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The letter prompted swift criticism from within his own party: “I don’t like it. I can say that very clearly,” Saxony-Anhalt CDU Premier Sven Schulze told POLITICO’s Berlin Playbook Podcast on Thursday. “I think his approach is wrong. Definitely,” adding that he did not share Prange’s views “in any way.” As for whether the mayor will remain a Christian Democrat, Schulze was in no rush to make a call: “We’ll deal with the issue after the election,” he said. “Right now, it’s campaign time.” In an interview published earlier on Wednesday, Schulze had dismissed speculation about possible defections after the…
By Kirsten Ripper & Euronews Published on 21/08/2026 – 15:33 GMT+2 The boa constrictor, which can grow to more than 3 metres in length, actually lives in South America, where it is found from Colombia to Argentina. So a motorist in Colomiers, a suburb of Toulouse in France, got quite a shock when he discovered a 1.5-metre-long snake of this species under his car bonnet. The discovery was made when the driver was about to change the battery of the car, which had not been driven for a month, according to the Haute-Garonne fire brigade’s Facebook page. Five firefighters, two of them from…
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Friday it was time to end the months-long war with the United States because Tehran was in a position of strength over Washington. “It is better that we bring the war to an end now as we are in a position of power and dignity,” Pezeshkian said. “The whole world acknowledges our victory and emphasises that America has attacked our schools, hospitals and infrastructure in violation of all regulations and is hated around the world.” Iran’s foreign ministry earlier accused the US of “economic terrorism” and “crimes against humanity” after Washington said it would…
Compare the young adults to the 35 to 44-year olds, who use the tech as heavily as their younger counterparts, and a divergence is clear: only 19 percent of 18-24s think AI will improve both their own opportunities and society, whereas 28 percent of the older group does. The AI tools available are the same, but the older group already have career experience and expertise. Among those who describe themselves as already very financially comfortable across all age ranges, 43 percent expect AI to improve their own circumstances further and also improve society. Of the poorest category, those who cannot…
Latvia stopped 28 migrants who crossed the eastern European Union’s border from Belarus using a tunnel. The underground passage, found around 20 metres from the border, was concealed with moss. It is the second such tunnel discovered in Latvia. On 10 August, Latvian border guards found another tunnel that had been used by 15 migrants to enter the country from Belarus. Latvia has been experiencing a rise in irregular migration in recent months — something that European leaders call a hybrid attack by Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s regime — as the country is preparing for parliamentary elections on 3 October. The country…
Published on 21/08/2026 – 13:37 GMT+2•Updated 13:50 The Ebola outbreak raging in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is growing “exponentially” with more than 2,500 deaths now recorded, with half in the last 20 days, the United Nations’ senior Ebola coordinator said on Friday. The Ebola outbreak is already the biggest in the country’s history and is spreading faster than any outbreak on record. According to the latest figures, the virus eruption is “growing exponentially,” Julien Harneis told reporters in Geneva, speaking from Bunia, at the epicentre of the outbreak. He said that in the last three months, “more…
Participants face off in informal “aura battles”, using dance moves, poses, facial expressions and playful gestures to show who can command the crowd’s attention. There are no physical fights: spectators usually choose the winner based on confidence, charisma and creativity. The trend takes its name from the online slang “aura”, used to describe someone with a strong, charismatic presence. The phrase “farmear aura”, or “farming aura”, began as a joke about collecting imaginary “aura points” online before becoming a real-world competition. At one recent event, 16-year-old Kaled Rosales Salazar won 2,000 Mexican pesos, around €100 at the time, after beating…
Published on 21/08/2026 – 12:33 GMT+2 Call it what you will – just don’t call it the Taiwan Pavilion. The Gwangju Biennale is the latest organisation to come under fire over how it refers to Taiwan, after changing its pavilion’s name from “Taiwan Pavilion” to “NTMoFA Pavilion”. Unlike other participants, whose pavilions are identified by country, Taiwan’s is recognised by the name of its organising body, the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts. The exceptional designation has prompted accusations of censorshipfrom Taiwanese artists and government officials. It has also brought the art world back into the fraught politics of Taiwan’s…
Published on 21/08/2026 – 11:32 GMT+2 International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane of Japan warned on Friday against “the demise of international rule of law” after the United States targeted her with sanctions. “The sanction against me this time was something I had anticipated to an extent, so I’m not surprised,” Akane said in a statement released on X by her publisher Bungei Shunju. “The important thing is not to let this be the beginning of the demise of international rule of law.” The United States sanctioned Akane and trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye of Senegal on Tuesday as part of…
Published on 21/08/2026 – 10:45 GMT+2•Updated 12:01 Twenty migrants deported from the United States have arrived in Liberia, the first of up to 1,200 foreign nationals the west African country has agreed to accept. Liberia is the latest African country to agree to take in migrants deported under US President Donald Trump’s contested immigration crackdown. A plane bringing the 20 people touched down at the country’s international airport shortly before 1:00 pm local time on Thursday. They boarded a bus, which then left the airport near the capital, Monrovia. Staff from the Liberian Commission on Repatriation, Resettlement and Reintegration were…