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The number of homeless families is rising sharply this year, federal government figures show. The left sees a “social catastrophe”. But does this mainly have to do with the fact that many families can no longer afford the rent? A differentiation according to nationality provides information. Around 220,000 people in single-parent and couple households were homeless in Germany as of January 31, 2024. This emerges from the federal government’s response to a request from the Left group in the Bundestag. The letter is available to WELT. “Homeless” are not homeless people who live on the streets, but rather all those…

Thousands of Amazon employees in the USA want to stop working. The trading group had refused to negotiate. In Germany, a Christmas strike in another industry was averted. There is no better time for the workers to go on strike, their leverage is great: The US online retailer Amazon is facing a massive strike in the crucial days before Christmas. Thousands of Amazon employees in the USA plan to stop work on Thursday at 6 a.m. local time, shortly before the busiest days of the year, the Teamsters union announced. On the short message service X (formerly Twitter), the union wrote that…

A nurse in south London has been suspended after she forced her colleagues to look at pictures from her ‘sexy’ photoshoot. Timea Buzas was working at St Nicholas Vaccination Centre in Sutton in December 2021 when she showed her colleagues the images. They were approached by Buzas in the staff area while they were with another colleague and asked if they wanted to see the photos. Although both responded ‘no thanks’, Buzas showed them three photos on her phone, a report detailing the case read. The report added: ‘The panel considered that [Buzas] showed Colleague B and Colleague C the…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and other European leaders on Wednesday, aiming to get immediate help to bolster Kyiv’s war effort and discuss longer-term security guarantees. The talks took place with Ukraine on the defensive on the battlefield and uncertainty hanging over future US support, as President-elect Donald Trump pushes for a quick end to the war.

A fire in a cafe in Hanoi killed eleven people on Wednesday night, authorities said. The Vietnam Ministry of Public Security said on Thursday the police have arrested a man suspected of starting the fire after authorities responded to reports of a blaze at 11:00 pm (1600 GMT), where many people were feared trapped. “The police suspect that the cafe was (deliberately) burned down and … have arrested the perpetrator,” Hanoi police said in a statement.Authorities suspect arsonImage: Hau Dinh/AP Photo/picture alliance According to the police, the man admitted to lighting a fire using gasoline on the ground floor of the three-story…

The key task for the new European Commission is to advance the green energy transition in a way that fosters unity and reduces social inequalities, especially in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) – a region particularly exposed to polarization and climate disinformation. Written by Dana Marekova*, (Klimatická koalícia, Slovakia) and Genady Kondarev*, Bulgaria-based expert working on the energy transition of CEE. One year ago, tens of thousands of European farmers took to the streets to protest EU climate policies. Eurosceptic, far-right voices have gained ground, including in the European Parliament. At the same time, rising energy prices and deteriorating housing…

British YouTuber and rapper Yung Filly has admitted to reckless driving in Australia while on bail for sexual assault charges. The internet personality, real name Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, had his case listed before Perth Magistrates Court in Western Australia on Thursday. Court documents revealed Barrientos pleaded guilty to the driving charge on December 5. The social media star was clocked driving at more than 96mph on the Roe Highway near the Perth suburb of High Wycombe on November 17. Yung Filly and Chunkz after winning Best Media Personality at the Mobo Awards (Jacob King/PA) At the time, the online…

Taoiseach Simon Harris is in Brussels with EU counterparts and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy for talks on how best to secure Ukraine’s future on the battlefield and strengthen its position ahead of potential peace talks with Russia. “Bringing an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine is a fundamental issue for Europe and requires coordinated and effective work of European countries,” Mr Zelenskyy said ahead of his arrival. It is the last time EU leaders are meeting before Donald Trump takes over as US president. Mr Trump has made it clear he expects Europe to do “much more heavy lifting” regarding…

Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the Bygmalion appeal trial in Paris on November 24, 2023. GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT/AFP For the first time in the history of the Fifth Republic, a former French president has been definitively sentenced to prison for breaking the law. On Wednesday, December 18, the Cour de Cassation, France’s highest court of appeals, rejected Nicolas Sarkozy’s appeal in 2023 for corruption and influence peddling. He was sentenced to a three-year jail term, two of which were suspended and one that was to take the form of home detention with an electronic tag allowing his movements to be…

On November 16, 2016, a couple, she in sunglasses and leather pants, he in a slim-fitting black suit and thin matching tie, slipped incognito under the central gate and archways of the Basilica of Saint-Denis. Just after declaring his candidacy for the presidential election in the nearby Paris suburb of Bobigny, Emmanuel Macron, accompanied by his wife Brigitte, slipped away to secretly visit the tombs of the 43 kings of France. In the winter light filtering through the rose window of the south arm, the future president caressed the white marble of the recumbent sculpted figures. For all those who…