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Taiwan says China's coast guard has detained a Taiwanese fishing vessel, and demands its release
Taiwan said the Chinese coast guard boarded a Taiwanese fishing boat Tuesday before steering it to a port in mainland China, and demanded that Beijing release the vessel. The Dajinman 88 was intercepted by two Chinese vessels Tuesday evening near the Kinmen archipelago, which lies a short distance off China’s coast but is controlled by Taiwan, Taiwanese maritime authorities said in a statement. Taiwan dispatched two vessels to rescue the Dajinman 88 but were blocked by Chinese boats and told n
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Germany plans to pay compensation for Nazi victims in Poland
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Germany is planning to provide aid for surviving victims of the Nazi occupation in Poland during World War II. "Germany is aware of the gravity of its guilt, of its responsibility for the millions of victims of the German occupation and of the mission that arises from it," Scholz said in Warsaw Tuesday at a press conference with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk following joint government consultations at which German and Polish leaders agreed an action plan to
4 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Mexican president says a fight over drug and migrant trafficking was behind the massacre of 19
Mexico’s president said Tuesday a fight between gangs over drug and migrant trafficking routes was behind the massacre of 19 men in the southern state of Chiapas. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the killings were part of a long-running dispute between two drug cartels. “There are two groups that are in confrontation there, it's been that way for a while,” López Obrador said.
2 min read - BusinessAutoweek
Does Bavaria Have the Right Way toward True ‘Eyes-Off’ Systems?
BMW gets approval for its combination Level 2/3 driver-assist system in Germany, but US states aren’t so sure about this tech.
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Tusk: Compensation for Nazi victims in Poland to be paid in 'months'
The compensation announced by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for the victims of the Nazi occupation in Poland during World War II will start being distributed soon, according to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. "This is not a matter of years, but of months," Tusk said in Warsaw after German-Polish government consultations involving ministers from both sides. Scholz had promised compensation for the approximately 40,000 victims of the German occupation of Poland who are still alive, but he did n
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Hungarian Premier Orbán visits Kiev for first time since start of war
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has travelled to Ukraine for the first time since the start of the war launched by Russia in February 2022. "Viktor Orbán arrived in Kiev this morning to discuss European peace with President Volodymyr Zelensky," Hungarian government spokesman Zoltán Kovács wrote on the social media platform X on Tuesday. According to media reports, Orbán's convoy first travelled to the Hungarian embassy. Relations between Kiev and Budapest are considered tense. Hungary has
2 min read - Businessdpa international
Thousands protest in Germany against sale of Mercedes dealerships
Around 25,000 Mercedes-Benz employees have demonstrated against the planned sale of the company's car dealerships, workers' representatives in Germany said on Tuesday. Some 10,000 people joined a protest at the luxury car-builder's plant in Sindelfingen in the state of Baden-Württemberg, according to the General Works Council and the IG Metall trade union. Under the slogan "We stick together - on July 2 and every day," more protesters gathered at the Mercedes-Benz Group headquarters in Stuttgart
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Le Pen: French far-right government team ready
France's far-right nationalist National Rally (RN) has a team of ministers already in place and is poised to take over government, according to its former leader Marine Le Pen. "This government will be complete, it will be competent, it will be made up of people from the National Rally, people who fought the election campaign with us and people from civil society," Le Pen told the France Inter public broadcaster in an interview on Tuesday. The 55-year-old nationalist politician was responding to
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Hungarian PM Orbán suggests Ukraine ceasefire in first Kiev visit
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to consider a ceasefire in the war with Russia, as he made his first visit to Kiev since the start of the conflict in February 2022. "International diplomatic rules are slow and complicated. I have asked President [Zelensky] to consider whether it would not be possible to reverse the order and speed up the peace negotiations with a quick ceasefire," said Orbán after a meeting with Zelensky in the Ukrainian
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Hurricane Beryl reaches record windspeed as Jamaica braces for impact
Hurricane Beryl remains on track to bring heavy rainfall, "life-threatening" winds and flooding to parts of the Caribbean this week, with forecasters warning that it could remain at least a tropical storm as it moves towards Mexico.
2 min read - WorldBBC
Tear gas fired at anti-government protesters in Kenya
Since protests began two weeks ago 39 people have been killed, a state-funded rights group says.
