Die Kosten sind stark gestiegen, die Umsätze schrumpfen: Das Gastgewerbe in Deutschland rechnet mit dem sechsten Verlustjahr in Folge. “Viele Betriebe stehen mit dem Rücken zur Wand”, sagte am Dienstag der Präsident des Hotel- und Gaststättenverbands (Dehoga), Guido Zöllick. Er forderte von der Bundesregierung, die versprochene Absenkung des Mehrwertsteuersatzes auf Speisen im Restaurant rasch umzusetzen […]
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Premier League clubs demonstrated their awesome financial power during the summer transfer window, spending more than £3 billion ($4 billion) on new signings. The English top division has long enjoyed a competitive economic advantage over rival European leagues thanks to far more lucrative television contracts for both domestic and international rights. The expansion of UEFA’s […]
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Immer mehr Menschen in Deutschland nehmen einen Ratenkredit auf – zunehmend auch für kleinere Anschaffungen. Wie die Auskunftei Schufa am Dienstag mitteilte, stieg die Zahl der neu aufgenommenen Ratenkredite im vergangenen Jahr erstmals auf über zehn Millionen, wobei die Hälfte unter der Summe von 1000 Euro blieb. Die Schufa warnte vor dem potenziellen Risiko der Überschuldung […]
Read MoreAfghanistan was already facing severe crises when it was rocked by another devastating earthquake, but this time there are fewer resources to muster after foreign funding was slashed to the bone this year. Less international aid “means fewer ambulances, fewer doctors, fewer nurses, fewer midwives” to send into the battered farming communities of Afghanistan’s mountainous […]
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With Thailand’s prime minister sacked by court order, would-be successors are waging backroom campaigns to secure their rise to the kingdom’s top office. A new leader could be voted in as soon as this week, but only those nominated by their parties as potential premiers in the last election in 2023 are eligible. A streak of […]
Read MoreAfter seven years away, US filmmaker Gus Van Sant returns with a new film screening out of competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival, where he will also collect a lifetime award. The 73-year-old US director, based in Portland, Oregon, has kept his audiences guessing throughout a near-five-decade career that has yielded Oscar-winning pictures such […]
Read MoreA powerful earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan at the weekend killed more 1,400 and injured 3,000 others, the Taliban government said Tuesday, making it one of the deadliest to hit the country in decades. The casualty toll has mounted steadily since the 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit late Sunday night, devastating remote areas in mountainous provinces near […]
Read MoreLast ditch talks between the French far right and Prime Minister Francois Bayrou did not achieve any breakthrough, its leaders said Tuesday, heightening the chances that he will lose a confidence vote next week. Three-time presidential candidate Marine Le Pen and her right-hand-man and National Rally (RN) party leader Jordan Bardella urged swift snap legislative […]
Read MoreIsrael intensified its military build-up on Tuesday as reservists began responding to call-up orders ahead of a planned offensive to capture Gaza City, nearly two years into a devastating war. Despite mounting pressure at home and abroad to end its campaign in the Palestinian territory, Israel is gearing up to seize Gaza’s largest city — intensifying […]
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