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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

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed Thursday to “fight until the very last minute” amid an impeachment vote and martial law probe. Police raided his office over December’s turmoil, including deploying troops to parliament. Yoon, banned from foreign travel, faces an “insurrection” investigation into his inner circle. South Korea Yoon defends martial law decision, vows to fight until ‘very last minute’

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  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…

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New York will raise its minimum wage in an effort to maintain competitive wages for workers across the state beginning January 1, 2025. The increase is part of a multi-year plan aimed at gradually raising the minimum income to meet the needs of the diverse workforce, taking into account the cost of living and inflation. Minimum wage in 2025 The minimum wage in New York City, Long Island and Westchester County will increase from $16.00 to $16.50 per hour, while in the rest of the state it will increase from $15.00 to $15.50 per hour. This 50-cent increase is in…

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Giacomo Dandrea, head of Sergen, the Lucanian company where two of the 5 dead worked, avoids the questions. The accusations of Fiom CGIL Calenzano massacre, the owner of the company avoids the questions: “I don’t know what you are talking about” https://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/12/12/news/esplosione_calenzano_sergen_titolare-423881461/?rss

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A teenager is having to ‘scrape’ together £129.50 after he was fined for sitting in the wrong first class section of a ‘very full’ train. Theo Griffiths, an 18-year-old student from Boston, Lincolnshire, decided to take the train to London King’s Cross because the journey was ‘too long of a distance to drive.’ He was travelling to the capital to see some colleagues in their office, but when Theo boarded his Thameslink train, it was so full that he couldn’t find a seat. The 18-year-old had previously seen messages stating that he could use the train’s first-class seating as an…

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