3 min read - WorldPeople
30 Passengers Reported Injured as ‘Strong Turbulence’ Forces Passenger Jet to Land in Brazil
"We thought we were going to die," a passenger told Reuters about the Air Europa flight from Spain to Uruguay
3 min read - WorldThe Hill
Ukraine says it thwarted attempted coup in Kyiv
Ukrainian officials said Monday that they thwarted an attempted coup, arresting individuals who had conspired to allegedly stage a riot in Kyiv. Ukraine’s internal security service, known as the SBU, said a group of activists were detained for trying to create riots over the weekend that would lead to the removal of Ukrainian President Volodymyr…
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Brazil Is Seeing a Record Number of Wildfires This Year
In the Amazon, Brazil has made huge gains in its battle against deforesters, but it is increasingly losing ground to another threat: climate change. Amid pervasive drought this year, the number of wildfires has hit a 20-year high, official figures show.
1 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Protests continue in Kenya as some are now calling for the president to step down
Protests continued in Kenya's capital and elsewhere Tuesday over a finance bill that would raise the cost of living, even after the president said he would not sign it in the wake of the storming of parliament last week. Police fired tear gas at protesters in Nairobi as many businesses remained closed for fear of looting. The main highway to Kenya's second largest city, Mombasa, was closed as protesters lit bonfires.
2 min read - WorldINSIDER
North and South Korea are locked in a dangerous arms race. Putin may be about to make this worse.
Russia's new alliance with North Korea, necessitated by its war in Ukraine, has South Korea deeply concerned.
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Polish, German governments meet to mend ties after 6 years of reserve
Government leaders of Poland and Germany on Tuesday held wide bilateral consultations aimed at giving a new impulse to neighborly relations that sagged under Poland’s previous government, and to jointly declare responsibility for Europe’s security in turbulent times. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz traveled with 12 ministers and government members, including Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, for the meeting in Warsaw.
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Turkey’s Coca-Cola İçecek secures four sustainability-focused loans
The loans will be used on projects at CCI’s facilities in Turkey and its three subsidiaries in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Iraq.
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Germany plans aid for surviving Nazi victims in Poland, Scholz says
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Germany is planning to provide aid for surviving victims of the Nazi occupation in Poland during World War II. "Germany is aware of the gravity of its guilt, of its responsibility for the millions of victims of the German occupation and of the mission that arises from it," Scholz said in Warsaw at a press conference with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk following joint government consultations. Germany stands by its historical responsibility without any ifs, a
2 min read - WorldHuffPost
Alleged Crucifix Robbery Ring Busted As 6 Held Over Cemetery Heists
The group allegedly targeted cemeteries in Spain’s Toledo province.
1 min read - WorldThe Hill
Hungarian prime minister arrives in Kyiv for Zelensky meeting
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday arrived in Kyiv, where he is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky amid tensions between the two European leaders over Russia’s war in Ukraine. Orban, a key ally of Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Europe, is making his first visit to Ukraine since Russia invaded in…
1 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Stampede at religious event in India kills more than 100, mostly women and children
Thousands of people at a religious gathering in India rushed to leave a makeshift tent, setting off a stampede Tuesday that killed more than 100 and left scores injured, officials said. It was not immediately clear what triggered the panic following an event with Hindu figure Bhole Baba. Local news reports cited authorities who said heat and suffocation in the tent could have been a factor.
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
France's far-right National Rally says it will lead a government only with an absolute majority
French opposition parties made last-minute deals Tuesday to try to block a landslide victory for Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally in Sunday's second round of legislative elections, as she said her party would take the helm of government only if it wins an absolute majority — or close to it. The National Rally, under party president Jordan Bardella, secured the most votes in the first round of the surprise legislative elections on June 30 but not enough to claim overall victory. “We can
4 min read - Worlddpa international
Israeli army attacks rocket launch pads in south Gaza, thousands flee
The Israeli army said it had attacked rocket launch pads in the south of Gaza during the night following rocket fire from the coastal strip. In order to avoid civilian casualties, residents of eastern neighbourhoods of the city of Khan Younis were asked to leave the affected area, the army said. According to eyewitness reports, thousands of people fled to supposed safe zones further west, but these were already overcrowded. There was initially no information about possible casualties. An estimat
2 min read - Worlddpa international
14 killed in building collapse in southern Egypt
Fourteen people died when a three-storey building collapsed in the southern Egyptian city of Assiut, city Governor Essam Saad said on Tuesday. The bodies were recovered from under the rubble during search and rescue operations following the building collapse on Monday. Six people were rescued and transferred to hospital, Saad said. Poor maintenance of old buildings and violations of construction regulations are often blamed for deadly collapses of residential buildings in Egypt.
