Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad met in the Kremlin to discuss the situation in the Middle East, state media reported Thursday. The situation in the region is deteriorating, Putin said in a video clip released by the Kremlin. According to the Syrian state news agency SANA, Putin said the situation […]
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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Debris from what is believed to be a Russian drone has landed in a rural area in Romania, the country’s Defense Ministry said Thursday, the latest incident involving drone debris landing. the war in neighboring Ukraine on the territory of the NATO member. Since the beginning of the war in February
Police are investigating the kidnapping and murder of the new head of Zambia’s broadcasting regulator. The body of Guntila Muleya was found with gunshot wounds on the outskirts of the capital Lusaka on Wednesday. His death has shocked people, especially because the motive is unknown and because gun violence is not common in the southern
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The sun is shining on the facades of newly built apartments. The sharp rise in rental prices for homes in major German cities is slowing down compared to the rapid growth we have seen recently, according to an analysis by real estate specialist Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL). Oliver Berg/dpa The sharp rise in rental prices
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An old video of huge crowds parading through a street has resurfaced in social media posts falsely claiming to show protesters in Bangladesh demonstrating against employment quotas. The footage was in fact filmed in Samawah, Iraq, and has been circulating online since at least July 2023 in TikTok posts about a procession marking the Islamic
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At Germany’s Frankfurt airport, a major European transport hub, about one in 10 flights were cancelled on Thursday after activists from the climate group Last Generation clung to the tarmac. About 140 of the airport’s 1,400 scheduled flights were cancelled due to the disruption at Germany’s largest airport, operator Fraport said. Passengers were told to
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A cargo ship sank in Taiwan after Typhoon Gaemi swept across the island overnight, authorities said Thursday. Nine crew members from Myanmar are missing after the Tanzanian-flagged cargo ship Fu-Shun sank off the coast of Kaohsiung Port, Taiwan’s Central Emergency Operation Center said. According to the center, authorities are waiting for better weather conditions to
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Eight people have been arrested after taking part in a protest by the Last Generation group, which temporarily halted all flights at Frankfurt airport, according to German police. According to a police spokesperson, seven people managed to enter the airport grounds on Thursday morning and remained stuck on the two central runways. Another person was
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According to environmentalists, around 8 million mattresses are thrown away in Germany alone each year. 95% of them are incinerated and only 5% are recycled. It’s not just the sheer waste: the intensity of the turnover rate, here and in other countries, can put a serious strain on your budget, as a new quality mattress
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After dozens of university students were kidnapped by an armed group in Ethiopia’s Oromia region earlier this month, the government blamed the kidnappings on rebels from the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA), who denied the allegations. Video posts circulating on Facebook have since claimed that Human Rights Watch called on the international community to designate OLA
