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“We have negotiated honestly and for a long time,” Nehammer said in a statement on X on Saturday. “No agreement is possible with the SPÖ on key points,” he added. “The People’s Party stands by its promises: We will not agree to measures that are hostile to benefits and business, nor to new taxes,” Nehammer said. “We are therefore ending negotiations with the SPÖ,” he said. “I will stand down as chancellor and as leader of the People’s Party in the coming days and enable an orderly transition,” Nehammer said. The collapse of the talks, which formally started in November, will…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz dismissed Elon Musk’s personal attacks as unimportant but expressed concern over Musk’s endorsement of Germany’s far-right AfD. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he’s staying “cool” about Elon Musk’s critical personal comments. Still, he worries that the US billionaire is trying to get involved in a general election by endorsing the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.Scholz reacted after Musk, a close ally of US President-elect Donald Trump, called the chancellor a “fool” after his coalition government collapsed in November. He later backed the AfD in an opinion piece he wrote for a major German newspaper.Scholz, head of…
The latest arrivals in 2025 add to growing concerns about the uptick in irregular migration to the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago close to the African coast that has increasingly been used as a stepping stone to continental Europe. Around 183 migrants aboard three different vessels reached the coast of the Canary Islands on Saturday, among them 24 women and at least seven minors, all sub-Saharan, local officials say. Spanish authorities said about 110 of the migrants were on two boats that were intercepted on their way to the port of Naos in Lanzarote. Their arrival followed that of a…
Moscow threatened to retaliate after claiming to have downed eight U.S.-manufactured missiles fired from Ukraine toward Russia’s southwestern Belgorod region. “These actions by the Kyiv regime, which is supported by Western curators, will be met with retaliation,” the Russian defense ministry said in a statement on Telegram Saturday, without specifying what countermeasures it intended to take. Ukraine has not commented on the strike. The Kremlin views the use of these long-range ATACMS missiles — which are supplied to Kyiv by the United States and can reach targets up to 300 kilometres away — to carry out strikes deep inside Russian…
Flu cases are surging across Europe post-holiday season, hitting children under 15 and adults over 60 the hardest. Hospitals in France and Spain report rising admissions, with influenza B dominant. Hospitals across Europe are facing a challenging period as flu cases continue to rise sharply in the wake of the holiday season. It is impacting people of all ages, but children under 15 and the over 60s are suffering the most. To handle the increasing number of patients, many hospitals have set up temporary units to alleviate the strain on emergency departments. Elderly patients are at a higher risk for…
While crowds of protesters gathered to demand Yoon’s arrest on Saturday, another demonstration was held by around 1,000 supporters of the impeached president in front of his residence in Seoul. Thousands of protesters took to the streets of central Seoul on Saturday to demand the immediate arrest of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol over a failed martial law declaration that triggered an unprecedented political crisis in the country.Those gathered carried placards that read “Arrest Yoon Suk-yeol” and words that condemned Yoon after he defied attempts by South Korean investigators to detain him on Friday after nearly a six-hour standoff…
The Socialist chancellor’s comments are the latest sally in an ongoing feud with the tech entrepreneur-turned-social media mogul, who has called him “a fool” and claimed he will “lose” the German federal election set for Feb. 23. In this last instance, Musk referred to Scholz as “Oaf Schitz.” Musk has also barked at other mainstream German politicians, labelling Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who like Scholz hails from the Social Democratic Party, “an anti-democratic tyrant.” In parallel, Musk has endorsed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, sparking a political storm in Germany, charges from Berlin that he is seeking to interfere…
Robinson was banned from Twitter in 2018 for violating its guidelines on “hateful content,” but his account was reinstated last year following Musk’s takeover and rebranding of the platform. He is currently serving an 18-month prison sentence for breaching a court order relating to false claims about a Syrian schoolboy he had made in a documentary. In the latest in a flurry of controversial political comments, Musk this week endorsed Robinson’s documentary and called on the British authorities to release him. Musk’s comments sparked a backlash among British politicians. Labour MP Stella Creasy told POLITICO that Musk’s support for Robinson…
Baerbock and Barrot are the first EU ministers to visit Syria since the ousting of Bachar Assad’s long-standing regime following an Islamist rebel offensive in early December. As they arrived in Damascus, they were greeted by the country’s de facto leader, Ahmed Hussein al-Shar’a, who reached out to shake Barrot’s hand, but not Baerbock’s. Video of the moment posted online shows Barrot apparently starting to extend his hand, but then stopping short of a handshake. Al-Shar’a then turns and leads the two ministers along. Al-Shar’a, also known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Golani, is the head of the…
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