1 min read - WorldSemafor
The man who led South Africa’s opposition into a coalition government
John Steenhuisen, South Africa's new agriculture minister, led the Democratic Alliance into what was previously unthinkable in South Africa: a coalition cabinet with the ANC.
5 min read - WorldINSIDER
Russian kids will go to 'excellent' summer camps in North Korea this year as the two countries move close
Amid closer diplomatic ties, Russian school kids will go to North Korea's Songdowon campsite this summer, the chair of a Russian youth movement said.
3 min read - WorldINSIDER
Ukraine's first F-16s from the Netherlands will arrive 'soon,' defense minister says, with export licenses now issued
The Netherlands' defense minister said the delivery of the first F-16s to Ukraine "will proceed soon," with export licenses now issued.
3 min read - Worlddpa international
German-Polish plan to address past reparations, current defence needs
German and Polish leaders agreed an action plan on Tuesday to tackle not only past wrongs - such as reparations from World War II - but also current issues, such as defence policy. The plans were outlined in a paper circulated by the German government as Chancellor Olaf Scholz and a group of ministers visited Warsaw for government consultations. There were however no concrete figures on war reparations or military aid in the document. Poland's previous nationaist conservative Law and Justice Par
3 min read - WorldAFP
Edited clip gives false impression Nigerian politician divulged his earnings
Nigeria is suffering an economic crisis as soaring prices have left many struggling to afford food while the minimum wage remains unchanged. A recent post claimed to show a lawmaker disclosing his monthly salary and expense claims. However, the post is misleading: the original clip shows the politician reciting allegations made about his earnings on a blog. The first part of the video was omitted, changing the context to make it seem like he had disclosed his income.
4 min read - WorldJust Style
UK fashion retailers trading forced labour goods risk prosecution
UK fashion retailers trading and importing forced labour goods are exposed to legal risk after the Court of Appeal ruled the UK National Crime Agency's refusal to investigate Uyghur forced labour cotton imported from China was unlawful.
2 min read - WorldAssociated Press
Le Pen first had success in an ex-mining town. Her message there is now winning over French society
HENIN-BEAUMONT, France (AP) — In the former mining town at the heart of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s political strategy, her party's electoral success Sunday came as no surprise to hundreds of supporters who gathered to see her victory speech. Le Pen implanted herself in the northern town of Henin-Beaumont in the early 2000s, hoping to win over disenchanted voters feeling left behind by the new economy and growing tired of decades of Socialist local governance. It was the start of a
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4,000-year-old rock art in Venezuela may be from a 'previously unknown' culture
Archaeologists in Venezuela have discovered 20 previously unknown rock art sites that are thousands of years old.
4 min read - WorldAssociated Press
A Norwegian citizen has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to spy for China
“It is a matter of national security,” Blom said. The man was arrested Monday morning at the Oslo international airport "after having been in China," the prosecutor said. The suspect “is well-known," Blom said, declining to give more details.
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Passenger thrown into overhead bin and dozens injured as turbulence hits flight off Brazilian coast
An Air Europa flight bound for Uruguay made an emergency landing in Brazil on Monday after at least 30 people were injured by “strong turbulence.”
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Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com pursues budget-minded consumers in slow economy
China's e-commerce giant JD.com is said to be doubling down on its budget shopping platform Jingxi in its latest move to win consumers in the "sink" market, made up mostly of small towns where shoppers have limited spending power, amid fierce competition with rivals such as PDD Holdings. Borrowing a page from PDD's playbook, JD.com is taking full control over Jingxi's operation, logistics and after-sales services in what is known as a "whole custodian" model, hoping to better serve price-sensiti
2 min read - WorldSouth China Morning Post
Chinese and Philippine officials meet for South China Sea talks after series of recent clashes
Chinese and Philippine officials met to discuss the South China Sea on Tuesday, even as Beijing accused Manila of "undermining peace and stability" in the disputed waters. Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo confirmed the talks - the first of their kind since January - were taking place in Manila and said he was "hoping for the best", news portal rappler.com reported. Last week he had said he hoped talks between the two sides would help manage tensions. Do you have questions abou
3 min read - WorldAFP
Scotland fire footage misrepresented as South Korea factory blaze
Footage depicting large plumes of smoke from a residential area in Scotland was falsely shared on social media as part of a video compilation about a deadly fire that razed a battery plant in South Korea. While AFP found one of the clips in the compilation did show the massive blaze, the other video was filmed in Renfrewshire in Scotland.
