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It’s hard to believe she’s only been out of power for three years. While no one expects Angela Merkel’s supporters to rally behind calls to “make Germany great again”, the excitement surrounding the release of her memoirs highlights a sense of nostalgia for a leader whose record-breaking tenure came to embody stability in a changing … Read more
Russia currently occupies about 18 percent of Ukraine’s territory. Yet reliable information about what life is like there is hard to come by, since there is no longer any access for Ukrainian media. Nevertheless, various Ukrainian initiatives aim to shed light on what is happening in the occupied territories. The picture they paint is one … Read more
Displaced people living in Sudan’s North Darfur state cheer at the arrival of the first convoy of food and supplies in months, but the glimmer of hope is still vastly short of what’s needed. Also, Namibia heads into general elections, with the ruling party SWAPO facing stiffer than ever competition amid popular frustration over disparities. … Read more
Almost all people are born with healthy feet, but over the years many develop foot problems. This is what the orthopedist and foot specialist Caroline Werkmeister from the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf says in an interview with Zeit magazine. Humans are designed to move around barefoot, but “instead we isolate our feet from the outside world … Read more
According to the union, the plan is for 1,200 Amazon employees from all over Germany to march through downtown Bad Hersfeld on the morning of November 29th with the support of representatives from the USA, Sweden, Great Britain and Italy. The campaign is being carried out together with the world umbrella organization of service unions … Read more
The top prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday asked judges to grant an arrest warrant for Myanmar’s junta leader. Min Aung Hlaing is suspected of committing crimes against humanity through the deportation and persecution of the mainly Muslim Rohingya minority which accuses the military of mass killings and rape. Some 750,000 Rohingya … Read more
In the weeks before Christmas, many German consumers’ money is looser. This is a result of the new Trend Check Trading from ECC Cologne. While online shopping continues to grow in importance, stores remain the most important source of inspiration. Services are particularly valued by younger consumers. For many consumers, free shipping is more important … Read more
German football club Borussia Dortmund signed a three-year sponsorship deal with leading German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall in May, but the contract has proved controversial with club members now voting against it. The Düsseldorf-based company, the fifth-largest weapons manufacturer in Europe, became a “Champion Partner” of the Bundesliga club in a deal worth between €7 and … Read more
The world’s most valuable stablecoin, USDT, issued by the company Tether, acts as a bridge between fiat money and cryptocurrencies. For this reason, there is a high correlation between USDT and the price of bitcoin (BTC), the main digital currency. Bitcoin investors typically trade through USDT, which means a rise in bitcoin price also boosts … Read more
Rumors about the US returning nuclear weapons to Ukraine have been circulating since November 21, when The New York Times published an article citing several unnamed US officials who “suggested that Mr. Biden could return nuclear weapons to Ukraine that were taken from it after the fall of the Soviet Union. At this stage, these … Read more