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BERLIN, Germany (KMID/KPEJ) – The two-week-old German panda twins born at Berlin Zoo are developing well, the zoo said on Friday. They have more than doubled their birth weight and currently weigh 510 grams and 450 grams, respectively. The typical black-and-white panda look is also starting to manifest itself: the once pink baby pandas now […]

Germany’s coalition government unveiled a package of measures Saturday to speed up deportations and reduce knife crime, two weeks after a deadly stabbing in the western city of Solingen reignited debate over the country’s immigration policy. “We have delivered,” Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told dpa in Berlin. “We are offering more protection against Islamist terror,

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of France on Saturday to protest the appointment of Michel Barnier as prime minister. Authorities expected about 15,000 people to take part in demonstrations in more than 100 cities across the country, including Paris, Bordeaux and Nantes. The protests were organised by the far-left France Unbowed party, one

Demonstrators gather under the statue of Marianne, a symbol of the French Republic, during a protest against the appointment of a new prime minister, Michel Barnier, in Paris, France, Saturday, September 7, 2024. Credit – Michel Euler—AP PARIS — Thousands of protesters took to the streets across France on Saturday, responding to a call from

A look back at local, national and global events through the Deseret News archives. On September 7, 1940, Nazi Germany began an intensive bombing campaign against Britain during World War II, with an air raid on London. This attack became known as the Blitz and lasted eight months. The campaign resulted in more than 40,000

German train passengers are facing long delays after a major IT outage caused significant disruptions to train services in central Germany, carrier Deutsche Bahn said on Saturday. The company reports on its website that technicians are doing everything they can to resolve the problem. According to the regional carrier DB Regio, all regional and S-Bahn

Coinciding with the powerful and symbolic monument to the ravages of unbridled climate change, the August 17 ceremony also saw the release of the Global Glacier Casualty list of 15 extinct and endangered glaciers by Rice University in Texas – a driving force behind the entire project. According to scientists, global warming has caused thousands

The Fifth Global Climate and SDG Synergy Conferencewhich was held in Rio de Janeiro on September 5 and 6, was convened because the agreements on both fronts are still far from being fulfilled. Moment of truth In his opening remarks on Thursday, the UN Deputy Secretary-General said: Amina Mohammed stressed that countries must take action

The call for access for all who need it by Special Rapporteur Tlaleng Mofokeng, coincided with the arrival of vaccine shipments and the start of planned rollouts by health authorities in some of the hardest-hit African countries. Nigeria received about 10,000 doses of the mpox vaccine last weekand the Democratic Republic of Congo – the

The devastation has shocked the UN refugee agency (UN refugee agency) hurry humanitarian aid goods from stocks in the country to help people in need. More than 18 million people In Bangladesh, more than 1.2 million families have been affected by severe monsoon conditions, with flash floods hitting large parts of the eastern and southeastern