference by filling all the rooms with foreign delegates. But the hotel’s eye-watering […]
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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un told China’s President Xi Jinping that it was his “steadfast will” to “steadily develop” bilateral relations, state media said Friday, after the two leaders met in Beijing. The two men held talks Thursday evening at the Chinese capital’s Great Hall of the People, where Kim affirmed the “friendly feelings” between […]
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Die Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) und die Klimabewegung Fridays for Future streiken am Freitag auf der Insel Borkum gegen ein Erdgasförderprojekt in der Nordsee. Schon seit Donnerstag und noch bis Sonntag treffen sich Umweltschützerinnen und Umweltschützer zu einem Klimacamp auf der Insel. Der Klimastreik soll am Inselbahnhof stattfinden, die Veranstalter rechnen laut Polizei mit etwa 150 […]
Read MoreThe Toronto International Film Festival kicked off on a political note Thursday, as Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and the Obamas delivered opening remarks before Hollywood A-listers arrive to take center stage. North America’s biggest film festival is celebrating its 50th edition. Stars including Daniel Craig, Sydney Sweeney and Matthew McConaughey are set to unveil […]
Read MoreNigel Farage’s anti-immigration party Reform UK kicks off Britain’s annual party conference season Friday, with the Brexit cheerleader and his buoyant supporters increasingly confident he could be Britain’s next leader. Farage — who rebranded his Brexit Party as Reform in 2021 — gathers his handful of MPs, local elected officials and members for two days in […]
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US-Präsident Donald Trump hat ein baldiges Gespräch mit Kreml-Chef Wladimir Putin angekündigt. “Das werde ich, ja”, sagte Trump am Donnerstag (Ortszeit) auf die Frage einer Reporterin, ob Trump in naher Zukunft mit dem russischen Präsidenten sprechen werde. Zuvor am Donnerstag hatte Trump mit dem ukrainischen Präsidenten Wolodymyr Selenskyj und mehreren europäischen Staats- und Regierungschefs telefoniert. […]
Read MoreThailand’s influential former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Friday he has left the country by private jet, hours before his party looks set to be ousted from top office. Thaksin’s dynasty has for decades jousted with the kingdom’s pro-military, pro-monarchy elite — but its influence is declining, bedevilled by increasing legal and political setbacks. In […]
Read MoreSouth American football’s governing body, Conmebol, disqualified Argentine club Independiente on Thursday from the 2025 Copa Sudamericana competition over a bloody brawl during a game against Universidad de Chile last month. The Argentine side must also play its next 14 matches in Conmebol tournaments without its fans — seven at home and seven away — […]
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New Zealand’s military said on Friday it had appealed a two year sentence for a soldier accused of attempted espionage, describing it as “manifestly inadequate”. The soldier, whose name has been temporarily suppressed, admitted to attempted espionage, accessing a computer system for a dishonest purpose and knowingly possessing an objectionable publication. A military court sentenced […]
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