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Ein Spaziergang mit Bodo Ramelow

Die Welt spielt verrückt, doch im Präsidium des Bundestages herrscht überraschende Einigkeit. Bundestagsvizepräsident Bodo Ramelow (Die Linke) gibt im Gespräch mit Gordon Repinski einen seltenen Einblick in die überparteiliche Zusammenarbeit, auch bei Nachtschichten. Dabei wird deutlich, mit welcher Strategie das Gr…

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Egypt's foreign minister discusses 'de-escalation' with Saudi, UAE, Kuwaiti counterparts

Egypt's foreign minister discusses 'de-escalation' with Saudi, UAE, Kuwaiti counterparts Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty says that he has discussed with Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, the need to sustain joint efforts to "prevent escalation, restore calm, and pursue the path of n…

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ترامپ: در حملاتی محدود به ایران یک سامانه ضدهوایی را هدف قرار دادیم

ترامپ می‌گوید‌، ارتش آمریکا حملات "محدود" جدیدی علیه ایران انجام داده است. او گفت: «آن‌ها مقداری کوچک از یک سامانه ضدهوایی ساخته بودند و ما آن را از کار انداختیم؛ حدود ۱۵ دقیقه طول کشید، شاید هم پنج دقیقه.»

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سخنگوی سپاه مدعی شد: محدودیت برد موشکی ایران برداشته شده است

سخنگوی سپاه با تأکید بر این که محدودیت برد موشکی ایران برداشته شده اکثریت انفجارهای شب گذشته در تنگه هرمز را به شلیک‌های پدافندی نسبت داد و مدعی شد در جریان این شلیک‌ها "یک هواگرد آمریکایی مورد اصابت قرار گرفته است."

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رئیس‌ جمهور اسرائیل آیزنکوت را مامور تشکیل دولت کرد

اسحاق هرتزوگ، رئیس‌ جمهور اسرائیل، روز شنبه (۱۶ آبان) اعلام کرد که تصمیم گرفته است مسئولیت تشکیل دولت جدید را به گادی آیزنکوت، رئیس پیشین ستاد کل ارتش و رهبر حزب میانه‌روی یاشار، واگذار کند.

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شاهزاده رضا پهلوی جایزه آزادی برای مردم ایران را دریافت کرد

شاهزاده رضا پهلوی در در مراسم دریافت جایزه آزادی ۲۰۲۶ ، این جایزه را به نمایندگی از مردم ایران دریافت کرد و گفت مردم ایران خواستار هدف قرار گرفتن جمهوری اسلامی و سلاح‌هایی هستند که علیه خود مردم به کار گرفته می‌شوند.

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NZ election 2026 live results: count on as National and Labour battle it out in knife-edge New Zealand poll

This blog is closed. Another update here with 8% of the vote counted. National on 31.2%, Labour 28.4%, the Greens 12.9%, Act 11.2%, NZ First 9.6%, Opportunity 5.7% and Te Pāti Māori 0.4%.On these numbers, we would have a right bloc coalition back in power. Long way to go. Continue reading...

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Air in India’s capital ranked world’s most polluted on eve of Diwali

New Delhi ranked as the world’s ⁠most polluted major ⁠city on Saturday ⁠morning, according to Swiss group IQAir, as the Indian capital faced severe pollution forecasts a day before Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. India has ordered schools in and around Delhi to offer online classes and encouraged people to wor…

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Chinese tourist arrivals in Thailand fall 13.6% in October after embassy safety warning

Chinese arrivals in Thailand, normally a popular tourist destination, declined in October partly because of a fresh embassy warning against dangers such as getting snared by the country’s ever-active fraud rings. The Southeast Asian country logged 308,942 arrivals from China last month, 13.6 per cent lower than the …

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Financial leaders tiptoe around Beijing’s asset scrutiny, hail Hong Kong’s wealth boom

Global financial leaders who gathered in Hong Kong this week largely sidestepped Beijing’s offshore trust tax crackdown, a lingering near-term hurdle for the city’s otherwise expanding wealth management industry. Beijing’s move earlier this year to step up scrutiny of wealthy families’ overseas assets was barely dis…

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Rise of the ‘schooligans’: how a wave of antisocial behaviour threatens non-league football

Teenage ultras are increasingly causing disorder and communities fear it will not be long before it becomes something more dangerousIt is five past three on Saturday afternoon and the teenage ultras of Hednesford Town are running late. They have arrived in Chester for their team’s National League North fixture and h…

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The end of Maga as we know it

The Republican party will regroup after their shellacking in the US midterm elections, but it won’t look the sameWalking by a tattoo studio and medical spa on the pretty main street of Round Rock, in Texas Hill Country, Tarik Bakir recalled voting for Barack Obama in 2008 and Donald Trump in 2024. But when it came t…

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US midterm results may help unite Israeli coalition to unseat Netanyahu

Democrats’ sweep could urge Israel’s divided opposition to join forces and remove prime minister closely allied with TrumpThe Democrats’ sweep of Congress may make it easier for Israel’s splintered opposition to overcome deep internal divisions and form a coalition government, by increasing the urgency of unseating …

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Jackson Boxer’s vegetarian recipe for roast beetroot with pickled raisins and blue cheese

Surprise yourself with the flavours in this roast beetroot spiked with pickled raisins and salty blue cheeseIt’s not uncommon for people to form negative relationships with certain vegetables as a consequence of only ever having had them boiled to disintegration, a blunt approach that’s unlikely to bring out the bes…

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Han Feizi’s 50th: Tesla, Chinese math and America’s face problem

Hey, Stephen, I could give you fifty reasons Why I should be the one you choose All those other girls, well, they’re beautiful But would they write a song for you? (Ha-ha) – Taylor Swift “Repetition is reputation!” the grizzled banking industry veteran told the young Turks at a department training event. A few talki…

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Hong Kong paediatrician urges parents to vaccinate children as temperatures fall

A Hong Kong paediatric expert has called on parents to arrange influenza vaccinations for their children ahead of cooler temperatures next week, warning of a double whammy of overlapping summer and winter flu seasons. The city has recorded 29 cases of severe paediatric influenza infection this flu season, two of whi…

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