G20 trade ministers are set to open talks Wednesday in the United States, in meetings strained by President Donald Trump’s tariffs as Washington targets partners regarding forced labor and overcapacity. The gathering of officials from the Group of 20 major economies — which includes China, India, Russia, Japan, Germany and France — takes place in […]
Read MoreIndia’s capital goes to the dogs on Wednesday, as voters choose which of the city’s chubbiest canines deserves to be crowned its fattest. The “Fat Dogs of Delhi” contest, in the style of Alaska’s annual Fat Bear Week, has turned Instagram into a virtual polling booth, attracting nearly 100,000 followers. The competition, which began on […]
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Malaysia’s 101-year-old former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad has been hospitalised for observation, his aide told AFP Wednesday, a day after the death of his wife of seven decades. The two-time prime minister was admitted to the National Heart Institute in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday night, aide Sufi Yusoff said, though the reason for his hospitalisation was […]
Read MoreBundeskanzler Friedrich Merz (CDU) besucht am Mittwoch (ab 17.30 Uhr) das Jahrestreffen der Wirtschaftsinitiative “Made for Germany” in Berlin. Merz wird dort einen Impulsvortrag halten und anschließend mit Mitgliedern der Initiative sprechen. Später ist ein gemeinsames Pressestatement von Merz und Siemens-Chef Roland Busch sowie Deutsche-Bank-Chef Christian Sewing geplant. Bundesfinanzminister Lars Klingbeil (SPD) hält bereits um […]
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Zwei Tage nach der Einbestellung des ukrainischen Gesandten in Seoul wegen des mutmaßlichen Verstoßes der Ukraine gegen eine vertrauliche Vereinbarung zur Übergabe von zwei nordkoreanischen Kriegsgefangenen hat ein südkoreanischer Parlamentarier die Ankunft der beiden Männer in Südkorea bestätigt. “Auch wenn ich das genaue Datum ihrer Ankunft in Südkorea nicht nennen kann, so kann ich doch […]
Read MoreDetectives were sifting leads Wednesday after a massive drug heist in Fiji, searching for dozens of cocaine parcels swiped from an evidence vault and replaced with baking flour. Better known for stunning beaches that draw tourists in droves, the South Pacific nation has become an unlikely stopover for cartels shipping drugs from Latin America into […]
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Im Streit um den Sparkurs bei Volkswagen treffen sich am Mittwoch Vertreterinnen und Vertreter von IG Metall, Betriebsrat und Management zu einem sogenannten Überprüfungsgespräch. Der Konzernvorstand soll laut IG Metall “endlich Farbe bekennen” und beantworten, ob er zu seinen Ende 2024 vereinbarten Investitions- und Produktzusagen steht. Daran seien in den letzten Betriebsversammlungen “erhebliche Zweifel” aufgekommen. Nachdem […]
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Seoul’s military demanded an apology from North Korea on Wednesday, blaming them for a recent explosion in the demilitarised zone that severely injured three South Korean soldiers, a charge Pyongyang denies. Seoul and Pyongyang remain technically at war since the 1950-53 Korean War ended in a truce, not a peace treaty. Three South Korean officers […]
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The US Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted restrictions on the deportations of immigrants to countries that are not their own, while agreeing to hear the issue on its merits in December. The conservative-dominated high court granted an emergency request by the Trump administration to suspend a lower court ruling that restricted, but did not outright […]
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