A gut-wrenching film premiering at the Venice Film Festival Wednesday about a five-year-old girl killed by Israeli forces in Gaza last year gives a “voice” to Palestinian victims of the war, its director said.”The Voice of Hind Rajab” shook audiences in its first press screenings in Venice on Wednesday, leaving some critics in tears over […]
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Vor einem Schweizer Gericht haben Bewohner der indonesischen Insel Pari eine Klimaklage gegen den Zementkonzern Holcim vorgetragen. Die erste Anhörung der Kläger endete am Mittwoch vor dem Kantonsgericht Zug nach drei Stunden. Ob sich das Gericht mit der Klage befassen wird, blieb zunächst offen. Die vier Kläger fordern Kompensationszahlungen, weil ihre Insel Pari durch den […]
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The arrest of an Emmy award-winning comedy writer for allegedly insulting transgender people online has reignited a UK row over freedom of speech, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday urging police to “focus on the most serious issues”. Irish writer Graham Linehan, who co-created the popular 1990s sitcom “Father Ted”, says he was arrested […]
Read MoreThe director of a new film about a five-year-old girl killed by Israeli forces in Gaza told the Venice Film Festival Wednesday she wanted to give “a voice and a face” to victims.”We’ve seen that the narrative all around the world is that those dying in Gaza are collateral damage, in the media, and I […]
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Bei den hohen Energiepreisen in Deutschland soll es künftig dank einer Absenkung der Stromsteuer und durch Zuschüsse bei den Übertragungsnetzentgelten eine spürbare Entlastung geben. Bundeswirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche (CDU) sprach nach einem entsprechenden Kabinettsbeschluss der schwarz-roten Koalition am Mittwoch in Berlin von “guten Nachrichten für die Stromkunden”. Wirtschaftsverbände und Verbraucherschützer kritisierten die Entlastungen hingegen als zu […]
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Pizzeria owner Saeed is unable to take or serve orders at his restaurant in the Iranian capital, his business stalled by rolling power outages that have compounded the country’s many economic woes.”Outages often hit right in the middle of lunch service, the worst time for restaurant owners,” the 48-year-old entrepreneur told AFP from his pizzeria […]
Read MoreFamilies huddled hungry and homeless days after a deadly earthquake hit eastern Afghanistan, not daring to set foot in the few remaining buildings for fear an aftershock could bring them down. The initial powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck remote regions along the border with Pakistan, killing more than 1,400 people, with at least six strong aftershocks […]
Read MoreVerbraucherinnen und Verbraucher sollen künftig einen im Internet geschlossenen Vertrag einfach per Mausklick auf einen Button widerrufen können. Das Kabinett beschloss am Mittwoch, dass Unternehmen dazu verpflichtet werden sollen, den Widerruf mit einer solchen Schaltfläche zu ermöglichen. “Wenn das Bestellen im Internet kinderleicht ist, dann muss es auch der Widerruf sein”, erklärte Bundesverbraucherschutzministerin Stefanie Hubig […]
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The arrest of an Emmy award-winning comedy writer for social media posts about transgender people has reignited a UK row over freedom of speech, with one government minister saying Wednesday “we need to look at” the law. Irish writer Graham Linehan, who co-created popular 1990s sitcom “Father Ted”, says he was arrested by five armed […]
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