Aufsichtsratssitzung bei Volkswagen: Kein Kompromiss zu Sparplan in Sicht

Der Sparkurs bei Volkswagen ist am Freitag erneut Thema im Aufsichtsrat – ein Kompromiss zwischen Management, Arbeitnehmervertretung und dem Land Niedersachsen war kurz davor aber nicht in Sicht. Niedersachsens Wirtschaftsminister Grant Hendrik Tonne (SPD) verlangte am Donnerstag vom VW-Vorstand ein Konzept, “das Auslastung der Standorte und damit den Erhalt der Industriearbeitsplätze am Standort Deutschland als […]

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EU lawmakers demand Brussels force Meta to ‘protect’ European children

European Union lawmakers have demanded that the bloc’s executive compel Meta to change the “addictive” design of its platforms in Europe, as the giant has promised to do in some US states, according to a letter seen by AFP on Thursday. Meta agreed last month to pay a coalition of US states as much as […]

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Entwurf für Beschlussvorlage: SPD-Fraktion erwägt Zerschlagung von Öl-Konzernen

Die SPD-Fraktion im Bundestag will den Mineralölmarkt neu ordnen und erwägt auch die Zerschlagung von Konzernen mit großer Marktmacht. “Es gibt klare Hinweise, dass der Mineralölmarkt in Deutschland nicht richtig funktioniert”, heißt es im Entwurf einer Beschlussvorlage für die derzeit stattfindende SPD-Klausur, der AFP am Donnerstag vorlag. “Wir werden deshalb in den kommenden Wochen weitere […]

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Nigerian opposition lobbyist tapped for White House-linked role, firm says

A US lobbying firm working for a Nigerian opposition leader said one of its top employees was appointed to a White House commission, ahead of presidential elections in Africa’s most populous country. The apparent embrace of Karl Von Batten by the Trump administration could complicate US-Nigeria relations, as his firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, is actively pushing […]

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Clooney turns AFP photographer in jokey red carpet switch

George Clooney handed his lifetime achievement award to AFP photographer Tiziana Fabi and took a turn with her camera in a humorous exchange at the Venice film festival. After receiving the Golden Lion on Wednesday, the US star posed in front of a crowd of photographers with his actress friend Laura Dern on the red […]

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Putin denies plan for new Russia military call up

Russia has no present need to mobilise more men for its Ukraine offensive, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, describing speculation about another military call-up as Ukrainian “disinformation”. Putin last ordered a “partial mobilisation” of reservists in 2022, following a string of military setbacks on the battlefield in Ukraine. That order, which the Kremlin said applied […]

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Grief on Chinese internet as wait for Tibet flood news drags on

Photos of sons, daughters, uncles and husbands pepper Chinese social media, shared by people hoping for news about relatives missing since deadly floods on the border with Nepal last week. Hundreds of people remain unaccounted for on the Tibetan side of the frontier, where Chinese authorities keep tight control over media access and sources of […]

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Caruana Galizia: ‘one-woman WikiLeaks’ who exposed Malta’s shady side

Illicit trafficking, bribes, offshore accounts: Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, murdered with a car bomb in 2017, fearlessly exposed corruption in her archipelago in the heart of the Mediterranean. In the final entry on her blog, posted barely half an hour before she was killed, Caruana Galizia wrote: “There are crooks everywhere you look now. […]

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Kuwait’s Iranians under pressure since start of war

A Persian restaurant in Kuwait has removed any mention of Iran from its name, a sign of the pressure the Iranian community in the Gulf country has faced since the Middle East war erupted. Following weeks of calm, Iran resumed strikes on Kuwait as the Islamic republic and the United States returned to open conflict […]

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