Bundesjustizministerin Stefanie Hubig (SPD) bringt ihre Reform für mehr Mieterschutz am Mittwoch ins Kabinett ein. Mit dem Gesetzentwurf “verbessern wir den Mieterschutz spürbar und ganz konkret: Wohnungssuchende und Mieterinnen und Mieter profitieren von mehr Fairness, mehr Transparenz und besserem Schutz vor überhöhten Kosten”, sagte Hubig der “Rheinischen Post”. Der Entwurf, der AFP vorlag, sieht schärfere […]
Read MoreKing Charles III will use a trip to New York on Wednesday to showcase cultural and economic ties between Britain and the United States at a time when the “special relationship” is under strain. It is the third day of a four-day state visit, clouded by tensions over the Iran war, that began in Washington […]
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A US federal judge on Tuesday sentenced OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma to pay billions of dollars over its role in the opioid crisis, ahead of upcoming bankruptcy proceedings and its dissolution. The criminal sentencing caps off years of legal battles and paves the way for Purdue and its former owners, the Sackler family, to pay more […]
Read MoreActor Sam Neill says he is cancer-free after five years of living with lymphoma, thanks to a genetic therapy that modified his immune system. The New Zealander, who starred as Dr Alan Grant in the 1993 blockbuster “Jurassic Park”, revealed in a 2023 memoir he was “possibly dying” with stage-three non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Neill, 78, said […]
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Actor Sam Neill says he is cancer-free after five years of living with lymphoma, thanks to a genetic therapy that modified his immune system. The New Zealander, who starred as Dr Alan Grant in the 1993 blockbuster “Jurassic Park”, revealed in a 2023 memoir he was “possibly dying” with stage-three non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Neill, 78, said […]
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Vor allem ein schwieriges China-Geschäft haben Umsatz und Gewinn des Stuttgarter Autobauers Mercedes im ersten Quartal schrumpfen lassen. Der Umsatz ging im Vergleich zum Vorjahreszeitraum um 4,9 Prozent auf 31,6 Milliarden Euro zurück, der Gewinn sank um 17 Prozent auf 1,43 Milliarden Euro, wie Mercedes am Mittwoch mitteilte. In China belasteten weiterhin ein intensiver Wettbewerb […]
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Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth will make his first testimony before Congress on the Mideast war Wednesday, as efforts to end the conflict stalled with the United States reportedly skeptical of Tehran’s latest offer to unblock the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has blockaded the waterway — a vital conduit for oil and gas shipments — since […]
Read MoreIncoming Hungarian leader Peter Magyar on Wednesday pays his first visit to EU chiefs in Brussels since his election win, looking to turn the page on the bad blood of nationalist Viktor Orban’s tenure. While Orban often used trips to the city to showcase his opposition to the European Union, Magyar is looking to kickstart a […]
Read MoreThe pace of tropical forest destruction slowed in 2025 after record losses the year before but remained at worrying levels equivalent to 11 football fields per minute, researchers said Wednesday. The world lost 4.3 million hectares (10.6 million acres) of tropical primary rainforest last year — down 36 percent from 2024, said researchers from the […]
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