The latest instalment of the “Call of Duty” video game franchise, featuring a full-scale North Korean invasion of South Korea, has topped sales charts in the would-be target, even as real-life border tensions are ratcheting higher. “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4”, the latest edition of the globally popular franchise is set against a backdrop of […]
Read MoreVor der Stichwahl um das Präsidentenamt in Brasilien sind am Samstag tausende Anhänger beider Kandidaten auf die Straße gegangen. Der linksgerichtete Amtsinhaber Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva fuhr am berühmten Strand von Copacabana in Rio de Janeiro auf der Ladefläche eines Lastwagens durch eine riesige Menge seiner Anhänger. Sein Herausforderer Flávio Bolsonaro scharte in Belo […]
Read MoreIn Deutschland gilt wieder die Normalzeit. Am Sonntag um 03.00 Uhr wurden die Uhren um eine Stunde von der bisherigen Sommerzeit auf die mitteleuropäische Zeit zurückgestellt. Die Nacht wurde damit eine Stunde länger. Mit der Zeitumstellung ist es morgens nun wieder früher hell und abends eher dunkel. Die Sommerzeit wurde 1980 in Deutschland eingeführt. Das […]
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US-Präsident Donald Trump hat vor den Kongresswahlen vom 3. November vorzeitig seine Stimme abgegeben. Trump ging am Samstag in einem Wahllokal in West Palm Beach im Bundesstaat Florida nahe seiner Privatresidenz Mar-a-Lago wählen. Der frühere Präsident Barack Obama übte derweil bei Wahlkampfveranstaltungen demokratischer Kandidaten in Ohio und Michigan scharfe Kritik an Trump. Dessen Regierung warf er […]
Read MoreTech tycoon Elon Musk accused Ukraine on Saturday of violating Starlink’s terms of service by using it for “drone strikes to kill people”, after tension between Washington and Kyiv over disruptions to the SpaceX-made network crucial to the Ukrainian army’s operations.”Ukraine military violated Starlink terms of service and used it for offensive drone strikes to […]
Read MoreAfter a murder of crows kidnaps her little brother, a young girl ventures into an enchanted forest filled with talking animals and other magical beings, where a looming war will decide everyone’s fate. This is the fanciful tale told in “Wildwood,” from the stop-motion animation studio Laika — an ambitious project that took 16 years […]
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Clashes erupted across France on Saturday as protesters took to the streets, a week after marches that degenerated into violence and prompted a firm security backlash from President Emmanuel Macron, who is scrambling to restore order. Police arrested nearly 1,000 people as officers faced “an extremely elevated level of violence” from black-clad “ultra-left” extremists, Interior […]
Read MoreCopacabana beach turned red for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as hundreds of bikers revved their engines for right-winger Flavio Bolsonaro on Saturday, the eve of Brazil’s nail-biter election. Tens of thousands of supporters flooded the streets as the incumbent and his rival wrapped up a bitter campaign that has left Latin America’s biggest […]
Read MoreTwo separate polls published on Saturday gave Flavio Bolsonaro a two-point lead over President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on the eve of Brazilian elections. Bolsonaro, the son of jailed ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro, is the narrow favorite to win Sunday’s runoff after nabbing 47 percent of the vote over Lula’s 45 percent in the first […]
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