US President Donald Trump on Thursday insisted Russian leader Vladimir Putin would not attack NATO territory, downplaying reports that Washington had warned Moscow against a possible move on Europe. The Kremlin also dismissed the reports as “scare stories” following a rare visit to the Russian capital by CIA Director John Ratcliffe that sparked fevered speculation.”I’ve […]
Read MoreUS-Präsident Donald Trump hat Medienberichte über mögliche Angriffspläne auf Nato-Territorium zurückgewiesen. Er habe gute Gespräche mit Kreml-Chef Wladimir Putin geführt, sagte Trump am Donnerstag vor Journalisten im Weißen Haus. “Er wird kein Nato-Gebiet angreifen.”Hintergrund der Äußerungen ist eine Reise von CIA-Chef John Ratcliffe nach Moskau am Dienstag, bei der er die russische Führung US-Medienberichten zufolge […]
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Vor der Wahl in Sachsen-Anhalt hat Bundeskanzler und CDU-Chef Friedrich Merz jede Zusammenarbeit seiner Partei mit der AfD mit deutlichen Worten ausgeschlossen. Die Positionen der AfD unterschieden sich “so fundamental” von denen der CDU, “dass es da keine Kompromisse gibt”, sagte Merz am Donnerstag in der RTL-Sendung “Am Tisch mit Friedrich Merz”. Die AfD sei […]
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Nach der verheerenden Sturzflut am Himalaya hat sich die Zahl der Toten auf nahezu 400 erhöht. Die nepalesische Polizei erklärte am Donnerstag, 392 Leichen geborgen zu haben. Chinesische Medien gaben die Zahl der Toten mit drei an. Den nepalesischen Behörden zufolge wurden 910 Menschen vermisst, unter ihnen 517 Ausländer. Die chinesischen Behörden geben die Zahl […]
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Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb military chief convicted of war crimes for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, died in hospital on Thursday, according to a United Nations international tribunal. Mladic, who had suffered several strokes in recent months, was serving a life sentence in The Hague for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against […]
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Iran’s top diplomat met his Qatari counterpart on Thursday in Tehran for talks on the strategic Strait of Hormuz, as a US naval blockade squeezes oil supplies to Iran amid a domestic shortfall. The visit by Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani follows a week of intense diplomacy in Iran involving separate meetings […]
Read MoreThe Zambian opposition leader who was runner-up in this month’s disputed presidential election was taken into custody Thursday over treason allegations, police said. Opposition leader Brian Mundubile surrendered to police on Thursday after two weeks in hiding following a summons over an alleged national security threat, state media reported. President Hakainde Hichilema won 60 percent […]
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Coral skeleton records stretching back 1,000 years show El Nino episodes are intensifying as the planet warms, carrying major implications for a future under climate change, according to a new study Thursday. Published in Science, the research comes at a timely moment: a strengthening El Nino in the equatorial Pacific is projected to become the […]
Read MoreUS President Donald Trump on Thursday said Vladimir Putin is “not going to attack” NATO territory, pushing back against media reports that Washington is concerned about a possible Russian move on Europe. Trump’s comments came two days after CIA Director John Ratcliffe flew to Moscow for surprise talks that US media said were to warn […]
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