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World 16.07.24 | 20:27

US senator Bob Menendez found guilty in bribery trial

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World 14.07.24 | 15:33

Germany: Several killed and multiple injured in hunter attack in Lautlingen

Several people were killed and others injured in an attack in Lautlingen on Sunday, a town in the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, according to a report by Germany’s Bild newspaper. The attacker was thought to be a hunter, according to the report, which did not specify how the victims were killed....

World 14.07.24 | 14:16

What we know so far about Trump shooting suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks

The FBI has named the man who shot at Donald Trump during a campaign rally as Thomas Matthew Crooks. Crooks is alleged to have opened fire while the former US president was addressing a crowd in Butler, Pennsylvania, leaving one audience member dead and two others badly hurt. The 20-year-old was shot...

World 14.07.24 | 01:10

Trump survives assassination attempt 

Former US President Donald Trump survived an apparent assassination attempt. In the dramatic footage that was broadcast live, Trump was speaking at a rally in Pennsylvania when several shots rang out. The former President raised his hand toward his head,  and bent down while several secret service agents...

World 13.07.24 | 22:36

In central Nigeria, a school building collapsed, leaving at least 22 people dead

At least 22 people have died in central Nigeria after a school building collapsed during lessons, local authorities reported on Friday. Approximately 130 people are being treated in nearby hospitals. Most of the victims are students and school employees. The building, part of the Saint Academy Secondary...

World 13.07.24 | 18:03

Russia can counter US missile deployments in Europe, Kremlin says

European countries would be putting themselves at risk if they accept deployments of long-range U.S. missiles, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a video published on Saturday. Asked by Russian state TV reporter Pavel Zarubin about the possibility of the United States deploying hypersonic missiles...

World 13.07.24 | 17:02

Israel targets Hamas military chief; Gaza health officials say at least 71 killed

An Israeli airstrike killed at least 71 Palestinians in a designated humanitarian zone in Gaza on Saturday, the enclave’s health ministry said, in an attack that Israel said targeted Hamas’ military chief Mohammed Deif. Hamas said in a statement that Israeli claims that it had targeted leaders...

World 11.07.24 | 10:08

NATO to caution China over its support for Russia’s war in Ukraine

NATO leaders gathered in Washington are expected to issue a warning to China on Wednesday regarding its support for Russia’s war against Ukraine, according to a draft document seen by dpa. The text states that China “has become a decisive enabler of Russia’s war against Ukraine through...

World 10.07.24 | 20:52

Biden arrives to NATO summit site, beginning long day of high-stakes meetings

President Joe Biden has arrived to site of the NATO summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, according to pool reporters traveling with the president, beginning a long stretch of critical foreign-policy meetings amid the most crucial week of his reelection campaign so far. Biden will next...

World 10.07.24 | 20:45

US and Germany announce deployment of long-range missiles in joint statement

In a joint statement Wednesday, the governments of Germany and the United States announced they would begin “episodic deployments,” of the long-range missile capabilities from its Multi-Domain Task Force in Germany starting in 2026 “as part of planning for enduring stationing of these capabilities...

World 10.07.24 | 19:42

Blinken: Ukraine “irreversibly” on path to NATO as long as it continues reforms

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday indicated that Ukraine was “irreversibly” on the path to joining NATO as long as it continues reforms and suggested that it had only a short route to join the defensive alliance. “In my estimation at least, success is a strong, independent Ukraine,...

World 09.07.24 | 11:46

A revived NATO marks 75 years, but political uncertainty clouds its future

This week’s NATO summit in Washington was supposed to be a celebration. Seventy-five years after its founding, the alliance is bigger and more relevant than it’s been in decades. Transatlantic ties are strong again. Spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, allies are united — thanks, in no small...

World 09.07.24 | 09:16

Le Pen and Orbán united in the European Parliament

Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) party, after a defeat in French parliamentary elections, is forming an alliance with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party in the European Parliament. “We will form a new group with 84 parliamentarians from 12 countries, creating the...

World 08.07.24 | 13:00

Orban meets Chinese President Xi as part of his push for peace in Europe

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban continues his mission to promote peace in Europe visiting China for a meeting with President Xi Jinping. After assuming the rotating Presidency of the European Union, Orban visited Kiev and Moscow, meeting first with President Zelensky and then with President Vladimir...

World 07.07.24 | 23:45

French PM to resign as leftists nab majority of parliamentary seats in snap election

A far-left political coalition that unexpectedly assembled ahead of France’s snap elections is projected to win the majority of parliamentary seats up for grabs and the country’s prime minister has announced his intention to resign – leading the country into unforeseen territory and possible...

World 06.07.24 | 12:34

Interview appears to change few Democratic officials’ views on Biden.

President Biden had planned to use his first televised interview since his poor debate performance to reassure supporters and quiet the voices within the Democratic Party calling for him to drop out. But many Democrats who spoke out after the interview, which aired on ABC News on Friday night, signaled...

World 04.07.24 | 21:14

Hurricane Beryl skirts Jamaica after flattening Caribbean islands

Hurricane Beryl has brushed past Jamaica after leaving a trail of destruction and fatalities in the Caribbean. The center of the Category 4 storm was near Jamaica’s southern coast on Wednesday, with maximum sustained winds of 215 kilometers per hour, according to the US National Hurricane Center...

World 02.07.24 | 18:59

Trump seeks to set aside his New York hush money guilty verdict after Supreme Court immunity ruling

— Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers have asked the New York judge who presided over his hush money trial to set aside his conviction and delay his sentencing, scheduled for next week. The letter to Judge Juan M. Merchan cited the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling earlier Monday on presidential...

World 30.06.24 | 20:12

French parliamentary elections begin their first round

The first round of elections to France’s National Assembly takes place on Sunday, with President Emmanuel Macron aiming to bolster the relative majority held by his centrist movement in the lower house. Polling stations open at 8 am (0600 GMT), with 49.3 million eligible voters. Voting has already...

World 29.06.24 | 16:30

Iran to hold runoff election with reformist Pezeshkian and hard-liner Jalili after low-turnout vote

Orlando Cepeda dies COVID cases Israel-Hamas war WORLD NEWS Iran to hold runoff election with reformist Pezeshkian and hard-liner Jalili after low-turnout vote Iran announced Saturday it will hold a runoff presidential election to replace the late hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi after an initial vote...

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