Taylor Swift sets new record at MTV VMAs

Taylor Swift is having another good year — just months after her lavish wedding to Travis Kelce, the pop superstar on Sunday made history by becoming the most awarded artist at the MTV Video Music Awards. The 36-year-old Swift had been even with Beyonce for the most Moonman statuettes with 30, but broke the tie […]

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Taylor Swift sets new record at MTV VMAs

Taylor Swift is having another good year — just months after her lavish wedding to Travis Kelce, the pop superstar on Sunday made history by becoming the most awarded artist at the MTV Video Music Awards. The 36-year-old Swift had been even with Beyonce for the most Moonman statuettes with 30, but broke the tie […]

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EU-Verteidigungsminister beraten über Patriot-Raketen für die Ukraine

Die Verteidigungsminister der EU beraten am Montag in Brüssel unter anderem darüber, wie die Ukraine mit mehr Raketen des US-Luftabwehrsystems Patriot ausgestattet werden kann. Ein Vorschlag sieht nach Angaben eines ranghohen EU-Beamten vor, dass Mitgliedstaaten ihren Platz in der Warteschlange für Bestellungen mit der Ukraine tauschen. Das Patriot-System spielt eine zentrale Rolle beim Schutz vor […]

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‘Pseudo-journalism’: Partisan ‘news’ sites target US midterms

It bills itself as an “independent journalism” outfit, but the innocuous-sounding North Carolinian is among hundreds of partisan sites that researchers say masquerade as local news outlets in battleground states ahead of the US midterm elections. The so-called “pink slime” sites — many secretly backed by partisan groups on both sides of the political aisle […]

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‘Currently impossible’: North Korea defections in freefall

A building-sized North Korean flag waves from a tower on the de facto border with South Korea, marking territory that experts say has become nearly impossible to escape. The combined total of North Koreans to reach South Korea in the past six years is less than the number that typically defected each year for decades […]

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Seoul seeks apology after Ukraine reveals transfer of North Korean POWs

South Korea’s presidential office has demanded an apology from Ukraine for denying an agreement to keep the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war to Seoul confidential. The row was ignited by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s disclosure last week that his country had sent two North Korean soldiers to the South, adding they were […]

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Lula, Brazil’s political titan, races against time

Shirtless and drenched in sweat on his treadmill, Lula runs.  He keeps running. At 80, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the dominant figure in Brazilian politics for four decades, wants to show he still has the energy to win a fourth term in office in October’s election.”You can’t stop the Earth from turning or the […]

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“Panda-Diplomatie”: Zwei Riesenpandas aus China landen wohlbehalten in Atlanta

Zwei von China an die USA ausgeliehene Riesenpandas sind wohlbehalten an ihrem Zielort eingetroffen. Ping Ping and Fu Shuang landeten am Sonntagmorgen im Zuge von Chinas “Panda-Diplomatie” an Bord einer Sondermaschine nach 16 Stunden Flug in Atlanta, wie der dortige Zoo mitteilte. Die Einrichtung äußerte sich “hocherfreut”, Ping Ping und Fu Shuang in der Stadt […]

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