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Aragon’s economy grows. The forecast is that the community’s economy will close 2024 with a growth of 3%, placing it slightly above the Spanish average estimated at 2.9%. This growth is estimated by the better performance of the economy this year, according to the data already known for 2024, which has caused the forecast for the end of this year to be raised by five points in Ibercaja’s economic report. A trend that has also occurred at the national level by seven points above the previous estimate made by the financial entity. The good performance of the Aragonese economy comes…

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Jesus a Palestinian? Pope Francis prayed at a manger in the Vatican in which the Christ child lay on a keffiyeh. After criticism, the Vatican has now removed the cloth – and also the figure of Jesus.The Vatican and Pope Francis are criticized worldwide: The reason is a nativity scene in the audience hall of the Papal States, in which the figure of Jesus lay in a keffiyeh, a Palestinian cloth.Pope Francis received the nativity scene on Saturday in the Vatican’s audience hall and prayed in front of it. It was designed by Johny Andonia and Faten Nastas Mitwasi, two…

At the moment of his greatest display of power, Trump reportedly wants his Chinese counterpart with him. It would be the first time in at least 150 years that a foreign head of state attended the ceremony. Donald Trump apparently invites Xi Jinping to the inauguration

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday defended his decision to declare short-lived martial law saying it was a measure to protect the country’s democracy. The beleaguered president, who is under criminal investigation for alleged insurrection, declared martial law last week, saying he wanted to rid the country of “pro-North Korean forces,” in a move that plunged the country into political turmoil. Yoon prepared to ‘fight to the end’ Yoon accused the opposition of trying to remove him from office in a televised statement. “I will fight to the end, to prevent the forces and criminal groups that have been responsible…

“We are going to see very big changes,” said Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration. Stefanishyna said the spoke with members of the European Parliament about the Danish model of employing joint production with the Ukrainian defence industry. ADVERTISEMENTAmid growing concern that US President-elect Donald Trump might withdraw Washington’s crucial support for Kyiv after he takes office in January, Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister for European Integration Olha Stefanishyna says she believes the EU will step in and will continue its support of Kyiv, even more so with the backing of the new Commission. She told…

Against the backdrop of the change of president in the USA, Foreign Minister Baerbock meets with colleagues and the EU Foreign Affairs Representative Kallas in Berlin. What’s next in Kyiv and Damascus? Watch this and other news on WELT TV.© Axel Springer Germany GmbH. All rights reserved. Now live: Meeting in Berlin – discussions about Ukraine and the situation in Syria – video

Macron wants to campaign for European protection troops in Ukraine. The parties are outdoing each other with election promises. And: Germany’s opportunity in Syria. That is the situation on Thursday. News: Ukraine, Emanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz, Donald Trump

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday urged the release of protesters “arbitrarily” arrested in a crackdown on pro-EU demonstrations in Georgia, in telephone talks with the billionaire former premier Bidzina Ivanishvili, the Elysée said.

He imposed martial law in South Korea and triggered a national crisis. Now President Yoon defended his actions in a TV speech. The parliament, which has become a “monster,” is to blame for the chaos in the country. South Korea: President Yoon Suk Yeol is fighting for his office – and attacks the opposition

The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly passed on Wednesday a resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in the devastated Gaza Strip. The ongoing war in the enclave has dragged on for over a year and has so far killed over 44,000 people, according to local officials. Resolution urges ‘immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire’ One hundred and fifty-eight members voted in favor of the resolution, nine voted against, with 13 abstentions. The text urged “an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire,” and “the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages” — wording similar to a text vetoed by Washington in the Security…

The Greens and CDU have governed Baden-Württemberg since 2016. Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann also sees this coalition as “a realistic option” in the federal government after the new elections in 2025. Black-Green could promisingly intertwine ecology and economics. Pop star Robbie Williams spoke about his new biopic and his life after drugs.Next Monday, Chancellor Olaf Scholz will pose a vote of confidence in the Bundestag, then the path to new elections at the end of February will probably be clear. Until then, the red-green minority government will still govern after the traffic lights go out. Winfried Kretschmann (Greens), Prime Minister…

