Russia hit Ukrainian energy infrastructure in a wave of deadly drone and missile strikes on Wednesday, prompting an urgent call for emergency preparations as freezing winter approaches. Kyiv said it was Moscow’s opening salvo in an expected campaign to try to knock out heating and power as the temperature plunges — a tactic it has […]
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Foreign oil companies scrambled for a slice of Venezuela’s crude at an oil summit in Caracas this week despite years of sanctions, underinvestment and mismanagement that have crippled the once booming industry. Venezuela sits on the world’s largest proven oil reserves, but its current production of one million barrels of crude per day falls far […]
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A US court on Wednesday halted the lethal injection of a 50-year-old female killer that would have been Tennessee’s first execution of a woman in more than 200 years. Barely an hour before Christa Pike was due to die by lethal injection, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling to stay the execution, three […]
Read MoreHundreds of Israelis marched Wednesday between newly rebuilt settlements in the northern West Bank to celebrate a Jewish holiday, a symbolic show of their return to an area until recently almost fully Palestinian. Settlers of all ages carried traditional bundles of fruit and branches used to celebrate the ongoing week-long holiday of Sukkot, or the […]
Read MoreAndy Burnham put the idea of Britain rejoining the EU on the table Wednesday, breaking a taboo for a UK prime minister and leading French President Emmanuel Macron to declare in English “Welcome back”. Burnham reopened the divisive Brexit debate by saying his centre-left Labour government could go “all the way” and propose membership of […]
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France is in discussions with the UK on ending a 2025 accord that aimed to reduce the number of migrants illegally crossing the Channel to England on small boats, the French interior ministry said on Wednesday. Talks are underway on “the terms for withdrawing from the agreement”, the French ministry told AFP, confirming a report […]
Read MoreDas Deutschlandticket wird teurer: Der Preis steigt ab dem 1. Januar 2027 auf 66,80 Euro pro Monat, wie das bayerische Verkehrsministerium am Mittwoch mitteilte. Das Land hat den Vorsitz der Verkehrsministerkonferenz inne. “Grundlage der Preisanpassung um 3,80 Euro im Vergleich zu 2026 sind Personal-, Energie- und allgemeine Kosten”, erklärte das Ministerium. Derzeit kostet das Deutschlandticket […]
Read MoreO Departamento do Comércio dos Estados Unidos revisou para cima, nesta quarta-feira (30), sua estimativa de crescimento do PIB no segundo trimestre da maior economia do mundo, elevando-a a 0,7 ponto percentual, até 2,2%. Os novos dados significam um impulso para o presidente Donald Trump a pouco mais de um mês das eleições legislativas de novembro, […]
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17 Jahre nach der gescheiterten Übernahme von Volkswagen durch Porsche ist eine Musterklage von Anlegern gegen die Autobauer endgültig gescheitert. Der Bundesgerichtshof (BGH) in Karlsruhe bestätigte nach Angaben vom Mittwoch das Urteil des Oberlandesgerichts Celle, das Porsche 2022 Recht gegeben hatte. Es ging in dem Verfahren um die Frage, ob Porsche bei den Informationen für […]
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