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The Latest | Overnight strike kills 9 in Khan Younis, hours after Israel ordered a mass evacuation
An Israeli strike has killed at least nine people in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, Palestinian health officials said Tuesday, less than a day after Israel ordering parts of the city to evacuate ahead of a likely ground operation. The overnight strike hit a home near the European Hospital, which is inside the zone that Israel said should be evacuated. Sam Rose, the director of planning at the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA, said Tuesday that the agency b
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The winners and losers in South Africa's historic new government
President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed the most ideologically diverse government in South Africa's history.
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Palestinians flee Khan Younis as Israeli forces strike south Gaza
Patients have left a hospital and tent camps as Israel appears poised to launch another assault on the city.
2 min read - WorldAFP
South Korean politician did not 'refuse to bow' during military ceremony
South Korean politician Han Dong-hoon came under fire online over a photo that posts falsely said showed he "refused to bow" at a memorial service for soldiers killed in a 2002 naval skirmish with North Korea. The photo was in fact taken a split second before Han bowed alongside fellow politicians, as seen in video footage of the ceremony captured by multiple news agencies.
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Buffon ponders his Italy future after EURO 2024 exit
Multiple reports in Italy claim Italy’s delegation chief, Gigi Buffon, has requested to meet the FIGC to discuss his future with La Nazionale and their long-term plans.Italy’s delegation chief, Gi...
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Germany's Scholz and ministers in Poland for government consultations
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been welcomed with military honours to Warsaw by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, marking the start of the first German-Polish government consultations since 2018. Scholz travelled to Poland with 12 federal and state ministers. According to government sources in Berlin, the consultations should provide "a strong impetus" for good neighbourly relations. A joint German-Polish action plan including several projects is expected to be agreed. Berlin is expected to
1 min read - WorldAFP
Unrelated image circulates in Kenya amid military crackdown over tax demonstrations
Kenya deployed its military in the East African country’s capital of Nairobi to quell the unrest caused by anti-tax bill protests, during which human rights groups say 30 people died. Social media users shared an image claiming to show soldiers riding on a tank in solidarity with demonstrators on the streets. But the claim is misleading: while AFP witnessed protestors celebrating with the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) during the latest protests, the image in question is from Zimbabwe’s 2017 coup, a
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Hungary's Russia-friendly leader is in Ukraine. It's his first visit since the war began
During his first visit to neighboring Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday that the war was Europe's “most important issue,” and recommended an immediate ceasefire. Orban is widely seen as having the warmest relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin among European Union leaders, and his visit was a rare gesture in a tumultuous relationship with Ukraine as Budapest has repeatedly leaned toward Moscow
4 min read - WorldAFP
Snap poll: Photographer takes artistic look at UK election
Her brief: criss-cross the United Kingdom and make a politically and geographically-balanced piece of art about its general election campaign. "Some issues here are similar to the rest of the United Kingdom but just like in Scotland, England and Wales there are plenty of unique regional differences," she said.
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A Happy Paint Accident Made This London Home’s Staircase Circus-Cool
India Holmes is the sort of person who relishes a DIY project. As the creative director of Pelican House, a London-based design studio specializing in rugs, and the former design director of de Gournay, the luxury British brand renowned for hand-painted wall coverings, Holmes happens to be a pro with a paintbrush.
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If you're buying a used car, the mileage doesn't tell the whole story
Many might hesitate before buying a used car that has already got 100,000 kilometres or far more on the odometer. But think twice, as a higher mileage is not necessarily bad news, says a German car association. Rather, look twice if you are considering an older car that seems to have been driven remarkably little, so that you don't fall for any trickery involving the dials. What really counts are the car's general condition and how the vehicle has been used beforehand, says Germany's ADAC club.
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Why You Should Never Order Filter Coffee In France
It can be confusing when abroad and ordering what you consider your usual cup of coffee. In France, you're unlikely to be served a filter coffee. Here's why.
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