Dr. In its report for the first half of the 2024/2025 financial year (ending: September 29), Martens reported a decline in sales of 18% compared to the same period last year. Sales fell from 395.8 million British pounds to 324.6 pounds. Adjusted for currency effects, the decline is 16%. D2C sales fell by 7% (5% … Read more
Angela Merkel’s memoir is already the most successful book of the year in Germany, an industry monitor said on Thursday, just one week after its release. Freedom: Memories 1954-2021 charts the former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s childhood in communist East Germany through her political rise within the Christian Democrats (CDU), her election as the first … Read more
The founder of Cardano is located in Argentina, the country where the Constitutional Convention 2024 is taking place. It can be read in the website of the event that seeks to achieve “a Constitution for fully decentralized on-chain governance” and thus “guarantee that each ADA holder has a voice in shaping the future of the … Read more
France’s Prime Minister Michel Barnier is expected to hand in his resignation on Thursday just three months into the job after losing a no-confidence vote in parliament. It is the first time in more than 60 years that a French government has been topped in this manner, plunging the country into a deep political crisis. … Read more
Bitcoin is no longer just an “experiment”, but a global phenomenon. This achievement underlines the recognition of bitcoin as a legitimate and respected asset class. On the night of Wednesday, December 4, 2024, bitcoin (BTC) surpassed $100,000 for the first time in its history. The price of the digital currency in the last hours was … Read more
As Paris watched flames consume its beloved Notre-Dame Cathedral five years ago, no one could have imagined just how toxic the smoke spewing from the disaster could be. The rising plume contained several billion particles of lead from the collapsing roof and spire. Now that the cathedral has been identically rebuilt, a group of associations … Read more
Michel Barnier has now become the shortest-serving prime minister in France’s Fifth Republic and the first PM to be ousted by parliament in over six decades. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on the abrupt departure of PM Barnier, following a no-confidence motion proposed by the hard left, and crucially backed by the far … Read more
Since the first months of 2021, and throughout all these years, a meme began to form part of the identity of bitcoiners: laser eyes. The idea, which arose on the social network Twitter (now X), was made known through the hashtag #LaserRayUntil100k (laser beams up to 100 thousand). What was proposed at that time was … Read more
FRANCE 24 correspondent Yena Lee explains the South Korean government’s impeachment process, and how likely President Yoon Suk Yeol’s hold on power is to resist the upcoming vote. Source link
The ruling People Power Party (PPP) said on Thursday it would block the opposition’s motion to impeach South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for his short-lived attempt at martial law, but the motion only needs a handful of PPP defectors to pass and few are ready to forgive Yoon’s “unconstitutional” move. Source link