German police probe arson attack linked to Tesla plant in Berlin – assumed political motive German police said on they are investigating an ” arson attack at a Berlin construction site after activists reportedly claimed responsibility as they protested an expansion of a Tesla factory. In the early hours of Tuesday, “several fires were reported” at the site in the eastern Berlin district of Marzahn, with “construction cranes and Deutsche Bahn signal cables affected,” Berlin police said in a…
Donald Trump says he will slap European goods with 25% tariff – on cars and other goods! “We have made a decision and we’ll be announcing it very soon, and it’ll be 25% generally speaking, and that’ll be on cars, and all of the things,” Trump told reporters during the first Cabinet meeting of his second term. Trump also accused Europe of taking advantage of the United States. “They don’t accept our cars. They don’t…
The General Secretary of Employment, María José Nevado, has presided over the Autonomous Employment Bureau that has gathered to supervise the Program Stimulus for the Creation and Consolidation of Autonomous Work in Extremadura 2024-2027, an initiative aimed at supporting and promoting autonomous entrepreneurship in The region. A meeting in which the advances achieved, highlighting that the program has had a “positive impact” on the creation of autonomous employment in Extremadura, and new measures have been…
US President Donald Trump says Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy set to visit US on Friday to sign a “very big deal.” It comes as sources confirmed to several news agencies that Ukraine and the United States have agreed on a draft broad minerals deal, which may ease recent tensions between Trump and Zelenskyy. The deal will see the US jointly develop Ukraine’s mineral wealth, with revenues going to a new fund shared by both countries, according…
The UK, Norway, Germany and France, as well as other European Union states, have offered military training for Ukrainian soldiers and officers since the beginning of Russia’s war in Ukraine three years ago. One of them, who asked DW to use his combat name Mara, is deployed with the 114th Brigade of Ukraine’s Territorial Defense against Russia’s war of aggression. Mara completed two months of basic training in France in 2023. “But Western trainers sometimes don’t understand the kind…
Of “attack on equality.” Thus, Vox Aragon has described the condonation agreement of 17,000 million euros of debt to Catalonia and the proposal of the Ministry of Finance for the rest of autonomies. Its spokesman Alejandro Nolasco, has criticized a press conference in the courts of Aragon, this agreement that also implies an increase of 2,000 million euros over the initial figure of 15,000 million euros that had been initially scheduled and that now has…
Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced on Friday that it is suspending operations at Sudan’s largest displacement camp due to escalating violence. “Despite widespread starvation and immense humanitarian needs, we have no choice but to take the decision to suspend all our activities in the camp, including the MSF field hospital,” the global charity said, using its French acronym. The camp in North Darfur shelters more than half a million people, according to United…
Morocco’s counterterrorism agency said on Monday it had foiled attacks planned by the so-called Islamic State group (IS) in the Sahel region, south of the Sahara Desert. The discovery of the 12-member terror cell and what authorities called an “imminent dangerous terrorist plot,” is an indication of the expanding ambitions of extremist groups in the region, according to the counterterrorism unit. What did the plot entail? Moroccan authorities did not offer details on the suspects’ motives or their plot, but they did reveal that the…
At least three construction workers were killed and seven injured when a piece of elevated highway collapsed on Tuesday in South Korea. The bridge in Cheonan, about 90 kilometers (55 miles) south of the capital Seoul, was still being built when the 50-meter long beams holding it up crashed to the ground. The National Fire Agency said they were believed at least one more victim may be under the rubble. Authorities said that the cause of the…
German companies warn the possible new government of great coalition that do not have any tail wind in their favor as far as the economy is concerned. The most important advance indicator of Germany, known as IFO index, makes it clear: the economy of the European locomotive is still stagnant. The business confidence indicator, published on Monday after an election day marked by a turn to conservatism with an ultra -right boom, has barely moved…
The Conservative CDU won the 2025 German Federal Election on Sunday with the outgoing Chancellor’s party suffering its worst loss and the far-right party AfD making huge gains. The German election 2025 online reaction is wild with billionaire Elon Musk – who’s faced widespread criticism over his meddling in foreign politics – being both mocked and praised. German election 2025 online reaction Despite the gains, the AfD underperformed despite backing from the US and Elon…
Everything has returned to normal in the village of Gjader and the port town of Shengjin in northwestern Albania. Almost exactly a year to the day when the parliament ratified the country’s migrant center agreement with Italy, not a single migrant is in either of the facilities constructed in Gjader and Shengjin. The agreement signed by Italy and Albania in November 2023 and ratified by the Albanian parliament on February 22, 2024, envisioned that Italy would…