Richard Grenell did not make any friends in political Berlin as US ambassador. Would things go better with Tehran? According to the agency report, this could become clear soon. Donald Trump is apparently considering Richard Grenell as a special envoy to Iran

The spokesperson for Junts in the Congress of Deputies, Miriam Nogueras, assured this Wednesday that “Junts does not have the Budget folder on the table” and sees it as “very difficult to talk about it.” This was stated by the Junts spokesperson, in which she assured that “we have said for many months that if the Budgets that have not been executed are not paid, which are all the previous ones, we cannot sit down to negotiate Budgets. new.” “The Government has not contacted us to talk about Budgets, at any time,” said Nogueras, adding that he is “stranged” that…

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In the notorious Saidnaya prison in Damascus, Syria’s dictator Assad systematically tortured and murdered political opponents. After the fall of the regime, terrible images from the underground tracts went around the world. Survivors and relatives now have hope. Metal press and blood-soaked ropes – The full extent of the Syrian torture system is now becoming apparent

At least three people were killed and 20 injured, many of whom are in critical condition, after a Russian strike on the city Zaphorizhzhia in Ukraine on Tuesday. According to regional governor Ivan Fedorov, the strike hit a private clinic in the city centre, damaging buildings nearby. “Medics, police and rescuers are currently working at the attack site,” he wrote on Telegram. Among the victims were two doctors and a five-year-old girl. At least 11 were injured in a separate, double ballistic missile attack on the town of Zlatopil in the Kharkiv region. An administrative building and 16 residential buildings…

Hyrox is a global sports phenomenon with origins in Germany. The competition attracts many gym fans. But sports scientists also see dangers in the mix of strength and endurance. The latest trends in the industry are presented year after year at the Fibo fitness trade fair in Cologne. When I was there this spring, I discovered a few athletes in the basement doing some kind of intensified circuit training. They ran from one station to the next, one kilometer at a time. Then they dragged sandbags and pulled heavy sleds with weights, all on time. This sport, in which –…

While Scholz is conspicuous by his absence in Europe, Merz is seeking close exchanges with important allies such as Poland. Relations between Berlin and Warsaw are tense, and many Polish decision-makers are hoping for improvement from the CDU. Merz visit to Poland: Scholz’s absence is further evidence of the broken relationship

The Basque Government’s budget project for 2025 will continue its processing in Parliament after passing the processing of the entire amendments presented by the PP, Sumar and Vox, which have been rejected after receiving 39 votes against (PNV and PSE-EE) , 27 abstentions (EH Bildu) and only having the nine votes in favor from the proposing groups. The entire amendments have been rejected by the Plenary Session of the Basque Chamber, which this coming Thursday, in this case within the framework of the Finance Commission, will debate the partial amendments as a prior step to the plenary session on the…

Summary of Le Monde Newspaper Le Monde front page this morning – summarisedThe front page of Le Monde reports on Syria latest. The news spread first across Syria, and then the world. The regime once referred to as being “forever” during the rule of former president Hafez al-Assad [1930-2000, Bashar Al-Assad’s father] is no more. The death machine built up over 40 years has been brought to a halt with the takeover by an armed rebel coalition, supported in recent days by spontaneous demonstrations. The Syrian uprising of 2011, violently suppressed for many years, regained its momentum, as if the groundswell…

Summary of the Die Welt Newspaper Die Welt front page this morning – summarisedThe front page of Die Welt reports on Syrians applying for asylum in Germany. Syrians have been the largest group of asylum seekers in this country every year since 2014. After Assad’s fall, the Federal Office for Migration immediately put 46,000 applications on hold. Austria is doing the same. What do Faeser and Baerbock’s Foreign Ministry say about the scenario that refugees could return to Syria?  Latest News updated every hour