Against the backdrop of the fatal knife attack on a police officer in the southwestern German city of Mannheim, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has called for a careful study of the situation in Afghanistan before possible deportations to the country. “In this specific case, the Ministry of the Interior has been investigating for some time,” […]

German defense company KNDS says it will not be able to supply more weapons to Ukraine in the near future, according to Managing Director Ralf Ketzel. KNDS, formerly Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), produces weapons, including Leopard 2 main battle tanks, which Germany has supplied to Kiev since early 2023. “The ability to deliver quickly has now

Researchers said Thursday they were shocked to see a tiger shark regurgitate an echidna while tagging marine life near Orpheus Island off Australia’s northeast coast. A team of researchers from Australia’s James Cook University observed a medium-sized tiger shark regurgitating a whole, dead echidna in May 2022, which the university said was “a world-first discovery.”

The Russian economy is “absolutely and strongly overheated,” said Herman Gref, CEO of Sberbank. Gref said it is “impossible” to exceed the current production capacity, which is 84%. Russia’s sanctions-hit economy grew by 3.6% of GDP last year, driven by wartime activity. After more than two years of war with Ukraine, the Russian economy seems

The recent floods in the German state of Bavaria have affected voters for the European Parliament elections, with some polling stations forced to relocate and there are reports of lost voting documents. Bavarian state election official Thomas Gössl said town halls were not yet usable in some affected regions. That is why provisional municipal councils

The cost of solar panels has fallen by 30 percent in the past two years, according to the IEA (Sia KAMBOU) More money is being poured into solar power than all other electricity sources combined, with investment expected to reach half a trillion dollars this year, the world’s top energy research body said Thursday. The

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s abundant hydropower is helping the Himalayan country cut its oil imports and clean its air, thanks to a boom in electric vehicle sales. Nearly all the electricity produced in Nepal is clean energy, with most of it generated by river-fed hydroelectric power stations. Thanks to that abundant energy source, the

(Getty Images) The large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 not only sparked international outrage. It also triggered a wave of sanctions aimed at weakening the Kremlin’s ability to wage war against its neighbor. Russia’s assets abroad had been frozen, its economy cut off from the global financial system and energy exports under attack.

An Israeli airstrike on a UN school full of hundreds of displaced people in central Gaza has killed more than 20 people, locals say. The Israeli army said it had carried out an attack on a UN school housing a ‘Hamas complex’. Local journalists told the BBC that an Israeli warplane fired two rockets at

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa is in a moment of deep searching for one election that produced a shocking division of the African National Congress, the party that gave it freedom and democracy thirty years ago. In the days following the rejection of what was once the country’s most beloved organisation, South