Last February, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that the country was going to invest substantially in its military. But not much has happened since then. And now Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht has been replaced. DER SPIEGEL takes a closer …
Russian flags banned at Australian Open tennis after Ukraine complaint
MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Russian and Belarusian flags have been banned from the Melbourne Park precinct during the Australian Open after a complaint from the Ukraine ambassador to the country, a move that the Russian embassy described as “regrettable”.
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‘I’m not a model. I’m an athlete and people should focus more on my athleticism rather than my clothes’ – CNN
‘I’m not a model. I’m an athlete and people should focus more on my athleticism rather than my clothes’ CNN
BRS pinpoints hurdles standing between tanker owners and their ‘golden age’
Potential headwinds include higher oil prices and a Chinese ban on fuel exports
Death toll in Russian strike on Dnipro building hits 44, including 5 children
The final death toll from a weekend Russian missile strike on an apartment building in southeastern Ukraine reached 44, officials said Tuesday, as the body of another child was pulled from the wreckage. The strike in the city of Dnipro was the war’s de…
Taliban order fresh round of floggings as nine men are lashed in public
The latest punishments come after former Afghanistan politician Mursal Nabizada was killed in the capital.
Vietnam’s under-fire President Nguyen Xuan Phuc submits resignation
Vietnam’s President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has submitted his resignation after the ruling Communist Party found him responsible for violations and wrongdoing of numerous officials under him, the country’s official news agency said on Tuesday.Phuc, 68, a for…
Ukraine says 22 missing after Dnipro strike, 44 dead
Ukraine said Tuesday 22 people were still missing after a Russian missile struck an apartment block in the city of Dnipro, killing at least 44 people.
Families mourn Nepal plane victims; data box sent to France
Nepalese authorities on Tuesday began returning to families the bodies of plane crash victims and were sending the aircraft’s data recorder to France for analysis as they try to determine what caused the country’s deadliest air accident in 30 years.