The United States has denied Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas an entry visa to attend the UN General Assembly in New York next week, a source familiar with the case said Wednesday. In a separate statement that did not mention Abbas by name, the State Department say it would deny visas to members of the Palestine […]
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Indonesian villager Octavius wades through the forest in rubber boots and tattered joggers, ears pricked, eyes peeled, a telephoto lens on his phone primed to capture orangutans, monkeys or birds. The daily photo hunt earns Octavius and hundreds of others in Borneo cash as part of a conservation programme seeking to make animals worth more […]
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday he will tell US President Donald Trump “not to meddle in Brazil’s elections” next week during the United Nations General Assembly. The left-wing leader is slated to give his speech Tuesday at the annual global leadership meeting in New York, where he could run into his US […]
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Im Streit dreier Baumarktketten um die Farbe Orange steht ein Urteil an: Am Donnerstag (09.45 Uhr) entscheidet der Bundesgerichtshof in Karlsruhe darüber, ob Obi das Monopol für einen bestimmten Farbton beanspruchen kann. Die Kette hatte ihn 2010 als Marke für Einzelhandelsdienstleistungen im Bereich von Bau- und Heimwerkerartikeln angemeldet. (Az. I ZB 58/25)Dagegen gingen die Konkurrenten […]
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US-Präsident Donald Trump hat der EU mit einem Handelsstopp im Fall einer engeren Partnerschaft mit Kanada gedroht. “Ich halte das für lächerlich”, sagte Trump am Mittwoch Journalisten über den Plan von EU-Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen zu einer “assoziierten Mitgliedschaft” Kanadas in der EU. “Wenn sie das tun und ich das auch nur im Geringsten […]
Read MoreNach langen Verhandlungen hat der US-Kongress deutlich verschärfte Sanktionen gegen Russland beschlossen. Nach dem Senat billigte am Mittwoch auch das Repräsentantenhaus das Sanktionspaket – das erste gegen Russland in der zweiten Amtszeit von Präsident Donald Trump. Es sieht Strafmaßnahmen gegen Präsident Wladimir Putin vor und nimmt die sogenannte Schattenflotte ins Visier, mit deren Schiffen Moskau […]
Read MoreJournalist and author Zeinab Badawi, whose history of Africa has sold more than 110,000 copies, is turning her attention to younger readers with a forthcoming children’s edition of the book. Badawi, best known for her work as a broadcaster for the UK’s Channel 4 News and the BBC, was born in Sudan and brought up […]
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US lawmakers approved broad new sanctions designed to squeeze Russia over its war in Ukraine on Wednesday, sending the legislation to President Donald Trump after months of delay. The Republican-led House of Representatives passed the package by 262-159, giving a final congressional green light to the most substantial US legislative effort against Moscow since Trump […]
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The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates for the first time since 2023, defying President Donald Trump’s demand for cuts, as central bank chief Kevin Warsh stressed the need to combat inflation that has been “too high” for “too long.”The Fed’s Federal Open Market Committee voted unanimously to raise rates by 25 basis […]
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