In late February 2022, Russian troops crossed the border into Ukraine, starting a war that, three years later, has become one of deadliest and most destructive in the 21st century. Ukrainians and neighboring states and allies have watched in horror as the war unfolded. But there are surprisingly few universally agreed upon figures for the full extent of destruction. The number of civilians killed has most likely been underreported in the broad range of death toll estimates, and what…
CDU/CSU victory – How the exit polls compare to 2021 German Federal election CDU/CSU victory appears to be confirmed, take a look at how the exit polls from the 2025 German Federal Election differ from the last German election – held back in 2021. Exit polls reported by Deutcshe Welle suggests the final result could be: Here is how that would compare with the results from the 2021 election: First exit poll of the #Germany election.1. Massive…
The president of Argentina, Javier Milei, has insisted on his desire to reach a free trade agreement with the United States and announced that his country will join the policy of reciprocal tariffs proposed by the Government of Donald Trump. In a speech received by applause and cheers at the Conservative Polic Your country to achieve a commercial agreement with the US. “If we were not restricted by Mercosur, Argentina would already be working on…
New York State – Man convicted for trying to kill author Salman Rushdie on Friday for the stabbing of novelist in New York nearly three years ago. The 27 year old was not able to have his primary defense lawyer to represent him. Rushdie, an Indian immigrant became an atheist after leaving India, has faced death threats since the 1988 publication of his novel “The Satanic Verses.” The book was blasphemous and provocative and Iran’s…
Peru has promoted a program called ‘Pisco for the world’ to promote that 50 companies from the south of the country export this typical international drink, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism reported on Friday in a statement. Peru promotes Pisco for the world The minister of said portfolio, Desilú León, explained that this program is in its second stage, after the first one started in 2023 to recognize the needs and problems faced…
The PSOE has proposed to sanction with up to 30 days of employment and salary to officials who unjustifiably miss work, show carelessness or breaches in the exercise of their functions or unjustly breach their work schedule, among other reasons. Thus it follows from one of the amendments that the Socialist Group has submitted to for the bill of the Public Function of the State Administration, published in July in the Official Gazette of the…
The City Council of Zaragoza, in plenary session, has approved the budget by 2025 with an endowment of 978 million euros with the votes in favor of PP and Vox and the rejection of PSOE and ZEC. The budget, following the items that had already been presented previously, grows 2.97% and increases the investment by 15%, reaching record levels that were not exceeded since the years of the 2008 Expo. During the plenary session, the…
Egyptian authorities said the tomb of an 18th-dynasty ancient Egyptian king has been unveiled in the tourist-friendly southern city of Luxor. They hail it as the first royal tomb discovery in over a century. Though Egypt celebrates royal tomb discoveries frequently, this stands out for being that of a former king rather than a member of the royal family. The tomb of King Thutmose II was considered the last missing tomb of the 18th Dynasty…
Permanent controls at the Schengen borders. The denial of entry to people seeking asylum at the German border if they have already traveled through another EU country. Detention of those who have been told they have to leave the country. These are just some of the measures that Friedrich Merz, the Christian Democrats’ (CDU) candidate for chancellor, wants to see implemented. He currently leads the polls and has the best chance of forming the next…
The Minister of Economy and Finance of the Generalitat, Alicia Romero, presented on Wednesday the Cluster of Serveis Financers, which aims to boost innovation and sustainability in the financial field. He has done this Wednesday in an event held in the Barcelona Stock Exchange, in which he explained that the initiative intends to “raise projects and resources” in contribution to private actors to boost the Catalan economy. The project, framed in the Government’s investment macroplan…
It is not the first time that Russia has tried to influence an election through disinformation. It happened last year, both ahead of the EU elections and the US election. According to the German Bundestag, Russia had even already tried to influence voters’ opinions in the German federal elections of 2021. The situation has not changed much four years later. Experts have observed large-scale Russian disinformation campaigns ahead of the upcoming German election on February 23. The…
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro knew and agreed to a plan to poison his successor and current President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as part of an attempted coup, Brazil’s Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet said Tuesday. Gonet formally charged Bolsonaro and 33 accomplices with attempting a coup to stay in office after losing the 2022 election. Bolsonaro Charged in 2022 Coup Plot What are the allegations against Bolsonaro? “The members of the criminal organization structured at the presidential…
Washington-based US District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Tuesday declined to immediately block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, from directing the laying-off of workers and accessing sensitive information. However, Chutkan did say the case — filed by more than a dozen US states — raised legitimate questions about Musk’s seemingly unchecked authority. What did the judge say? In her decision, Chutkan wrote that the states “legitimately call into question what appears to be the unchecked authority…
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