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Historic moment in the Bundestag: Chancellor Scholz is asking the question of confidence today. The expected defeat clears the way to early elections at the end of February. Watch this and other news on WELT TV.© Axel Springer Germany GmbH. All rights reserved. Now live: Chancellor Scholz asks the question of confidence in the Bundestag – all developments – video

Many restaurateurs no longer want spontaneously set-up workstations in their restaurants. Two owners explain why they took action – and how guests react to bans. Offices in transition: Why café operators ban laptops

Dog dies and two taken to hospital after gas explosion on boat The fire service has released an update on a blaze at Chirk Marina, that destroyed a pleasure boat and badly damaged another https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/dog-dies-two-taken-hospital-30593243

Pope Francis urged Catholic priests on Sunday to guard against spiritual groups that stoke political divisions, speaking during a one-day visit to Corsica, the first by a pontiff to the French Mediterranean island. FRANCE 24 correspondent Seema Gupta reported on the event from Rome, Italy. Pope Francis, in Corsica, warns against religion that stokes divisions

South Korea’s Constitutional Court said on Monday that it was holding its first meeting on President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment case that same day, with all six of its judges participating. After parliament voted for the investigation on Saturday, it falls to the court to decide whether to remove Yoon from office or reinstate him.  Yoon is being investigated following his short-lived attempted imposition of martial law on December 3. Lawmakers voted this down within a matter of hours, even as military personnel tried to enter the National Assembly.  Yoon’s presidential powers are suspended pending the verdict. The court has up to six…

  Andrés Villavicencio, a 31-year-old lawyer, had just a minute to think about the decision that changed his life. As in the last eight elections that have taken place since he came of age, on July 28, 2024, he was an electoral observer for the opposition coalition at the Paraguaná Institute, in the municipality of Carirubana. This is an impoverished area between the Caja de Agua and Antiguo Aeropuerto sectors of the oil-producing state of Falcón, on Venezuela’s west coast. However, this past election was the only time in which he ever had to demand the records that must be…

Goodbye toll booth during the day. With the minutes of agreement signed on 5 December between the managers of the Autostrade per l’Italia company and the national representatives of CGIL, CISL and UIL and of the autonomous Cisal and UGL, together with the territorial structures and the RSA, the end of the toll collector or, as the technical term dictates, the toll collector, i.e. the employee who collects the toll from motorists at the barrier. Autostrade spa, goodbye toll booths even during the day: experimentation in Liguria from January https://genova.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/12/16/news/autostrade_spa_casellanti_addio_anche_di_giorno_sperimentazione_in_liguria_da_gennaio-423888518/?rss

South Korea’s acting president, Han Duck-soo, moved on Sunday to reassure the country’s allies and calm financial markets a day after President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached and suspended from his duties over a martial law attempt.

British teen sentenced after sex in Dubai could see jail time increased to 20 years A British teenager held in a Dubai prison after having sex with a 17-year-old girl could face 20 years behind bars. Marcus Fakana, from Tottenham, London, was jailed in the United Arab Emirates during a family holiday. The 18-year-old was detained and given a one-year sentence after the secret romance with the young woman, now aged 18, he met during a family vacation, according to Detained in Dubai. Now a lawyer has warned that Marcus’s sentence could be extended up to 20 years as he…

Ulster captain Iain Henderson knows what it takes to get to the pinnacle of rugby. A celebrated Ireland international and British and Irish Lion, Henderson has been performing at the top level for over a decade now and is better placed than anyone to help mould a new generation of Ulster players. But that’s a process that doesn’t happen overnight. The last two weeks have been very painful for Ulster but there are signs of improvement as Saturday’s first half suggests. But despite feeling frustrated after Saturday’s loss, Henderson was delighted to see a big improvement from last week’s loss…