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High demand, limited supply: apartments, especially in cities, are in demand while new construction is stalling. This will drive rents higher and higher in 2024. There are signs of a turnaround in purchase prices. Hardly any vacancies left: DIW study shows strong rent increase in 2024

Former archbishop of Canterbury resigns as priest over church’s handling of sexual abuse case George Carey quit after a BBC investigation reported that he allowed a priest banned over abuse claims to return to the priesthood A former leader of the Church of England has resigned as a priest following allegations that he failed to properly handle the case of a priest accused of sexual misconduct. George Carey, who was archbishop of Canterbury from 1991 to 2002, quit after a BBC investigation reported that he allowed a priest who had been banned over sexual abuse claims to return to priesthood.…

Luigi Mangione was indicted on 11 counts, including first-degree murder and murder as a crime of terrorism, in the slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Manhattan District Attorney said Thompson’s death “was a killing that was intended to evoke terror”. Luigi Mangione charged with murder as ‘act of terrorism’ in US CEO slaying

Residents in an apartment building on Ryazanky Prospekt in Moscow heard an explosion Tuesday morning and saw two bodies on the ground when they looked out their windows. The Russian Investigative Committee would later confirm the victims were senior General Igor Kirillov and his assistant, Ilya Polikarpov.Ukraine claims responsibility for killing of Russian generalTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Reactions in Moscow and Kyiv Investigators said a bomb was planted in an electric scooter placed next to the apartment building entrance. It detonated when two were leaving the…

Treviso, a 55-year-old found lifeless at home. ISS and ministry are investigating. African authorities: there is a serious form of malaria He returns from Congo with a fever and dies. “He looked after himself” https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/12/18/news/congo_malattia_misteriosa_morto_treviso-423893301/?rss

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has received Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk in the Ukrainian city of Lviv on Tuesday. Tusk expressed his country’s unwavering support to Ukraine, as Warsaw gears up to take-over the presidency of the Council of the European Union. ADVERTISEMENTPolish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has reaffirmed Warsaw’s commitment to Ukraine’s support as it continues to fend off Russia’s invasion. The Polish premier made a surprise visit to the Ukrainian city of Lviv on Tuesday where he met President Zelenskyy.Tusk gave Zelenskyy assurances that Poland is a partner Kyiv can rely on. “Our history is both complicated and…

Prince Andrew’s ‘opaque’ finances provoke calls for register of royal interests Claims of refused FOI requests into Duke of York’s business dealings come as controversy over alleged Chinese spy continues Getting information from government departments about the Duke of York’s past business dealings is like playing “whack-a-mole”, it was claimed, as fallout over the alleged Chinese “spy” controversy continues, with China saying it was an attempt to “smear” it. Calling for a register of royal interests, similar to that for MPs, and a full inquiry by the public accounts committee into royal finances, researchers trying to investigate Prince Andrew’s “opaque”…

  Former Australian national rugby coach Alan Jones denied all allegations after he appeared in court on Wednesday charged with multiple sex crimes against 10 males over two decades. The retired Sydney radio broadcaster, 83, made his first court appearance in Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court following his arrest last month. Jones was not asked to enter pleas to the 34 charges of aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault, sexually touching without consent and common assault. But he told media outside the court he would fight all charges in a jury trial. “I am certainly not guilty and I’ll be presenting…

Former Australian national rugby coach Alan Jones denied all allegations after he appeared in court on Wednesday charged with multiple sex crimes against 10 males over two decades. The retired Sydney radio broadcaster, 83, made his first court appearance in Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court following his arrest last month. Jones was not asked to enter pleas to the 34 charges of aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault, sexually touching without consent and common assault. But he told media outside the court he would fight all charges in a jury trial. I have never indecently assaulted these people. I am emphatic…

Visiting French special envoy for Syria Jean-François Guillaume said Tuesday, December 17, his country was preparing to stand beside Syrians after Bashar al-Assad’s ouster by rebels this month. “France is preparing to be with Syrians for the long term” including the current transitional period, “which we hope will be peaceful,” Guillaume told journalists. His visit to Syria, at the head of a French diplomatic delegation, was also to “make contact with the de facto authorities in Damascus,” he said. The French embassy in Damascus, shuttered since March 2012, has not yet been reopened, but an Agence France-Presse (AFP) journalist said French…