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- Germans vote in tight general election race that will lead to new chancellor
Sunday - 09/26/2021 - 08:19 AMGermans are heading to the polls Sunday to vote in a closely fought federal election that will, in the coming days or weeks, result in a new chancellor taking the helm of the world's fourth-largest economy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - German election too close to call, polls suggest, as key candidates hold final rallies
Saturday - 09/25/2021 - 11:32 AMThe race to succeed Angela Merkel as German chancellor remains wide open ahead of a national election on Sunday, according to the latest polls.
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Saturday - 09/25/2021 - 03:27 AM
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Situation becoming 'dire' at US airbase in Germany housing approximately 2,000 pregnant Afghan refugees
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 04:31 PMThe task of accommodating 10,000 Afghan refugees, including approximately 2,000 pregnant women, is putting facilities at Ramstein airbase in Germany under tremendous strain as nighttime temperatures drop toward freezing and what was meant to be a 10-day temporary stay is stretching into weeks, with one US source familiar with the situation describing it as becoming "dire."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ISIS affiliate claims spate of attacks on Taliban in Afghan city of Jalalabad
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 07:14 AMThe eastern city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan has seen a spate of attacks against the Taliban this week by the group IS Khorasan (ISIS-K), an affiliate of ISIS.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 5 things to know about the Evergrande crisis: A simple breakdown
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 07:35 AMThe world is still waiting to find out what will happen to troubled Chinese conglomerate Evergrande and its enormous mountain of debt.
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< - Catalan independence leader Carles Puigdemont arrested in Italy four years after fleeing Spain
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 05:16 AMFormer Catalan President Carles Puigdemont was arrested on the Italian island of Sardinia on Thursday on charges related to his activities in Catalonia's failed bid in 2017 to secede from Spain, a court official and his lawyer told CNN.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - What's next for Evergrande: Bailout, breakup or default?
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 03:07 AMThe fate of ailing Chinese developer Evergrande remains up in the air after a deadline came and went Thursday without an update from the company on whether it plans to pay nearly $84 million interest owed to bondholders.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Hezbollah threatened top judge probing Beirut port blast, source says
Thursday - 09/23/2021 - 10:57 AMHezbollah has threatened to "usurp" the Lebanese judge investigating the Beirut port blast in a verbal message to him in recent days, a source familiar with the conversation has told CNN.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Apple denies Fortnite a return to the App Store
Wednesday - 09/22/2021 - 05:24 PMApple will not allow Fortnite back on its devices until its legal battle with the video game's maker, Epic Games, has fully concluded, potentially delaying the game's return to iPhones by several years.
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- Murder of young teacher makes women in London worry it could have been them
Saturday - 09/25/2021 - 03:59 AMWhen the women of Kidbrooke in southeast London learned Sabina Nessa, an elementary school teacher living in their community, was found murdered in their local park, many had the same thought: It could have been me.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - China jails former chairman of liquor giant Moutai for life for corruption
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 10:21 AMThe former chairman of China's most valuable drinks maker, Kweichow Moutai, has been sentenced to life in prison after a court found him guilty of taking bribes.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Iceland goes to the polls and prepares for complicated outcome
Saturday - 09/25/2021 - 06:23 AMIcelanders vote on Saturday in an election that could have a messy outcome with a record nine parties likely to enter parliament, making it difficult to find common ground on topics like climate change and healthcare.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou reaches agreement with US to resolve fraud charges
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 04:17 PMHuawei CFO Meng Wanzhou is expected to appear in a Brooklyn court Friday to plead guilty to US charges as part of a deal that would allow her to return to China, a person briefed on the matter told CNN.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The gigantic boat that can carry cruise ships
Thursday - 09/23/2021 - 09:06 AMFew man-made movable structures are larger than a modern cruise ship, but even those giants of the sea sometimes need someone to lend them a hand to get to port.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The climate can't wait for electric planes. Sustainable fuel may be the answer
Thursday - 09/23/2021 - 11:03 AMMore than 50 airlines, oil companies and other companies, including Delta, BP and Boeing, pledged on Wednesday to replace 10% of global jet fuel supply with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2030.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Taiwan says China is a 'bully' after one of the largest PLA warplane incursions yet
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 07:10 AMTaiwan on Thursday accused China of "bullying" after Beijing sent a total of 24 warplanes into its air defense identification zone (ADIZ), the third-largest incursion in the past two years of heightened tensions between Beijing and Taipei.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Pockets of low vaccine uptake remain in Europe
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 12:16 AMMost European countries have Covid-19 vaccination rates that would be the envy of much of the world.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Boeing to build its first foreign assembly plant in Australia
Wednesday - 09/22/2021 - 06:46 PMBoeing, the largest US exporter, announced plans Wednesday for its first foreign production plant to perform final assembly work.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - India's top court clears way for women to attend elite military academy
Thursday - 09/23/2021 - 03:45 AMIndia's Supreme Court has set a deadline for women to be admitted to the country's elite defense academy for the first time next year, potentially opening the door for females to achieve high-ranking military positions in a field traditionally dominated by men.
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- Iran has reported millions of Covid cases. Its much smaller neighbor claims it hasn't had a single one
Saturday - 09/25/2021 - 03:15 AMIn the nearly two years since the pandemic began, Turkmenistan has not seen a single case of Covid-19.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - UK expected to make U-turn on foreign worker visas
Saturday - 09/25/2021 - 07:36 AMBritain is expected to announce plans to issue temporary visas to truck drivers to alleviate an acute labor shortage that has led to fuel rationing at some filling stations and warnings from retailers of significant disruption in the run-up to Christmas.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Spanish volcano eruption intensifies and suspends flights
Saturday - 09/25/2021 - 08:44 AMEruptions from the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Canary Island of La Palma have intensified, as flights are suspended and officials ordered additional evacuations -- bringing the total number of evacuees to almost 6,000 people.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Europe's most beautiful places
Friday - 10/04/2019 - 10:58 AMFrom Norwegian islands high above the Arctic Circle to forest-covered mountains in Romania, windswept sandy beaches in Wales and icy lakes in the Balkans, Europe is a spectacularly varied place.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Russia accused of 'Ghostwriter' cyberattacks ahead of German election
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 07:55 AMThe European Commission has accused Russia of trying to interfere in European democratic processes just days before Sunday's parliamentary election in Germany.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - BP closes some UK service stations as driver shortage hits fuel supplies
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 05:02 AMBP is temporarily closing some of its UK service stations because of a shortage of truck drivers caused in part by Brexit.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - These Chinese villages are paying couples to have more children
Friday - 09/24/2021 - 02:14 AMWith China facing a looming demographic crisis, the government last month passed into law a three-child policy raising the permitted limit on family sizes.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - US says it is working on contingency plans in case Iran continues nuclear advances and refuses to return to talks
Thursday - 09/23/2021 - 02:58 PMThe US is working on contingency plans if Iran continues to make nuclear advances and fails to return to international talks, a senior State Department official said Thursday, adding that as the US and allies wait for Tehran to return to nuclear talks, their patience won't last forever.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Merkel saw Germans through crisis after crisis. Now they wonder who'll fill the void
Thursday - 09/23/2021 - 05:35 AMAngela Merkel has been written off many times in her career -- by the politician's rivals, her own party members and, yes, the press.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Soccer body launches probe after locker room video of Suriname vice president raises 'integrity issues'
Thursday - 09/23/2021 - 03:27 AMIt's not often that you'd find a country's leader on the soccer pitch.
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