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Russia on Thursday fired an experimental missile at Ukraine in a clear warning of its capabilities, officials from Western governments said, even as they pushed back against Ukrainian claims of a more provocative action by Moscow. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Kyiv, Gulliver Cragg. Source link
Police indicted Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro and 36 others for allegedly attempting a coup to keep the right-wing leader in office after his defeat in the 2022 election. Already barred from running again in 2026 for a different case, he could now land in jail and see his influence further diminished. Story by Charlotte … Read more
There are 85 countries in the 2024 Oscar race for Best International Feature Film and Best Documentary Feature, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Thursday. Among them is Germany, which has submitted Mohammad Rasoulof’s latest film, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.” The work was inspired by the mass protests in … Read more
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was set to run for a second term in upcoming elections snap after his popular Defense Minister Boris Pistorius – a possible replacement – ruled himself out of the running on Thursday. Story by Liza Kaminov. Source link
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and Hamas officials, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Netanyahu condemned the arrest warrant, saying Israel “rejects with disgust the absurd and false actions.” Details with FRANCE 24 correspondent in Jerusalem, Noga Tarnopolsky. … Read more
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and a Hamas military leader, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity. How did countries around the world react to this warrant? Analysis by FRANCE 24’s Chief Foreign Editor, Rob Parsons. Source link
The Federal Statistical Office, or Destatis, reported on Friday that the German economy grew less than analysts expected in the third quarter of 2024. Gross domestic product grew by only 0.1% compared to the second quarter, less than the preliminary estimate of 0.2%. This year, Germany has only narrowly avoided a recession, defined by two … Read more
Germans generally don’t shop where they live. This emerges from a current study by the Society for Consumer Research (Gfk). German medium-sized cities in particular attract purchasing power from their surrounding areas and benefit from greater retail offerings and inflows of purchasing power. On average, Germans will have around 6,770 euros per capita available for … Read more
According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), GDP increased by 0.1% in the third quarter of 2024 compared to the previous quarter. In the preliminary report in October, Destatis assumed an increase of 0.2%. Compared to the same quarter last year, GDP increased by 0.1% in price-adjusted terms, but fell by 0.3% in price- and … Read more
In the last two weeks, the ANWR group organized a tour of three business talks and met its members at the Wortmann Group in Detmold, at Gabor in Rosenheim and at Hanau Marketing GmbH. “It is very important to us to communicate regularly with our members,” emphasizes Patrick Gottesleben, Managing Director of ANWR Schuh GmbH. … Read more