Merz: Konzept der “Remigration” ist nichts anderes als “ethnische Säuberung”

Mit scharfen Worten hat Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz (CDU) die Migrationspolitik der AfD kritisiert. Deren Konzept der sogenannten Remigration sei “nichts anderes als eine ethnische Säuberung nach Hautfarbe und Herkunft”, sagte Merz am Mittwoch bei der Generaldebatte im Bundestag. Er verwies dabei auf die Gefahren für den Arbeitsmarkt, auf dem viele Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund beschäftigt seien. […]

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Spritpreise im Vergleich zur Vorwoche deutlich gestiegen

Die Preise an den deutschen Tankstellen sind in den vergangenen Tagen weiter deutlich gestiegen. Aktuell koste ein Liter Super E10 im bundesweiten Mittel 2,259 Euro und damit 7,6 Cent mehr als in der Vorwoche, teilte der ADAC am Mittwoch mit. Diesel verteuerte sich demnach um fast neun Cent auf 2,321 Euro pro Liter. Der Anstieg hänge […]

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Affleck family affair at Venice for Casey’s latest film ‘Company’

Hollywood actor-director Casey Affleck cast his two sons in his latest movie “Company” and invited brother Ben to the red-carpet premiere at the Venice Film Festival. The brothers were all smiles as they attended the family reunion on Tuesday night, but Casey also revealed they had lost both their parents this year.”I lost both my […]

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Germany’s Merz accuses AfD of promoting ‘ethnic cleansing’

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz labelled the far-right AfD’s demand for mass “remigration” a form of “ethnic cleansing by skin colour and origin” in a heated parliamentary exchange Wednesday. Three days after the AfD scored a crushing election victory over his centre-right CDU in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, Merz and AfD co-leader Alice Weidel sharply […]

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Japanese director Kore-eda’s manga film charms critics in Venice

A manga film adaptation by acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda has emerged as one of the frontrunners for prizes at the Venice Film Festival this week.”Look Back” by the arthouse director, whose past work includes 2018 award-winner “Shoplifters”, tells the story of two school friends who dream of becoming manga artists. The tender coming-of-age tale […]

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E-Lkw von Mercedes-Benz sollen Amazons Transportnetzwerk nachhaltiger machen

Elektro-Lkw sind auf Deutschlands Straßen bislang die Ausnahme – der Online-Versandhändler Amazon will mit batterieelektrischen Lastwagen von Daimler Truck sein Transportnetzwerk nun stärker auf Nachhaltigkeit trimmen. Wie beide Unternehmen am Mittwoch mitteilten, sollen bis Ende des Jahres mehr als 50 dieser E-Lkw für Amazon in Deutschland unterwegs sein. Am Mittwoch wurden die ersten 27 Mercedes-Benz […]

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‘They’re playing with our lives’: AI researcher quits Anthropic

An artificial intelligence researcher who left OpenAI to join Anthropic has decided to leave the industry, accusing both US companies of “playing with our lives” in the race to develop AI models capable of self-improvement. Jacob Coxon, 27, spent the past three years pretraining AI models, first at OpenAI and then, this year, at its […]

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Series finale of ‘Babylon Berlin’ offers dark mirror for today’s Germany

The hit TV series “Babylon Berlin” has captivated audiences by portraying the chaos and excitement of Weimar-era Germany, but the dark shadow of Adolf Hitler’s rise to power will bring down the curtain on the show’s upcoming final season. Season 5 will debut online in Germany at a time when many are fretting about the […]

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UK’s little-known Bayeux Tapestry replica steps into spotlight

At a UK museum, a long expertly-embroidered cloth displayed across two galleries recounts in images the epic story of the Norman conquest of England. But this is not the world-renowned 70-metre (230-foot) long Bayeux Tapestry on loan from France at the British museum. It is the little known “Bayeux” of Reading, a commuter-belt town west of […]

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