Number of missing in deadly Nepal, China floods jumps past 2,400

The number of people missing in Nepal and China surpassed 2,400 Friday, underscoring the scale of the disaster days after a tsunami-like wall of water and debris swept away villages and killed hundreds. Rescuers were battling through mud even as the threat of new floods loomed, with emergency teams recovering 586 bodies so far — […]

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Presidente do Fed afirma que inflação nos EUA é “preocupante”

O presidente do Federal Reserve (Fed) afirmou, nesta sexta-feira (28), que a inflação nos Estados Unidos é “preocupante” e que dificilmente poderia descrever a política monetária da instituição como “restritiva”, às vésperas da próxima reunião para definir as taxas de juros. O banco central americano não conseguiu atingir sua meta de inflação de longo prazo […]

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Hackergruppe erpresst Berlin nach Datenklau – offenbar Millionenforderung

Nach dem Datendiebstahl bei einem Hackerangriff wird das Land Berlin erpresst. “Berlin ist Opfer einer schweren Straftat geworden”, sagte der Regierende Bürgermeister Kai Wegner (CDU) am Freitag. Die Forderung sei am frühen Donnerstagabend eingetroffen. Darauf werde jedoch nicht eingegangen, betonte Wegner: “Das Land Berlin wird sich nicht erpressen lassen.” Laut einem Pressebericht verlangen die Erpresser rund […]

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Norwegen trauert um langjährigen Monarchen Harald V. – Sohn Haakon ist neuer König

Die Norweger trauern um ihren langjährigen Monarchen: Nach mehr als dreieinhalb Jahrzehnten auf dem Thron ist König Harald V. am Freitag im Alter von 89 Jahren gestorben. Haralds Sohn trat als Haakon VIII. dessen Nachfolge an, seine Frau Mette-Marit ist die neue Königin des Landes. Der Tod des dienstältesten Monarchen Europas löste international große Anteilnahme […]

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Greenland to open truth commission over forced contraception scheme

Greenland said Friday it would establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Denmark’s forced contraception of thousands of indigenous Inuits, after experts failed to agree on whether the scheme constituted “genocide”. The forced contraception campaign is one of the darkest chapters in Greenland’s history with its former colonial master Denmark. From the 1960s to 1990, […]

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Celine Dion arrives in France ahead of sold-out comeback dates

Canadian superstar Celine Dion arrived in Paris on Friday two weeks ahead of the first of her sold-out comeback concerts in the French capital. The singer headed to the Royal Monceau luxury hotel near the Champs-Elysees, where a crowd of admirers behind security barriers cheered her and shouted “Céline, we love you!”.”I’ve always felt supported […]

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Celine Dion arrives in France ahead of sold-out comeback dates

Canadian superstar Celine Dion arrived in Paris on Friday two weeks ahead of the first of her sold-out comeback concerts in the French capital. The singer headed to the Royal Monceau luxury hotel near the Champs-Elysees, where a crowd of admirers behind security barriers cheered her and shouted “Céline, we love you!”.”I’ve always felt supported […]

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Presidente do Fed afirma que inflação nos EUA é ‘preocupante’

O presidente do Federal Reserve (Fed) afirmou, nesta sexta-feira (28), que a inflação nos Estados Unidos é “preocupante” e que dificilmente poderia descrever a política monetária da instituição como “restritiva”, às vésperas da próxima reunião para definir as taxas de juros. “No geral, eu dificilmente descreveria as condições financeiras como restritivas”, disse Kevin Warsh em seu […]

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Meta’s teen safety deal runs into an unsolved problem: proving age

Meta’s landmark settlement with nearly every US state promises curfews and time limits for teens on Instagram and Facebook — but rests on age and parent checks nobody has figured out how to make work. The deal, which ended a federal trial in Oakland, California, on Wednesday, gives Meta one year to identify which of […]

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