Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and other activists have called out British superstar Ed Sheeran after rapper Macklemore was dropped from his tour for making pro-Palestinian comments while performing. Sheeran has denied being behind the decision to remove Macklemore, saying his tour’s promoter was responsible, but several supporting acts have announced they were quitting the tour.”Ed, […]
Read MoreGermany’s anti-immigration AfD party is eyeing another election triumph on Sunday in a northeastern coastal state where the popular premier is campaigning on a promise to hold back a rising far-right tide. Manuela Schwesig of the centre-left SPD — a cancer survivor with high personal approval ratings and a large social media following — is […]
Read MoreIn der Debatte um Entlastungen für Autofahrer wegen der hohen Spritpreise hat Unions-Fraktionschef Thorsten Frei (CDU) vorgeschlagen, die Mehrwertsteuer auf Benzin und Diesel befristet zu senken – und zwar schon ab dem 1. Oktober. Die andere Möglichkeit sei die Neuauflage des Tankrabatts, sagte er am Mittwoch den Sendern RTL und ntv. An den Zapfsäulen kletterten […]
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Kosovo’s former president Hashim Thaci, sentenced to 25 years in prison Wednesday for war crimes, has long been seen within the Balkan country as a guerilla hero and symbol of its bloody independence struggle. Thaci, who was found guilty by a special court in The Hague of war crimes committed by guerilla fighters including murder, […]
Read MoreLebanese President Joseph Aoun told AFP in an exclusive interview he wants a security agreement with Israel once it withdraws its troops as a possible prelude to peace, and is determined to disarm Hezbollah without a confrontation. Speaking ahead of his departure to France on Wednesday, President Joseph Aoun said Lebanon wanted a new force, […]
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Iranian authorities committed crimes against humanity in the crackdown on 2022 protests that left hundreds dead, Amnesty International said Wednesday, adding Tehran’s suppression of new demonstrations this year bore the “same hallmarks” but on an even wider scale. The crackdown in 2022 amounted to “crimes against humanity” including murder, torture, rape and enforced disappearance, Amnesty […]
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Deutschland ist in einem europaweiten ÖPNV-Ranking der Umweltschutzorganisation Greenpeace leicht zurückgefallen – maßgeblich wegen der Verteuerung des Deutschlandtickets. In dem Vergleich von 30 Ländern, der unter anderem auf der Bezahlbarkeit der Fahrkarten basiert, rutschte die Bundesrepublik um einen Rang auf Platz fünf ab. Die Spitzenplätze belegten erneut Malta und Luxemburg, wo der öffentliche Nahverkehr kostenlos […]
Read MoreEU chief Ursula von der Leyen raised the prospect Wednesday of Canada becoming the 27-nation bloc’s first “associate member’, as she pitched closer cooperation on tech, defence and energy to Canadian leader Mark Carney. Von der Leyen told the European Parliament in Strasbourg that, as democracies facing a “fracture in the international rules-based system”, Brussels and […]
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Die Inbetriebnahme des vierten staatlich verwalteten Importterminal für Flüssiggas (LNG) in Deutschland ist nach langer Verzögerung in Vorbereitung. Das Terminal-Schiff “Energos Force” habe am Dienstag im Industriehafen Stade-Bützfleth angelegt, erklärte die staatliche Betreiberfirma Deutsche Energy Terminal (DET) am Mittwoch. Weil sich der Start der Anlage verzögert hatte, war das Schiff zwischenzeitlich nach Jordanien verchartert worden. […]
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