“Bild am Sonntag”: Bahn investiert 210 Millionen Euro in “XXL-Waschprogramm”

Die Deutsche Bahn (DB) will nach Informationen der “Bild am Sonntag” zufolge bis 2030 insgesamt 210 Millionen Euro in ein “XXL-Waschprogramm” für sauberere Bahnhöfe und Züge sowie mehr Sicherheit investieren. Damit werde das bestehende Sofortprogramm gegen Schmutz und Vandalismus verlängert, berichtete die Zeitung in einer Vorabmeldung. “Sauberere Züge und Bahnhöfe, mehr Sicherheit und mehr Komfort […]

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Niger junta says it is back in control after soldiers’ mutiny

Niger’s ruling junta said it was back in control after mutinous soldiers set off armed clashes in Niger’s capital Saturday, moving on the presidential palace and disrupting the state broadcaster. Niger has been ruled for three years by a military junta led by General Abdourahamane Tiani that has struggled to contain jihadist violence flaring in […]

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US deports right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos

Right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported to his home country of Britain, the US government said Saturday. Yiannopoulos, an early supporter of Donald Trump who has voiced support for the president’s immigration crackdown, has largely fallen out with the Trump movement. He was arrested Thursday at New Orleans International Airport and deported the following […]

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Netanyahu condemns settler attack in flashpoint West Bank village

Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked the Palestinian village of Qusra in the northern occupied West Bank on Saturday after nearly three weeks of tension in the area, drawing rare condemnation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Earlier in August a group of settlers began blocking supplies from entering Palestinian houses on the outskirts of the village […]

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Norwegens neuer König Haakon VIII. würdigt verstorbenen Vater in erster Rede

Norwegens neuer König Haakon VIII. hat sich erstmals seit dem Tod seines Vaters am Freitag an sein Volk gewandt. Der verstorbene König Harald V. sei “seinen Werten und seinen Pflichten immer treu geblieben”, sagte Haakon am Samstag in seiner im Fernsehen übertragenen Ansprache. Es spende “Trost und Kraft, dass so viele gemeinsam mit uns trauern”, […]

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UN, Nepal warn of climate threat after deadly floods

Nepal’s foreign minister and the UN climate chief on Saturday warned of the growing threat from global warming to the Himalayas, as rescuers race to find thousands missing after torrential flooding along the border with China. The US Geological Survey said the disaster on Wednesday near the high-altitude border was caused by a glacial collapse […]

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Norway’s King Haakon VIII pays tribute to late father in first speech

Norway’s new King Haakon VIII on Saturday addressed Norwegians for the first time since taking the throne, paying tribute to his 89-year-old father who died the day before.”Above all, you were a person who remained committed to your values and dedicated to your duties,” Haakon said of the late King Harald V in a televised […]

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Acordo garante aos EUA grande participação em reservas de petróleo da Venezuela

O presidente Donald Trump anunciou nesta sexta-feira (28) um acordo que garante aos Estados Unidos o controle majoritário de 65 bilhões de barris de reservas comprovadas de petróleo da Venezuela. Descrito por Trump como o “maior acordo petrolífero da História”, o pacto representará para a Venezuela cerca de US$ 100 bilhões (R$ 520 bilhões) em […]

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