In 2023, the total revenue of the world’s 100 largest weapons producers grew to $632 billion (€598 bio) a 4.2% increase from 2022. This is according to a new report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute SIPRI, which analyzes the business figures of the 100 biggest arms makers.
Biden-gathers-with-Hunter-Biden-and-family-members-in-Delaware.jpg” />He has repeatedly promised not to do it – but on Thanksgiving weekend, Joe Biden claims to have spontaneously decided to pardon his son. He was about to be sentenced for making false statements during a gun purchase and for tax evasion. The president now sees this as a politically driven miscarriage of justice.US President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter on Sunday evening (local time), sparing him a possible prison sentence for weapons and tax offenses. Joe Biden is breaking his earlier promise not to use presidential powers to benefit his family members. The Democratic president had previously…
Christian Lindner has to deal with a stubborn presenter on “Caren Miosga”. The FDP man allies himself with the audience to be allowed to finish speaking – but that’s not on his side at all. Christian Lindner: FDP leader in the ARD talk with Caren Miosga
Headed again by the German Ursula von der Leyen and with Teresa Ribera as the Spanish representative, the new European Commission officially starts this Sunday with 26 commissioners in charge of unprecedented portfolios in the community Executive, such as Defense, Housing or the Mediterranean. Starting tomorrow, Monday, the new commissioners will begin working on challenges and missions entrusted by Von der Leyen for the next five years. Teresa Ribera, executive vice president for a Clean, Fair and Competitive Transition and head of Competition, will coordinate the Pact for a Clean Industry that she will present in the first hundred days…
“Kash is a brilliant lawyer, investigator, and ‘America First’ fighter who has spent his career exposing corruption, defending Justice, and protecting the American People,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social announcing the nomination.
The left is the great threat to American freedom Yeonmi Park fled North Korea as a teenager. Now she puts into words the threats to individual freedom in the United States.
The FDP is in crisis almost three months before the federal election. Privately, party leader Christian Lindner can be happy: he and his wife Franca are expecting their first child together. The baby is due to be born in spring.FDP leader Christian Lindner is currently in a crisis professionally – but things couldn’t be going better for him privately. „Bild“ and the German Press Agency learned from the couple’s confidants that Lindner (45) and his wife, the journalist Franca Lehfeldt (35), are expecting their first child together. Lindner himself did not want to comment on this when asked.According to the…
The doctor and microbiologist Peter Piot dedicated a large part of his professional life to combating HIV. Here he talks about current challenges – and his hope that the disease could one day be curable. Peter Piot on World AIDS Day: “Today many people think: HIV is over. That’s a big problem.”
Georgians protesting the government’s decision to delay European Union membership talks clashed with security forces outside parliament in the capital Tbilisi on Saturday evening.
Romanians are casting ballots in a parliamentary election on Sunday sandwiched between a turbulent two-round presidential race. The first round of the presidential contest plunged the European Union and Nato member country into unprecedented turmoil following allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference.
Polling stations have opened in Romania, where millions are casting their ballots in a crucial parliamentary election. The vote comes just one week after a highly controversial first round of the presidential race, which saw relatively unknown populist candidate Călin Georgescu win 23% of the vote. Sunday’s parliamentary race is the most important vote in Romania, as it determines the country’s new government and prime minister. There are concerns however that it may be overshadowed by the chaos that ensued from last week’s presidential vote. While the president has significant decision-making powers in Romania, particularly in areas such as national…
In a video message addressed to the Ukrainian Ministry of Health Conference, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Stella Kyriakides, underscored the European Union’s steadfast commitment to support Ukraine “in all respects, and for as long as it takes.”
