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Germany: Thousands sign petition for fireworks ban
Over 270,000 Germans have signed an online petition calling for a nationwide ban on private fireworks after a New Year's Eve marked by ...
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Wind and solar power drive Germany’s renewable energy surge
Germany made a notable shift toward renewable energy sources last year, according to a report from the Federal Network Agency released on Friday. Renewable energy accounted ...
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Yoon standoff shakes South Korea to the core
South Korea is facing its worst political crisis in many decades — an impeached president is hunkering down in the official residence, backed ...
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What could global turmoil mean for Africa in 2025?
As 2025 dawns, African nations are looking out onto an uncertain global political landscape. Russia's grinding war in Ukraine still has no end ...
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Jules Verne: The writer who inspired space exploration
When French author Jules Verne died in 1905, powered air flight, which he put at the center of his 1886 book "Robur the ...
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Trump-backed Johnson reelected as US House Speaker
Mike Johnson overcame a razor-thin margin to keep his role as Speaker of US House of Representatives on Friday as the 119th United ...
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How India became a methamphetamine and cocaine hub
In the biggest-ever drugs bust in New Delhi, officials confiscated over 560 kilos of cocaine and some 40 kilos of hydroponic marijuana in October ...
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Biden blocks sale of US Steel to Japan’s Nippon Steel
Outgoing US President Joe Biden has blocked a controversial $14.9 billion (roughly €14.4 billion) deal which would have seen the beleaguered US Steel ...
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German, French foreign ministers meet Syria’s new leaders
Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Friday, Europe will support Syria's transitional government in Damascus if the political talks include all ethnic and religious ...
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Austria: Centrist Neos party quits coalition talks
Austria's centrist Neos party has quit trilateral coalition talks with two larger centrist parties, including Chancellor Karl Nehammer's conservative People's Party (ÖVP). Neos ...
