Die Inflation im Euroraum ist im August voraussichtlich leicht gestiegen. Wie das EU-Statistikamt Eurostat mit Sitz in Luxemburg am Dienstag in einer ersten Schätzung mitteilte, stieg die Teuerungsrate im Vergleich zum Vorjahresmonat auf 2,1 Prozent. Im Juli lag dieser Wert noch bei 2,0 Prozent, im August 2024 bei 2,2 Prozent. Die höchste Teuerungsrate wurde mit […]
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A Japanese octogenarian was swindled out of thosands of dollars after falling in love online with a self-described astronaut who sought her help to avert a spaceship crisis, police said Tuesday. The hapless woman in Japan’s northern Hokkaido island met the fraudster in July on social media who claimed to be a male astronaut, a local […]
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A train flying North Korea flags and believed to be carrying leader Kim Jong Un was seen by AFP journalists approaching Beijing Railway Station on Tuesday, ahead of a massive military parade on Wednesday. Kim will join Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and two dozen other leaders at the huge spectacle to mark […]
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Immer mehr Menschen in Deutschland nehmen einen Ratenkredit auf – auch für kleinere Anschaffungen. Die Zahl dieser Kredite stieg im vergangenen Jahr erstmals auf über zehn Millionen, wie die Auskunftei Schufa am Dienstag mitteilte. Die Hälfte blieb dabei unter der Summe von 1000 Euro. Die Schufa warnte vor dem potenziellen Risiko der Überschuldung durch zu viele Kleinkredite […]
Read MoreGovernment gestures to calm deadly protests in Indonesia have done little to address the economic inequality and hardship fuelling the unrest, leaving deep resentment to linger and flare up again, experts say. The country’s worst violence in decades left at least six people dead and 20 missing, with rallies over lavish perks for lawmakers descending […]
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An olive-green North Korean train, emblazoned with a gold stripe, carried leader Kim Jong Un into China on Tuesday for a grand military parade that President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin will also attend. Since taking power in 2011, Kim has now made nine international trips and crossed the border into South Korea twice, […]
Read MoreCrispy banh mi baguettes, grand colonial facades, and chattering Francophone schoolchildren are lingering reminders of the French presence that once dominated Vietnam. But there are darker legacies too — in the notorious prisons that enforced foreign rule, and memorials to those slain fighting for independence. As Vietnam marked the 80th anniversary of the declaration of […]
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Around 2,000 North Korean soldiers deployed to help Russia fight Ukraine are estimated to have been killed, Seoul’s spy agency said Tuesday, according to a lawmaker. Seoul’s National Intelligence Service said in April “the number of war dead was at least 600. But based on updated assessments, it now estimates the figure at around 2,000,” lawmaker […]
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At least 20 people are missing after violent Indonesia protests sparked by lavish perks for lawmakers that have widened to include anger against police, a rights group said Tuesday. At least six people have been killed since protests rocked Southeast Asia’s biggest economy last week, intensified by footage spreading of the killing of a young […]
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