Afghanistan 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 […]
Read MoreDer russische Präsident Wladimir Putin hat bei seinem China-Besuch die engen Beziehungen zwischen Peking und Moskau gelobt. “Unser enger Austausch spiegelt den strategischen Charakter der russisch-chinesischen Beziehungen wider, die sich derzeit auf einem noch nie da gewesenen Niveau befinden”, sagte Putin am Dienstag bei dem Treffen mit Chinas Präsident Xi Jinping in der Großen Halle […]
Read MoreBelgien hat angekündigt, während der Generaldebatte der UN-Vollversammlung Ende September einen Palästinenserstaat anzuerkennen. “Palästina wird von Belgien bei der UN-Sitzung anerkannt werden”, erklärte der belgische Außenminister Maxime Prévot am Dienstag im Onlinedienst X. Formell soll dieser Schritt demnach aber erst dann erfolgen, wenn die islamistische Hamas “die letzten Geiseln freigelassen” hat, wie Prévot erläuterte. Zudem kündigte […]
Read MoreWegen der Hochstufung ihrer Regionalklasse drohen rund fünf Millionen Autofahrerinnen und Autofahrern im kommenden Jahr höhere Beiträge bei ihrer Kfz-Versicherung. Demgegenüber werden rund 5,3 Millionen Menschen in niedrigere Klassen eingestuft, wie der Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft (GDV) am Dienstag mitteilte. Für den Großteil der Versicherten – rund 32,1 Millionen – ändert sich bei den Regionalklassen […]
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