In Georgia, rallies against the government’s anti-European course and alleged election fraud continue. Demonstrators and police clash. There may have been a fire in the parliament building.The pro-European protests in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi continue. Demonstrators and police clashed in front of parliament on Saturday evening. Masked police in riot gear used rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons against protesters who threw fireworks, an AFP news agency reporter observed. Flames could be seen behind a window of the parliament building.The massive protests in the Caucasus state began on Thursday evening. They are particularly directed against the postponement of the country’s…
Australia is taking a big step forward when it comes to banning social media for young people. It’s no surprise that this hasn’t gone down particularly well with the companies concerned. One of the loudest critics – and this is no surprise here either – has been X buyer Elon Musk.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te arrived in the US state of Hawaii on Saturday, during a weeklong tour in the Pacific that has prompted Beijing’s anger. Lai’s two-day stop in the US is his first visit since taking office in May. The visit has provoked fierce threats from China, which sees the self-governing democratic island of Taiwan as its territory and opposes any international recognition of its sovereignty. How was Lai met in Hawaii? The Taiwanese president was met at Honolulu International Airport by American Institute in Taiwan official Ingrid Larson, Hawaii Governor Josh Green, and others. “This is the first time…
The Vice-President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency, Věra Jourová, visited half of the EU Member States between January and June 2024, in a ‘Democracy Tour’ in preparation of the elections for the European Parliament held on 6 to 9 June 2024. She discussed key aspects of the Commission recommendation on inclusive and resilient elections with national authorities responsible for conduct and integrity of elections and with representatives of civil society. The ‘Democracy Tour’ focused on the resilience of the informational space online, and four key areas of particular threat emerged from the discussions with stakeholders: disinformation, foreign interference,…
Job cuts, falling production, gloomy forecasts: “Germany’s deindustrialization is progressing,” warns WELT editor-in-chief Ulf Poschardt. In the podcast “Make Economy Great Again” he and economist Daniel Stelter discuss strategies against relegation. Make Economy Great Again: “We are destroying the landscape with these horrible solar fields”
The peace obligation expired during the night: now there are strikes at Volkswagen. According to IG Metall, work will soon be temporarily suspended at all locations. The company “cannot overlook” this. Peace obligation over at VW: Warning strikes threaten “in all plants”
Within the labyrinth of family courts, a chilling paradox persists: mothers, who should be lauded for their courage in denouncing the abuse suffered by their children, often find themselves exposed to paroxysmal institutional violence. These women, often referred to as “protective mothers,” see their role as protective parents distorted and their rights restricted by institutions meant to ensure justice and safety. But how can processes designed to protect sometimes reproduce the very mechanisms of abuse they are supposed to combat—or even generate new ones? An Intolerable and Systemic Reality In France, according to the Independent Commission on Incest and Sexual…
The Federal Police FBI is considered one of the most powerful investigative agencies in the world, not least because of countless Hollywood films and series. But in the worldview of Trump supporters, at least since the investigations against Donald Trump, the FBI has also represented a political police force – regardless of the facts. Now Trump is announcing that he will appoint a hardliner as FBI director. Kash Patel is not supposed to make the authority more powerful, but rather weaken it. The future man at the top has declared that he wants to take action against journalists with the…
The head of the US Federal Police FBI is being reappointed: Donald Trump nominates his loyal Kash Patel for the office. He recently made people sit up and take notice with threats against officials and journalists. FBI: Kash Patel is to head the US Federal Police under Donald Trump
The Official State Gazette (BOE) publishes this Saturday the order of the Ministry of Finance that contemplates a 25% reduction in the Personal Income Tax (IRPF) for the self-employed affected by the DANA who pay taxes through the system of self taxation. Spanish farmers get a lifeline The Ministry of Finance explained that this measure will allow an average saving of almost 400 euros to more than 22,600 taxpayers who pay taxes under this system, which usually includes farmers, ranchers, professionals in the agri-food sector, the transport sector and professionals in the retail trade activities. This order maintains, as a…
KINGNEWSWIRE – The Church of Scientology of Rome hosted a conference on 4 October in its Auditorium in Via della Maglianella 375, in celebration of the national Day of Memory and Welcoming to humanise the processes of welcoming and integration under the banner of human rights. On Friday, 4 October, the Church of Scientology in Rome hosted a conference on migration, reception and integration on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance and Welcoming, called every 3 October by law no. 45 of 2016 as a national day in Italy, to commemorate the 398 victims, migrants, following a shipwreck in the Mediterranean…
An exciting affair can cloud the senses. But how do you distinguish the rush of emotions from real closeness and solidarity? How do you recognize emotional manipulation by narcissists? Our author gives tips for finding great love. Love and partnership: “He stopped sleeping with me. I thought it was me.”
The Maldives, Bali, Greece: Plastic is increasingly polluting the landscape, and not just in many holiday destinations. More than 170 countries are currently negotiating countermeasures. These pictures show how necessary they are. How plastic litters the world – global pollution
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