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The standard playbook calls for a healthy dose of government spending that would inject money into the economy to fight the ongoing recession. In theory Berlin has plenty of fiscal room, with low debt compared to its European peers. But the rules it introduced — European and national — tie its hands. A slower rate of cuts may provide a lifeline to the economy — but they are still cuts.  “They are essentially choosing not to stimulate even though they can,” said Daniel Kral, lead economist at Oxford Economics.  Looking ahead, “it’s hard to see any meaningful pick-up,” he added. …

19-year-old Emmanuel Wafula dominated the men’s race after reaching the 10 km mark in 28’14” and finishing the marathon in 59’58”. Kenyan athletes have recorded a double triumph at the first edition of the Rome Half Marathon, which took place Sunday morning on the central streets of Italy’s capital.19-year-old Emmanuel Wafula dominated the men’s race after reaching the 10 km mark in 28’14” according to official results.Wafula broke away from fellow Kenyans Gideon Kiprotich Rop and Antony Kimtai, running solo near the Colosseum before finishing in 59’58”. Rop came in second with a time of 1h00’57”, while Kimtai completed the…

In a statement hours after polls opened on Sunday, Moldova’s foreign ministry warned that the throngs of voters could be “a result of attempts to organize illegal transportation of voters to the polling stations.” “We believe that the crowds at the two polling stations in Russia have been artificially created to jeopardize the electoral process,” officials said. The two overseas polling stations were set up to allow Moldovans living in Russia to take part in the election and referendum. To pass, at least 33 percent of eligible voters must cast ballots in the presidential election and the referendum on whether…

This article was originally published in Italian North Korea’s foreign minister called a newly-created sanctions monitoring team of her country’s nuclear weapons programme ‘illegal and illegitimate’ on Sunday. Choe Son-hui also warned that the countries that are part of it will have to “pay a high price.””I condemn and vehemently reject it as a challenge to international justice and the most blatant violation of North Korea’s sovereignty,” the minister added.The US, Australia, Canada, South Korea, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the UK together unveiled a new plan to monitor North Korea’s nuclear weapons development on Wednesday.It came…

This follows a drone attack on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home in the northern Israeli town of Caesare on Saturday. Gideon Sa’ar, a member of Netanyahu’s security cabinet, said he holds Lebanon responsible for this attack. “From the territory of a U.N. member state — Lebanon — an assassination attempt was made on the prime minister of Israel,” Sa’ar wrote on X. “The fact that these attacks were carried out by an Iranian branch  — Hezbollah  — does not absolve Lebanon of its responsibility.” In the Gaza Strip, at least 87 people were killed in Israeli strikes on on the…

Germany arrested a Libyan citizen suspected of plotting an attack against Israel’s embassy in Berlin, the federal prosecutor’s office said on Sunday. The authorities identified the man only as Omar A. and said he is “strongly suspected” of supporting the terror organization Islamic State (IS) and intended to carry-out an attack with firearms on the Israeli embassy. He would have discussed this online with a member of IS, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement. The German government is under pressure to increase security measures and address migration after a series of violent attacks allegedly perpetrated by people who entered…

The Austrian capital was voted “most liveable city in the world” by The Economist in part because of its public transport. Public transport is part of what makes Vienna the most liveable city in the world, but what makes mobility so good in the city?The city has a population of around two million and roughly half of them hold a transport pass, according to Josef Taucher, a Vienna city council member from the Social Democratic Party.”It is €1 per day, and this has been the case since 2012. And it has a massive impact on climate protection,” Taucher told Euronews…

The documents are attributed to the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency, the reports say. The investigation by U.S. officials will assess who had access to the documents, and whether it was an intentional leak or if they were hacked, according to the reports. One of the documents says the Israeli air force is continuing to prepare for a strike on Iran, and conducted “a second large-force employment exercise,” according to the reports. The air force is “likely to practice air-to-air refueling and combat search and rescue operations with a large number of aircraft,” the reports cite the…

At least 87 people are dead or missing after Israeli strikes in the northern Gaza Strip overnight and into Sunday, its Health Ministry said. The ministry said another 40 people were wounded in the strikes on the town of Beit Lahiya, which was among the first targets of Israel’s ground invasion nearly a year ago.There was no immediate comment on the strikes from the Israeli military, which said it was “continuing to operate across Gaza in both aerial strikes and ground operations.”Israel has been carrying out a major operation in the urban Jabaliya refugee camp, also in northern Gaza, for…

German authorities have arrested a man with suspected ties to the extremist group Islamic State who was allegedly planning an attack on the Israeli Embassy in Berlin. The man was detained on Saturday in Bernau, a town just outside of Berlin. The German news agency dpa reported that the suspect was expected to be brought before an investigating judge at the country’s highest court, the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe, on Sunday.A spokesperson for the Israeli Embassy in Berlin confirmed to dpa that there had been a plan to attack the diplomatic mission. Israeli Ambassador Ron Prosor thanked the…