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The cubs, three females and one male, have spent recent weeks in the Czech zoo’s outdoor enclosure with their parents, Khalila and Bart. They will soon be transferred to other zoos involved in the breeding programme, including Beersheba Zoo in Israel. Barbary lions once roamed across North Africa but were declared extinct in the wild by the 1960s. Fewer than 200 are thought to remain in captivity worldwide. Early discussions have taken place with Moroccan authorities about a possible reintroduction of the Barbary lion to its natural habitat. A conference of experts is planned later this year or in early…

EU officials did not assess the economic or environmental impacts of a contentious plan to pay poorer countries to cut pollution on Europe’s behalf, the EU executive has admitted in response to a records request. The use of carbon credits, which can be purchased by funding carbon reductions outside the EU, would be allowed under a European Commission proposal to cut climate pollution by 2040. But the basis for this choice did not involve any formal advice from the experts in the European Union’s climate department, DG CLIMA. In response to a document request by POLITICO seeking the Commission’s analysis of…

Hackett describes the situation as “at a T-Junction.” “You go one way, and it’s redundancies, it’s decline, it’s stagnation,” he said. “You go the other way and it’s growth, it’s investment, it’s jobs, it’s prosperity.”  A British government spokesperson said: “We recognise this is a concerning time for workers and their families which is why we entered into negotiations with the company on potential financial support last month.” They added: “We will continue to take proactive steps to address the long-standing challenges the company faces and remain committed to working closely with them throughout this period to present a plan…

Backroom deals, embassy contacts and brown liquor built a booming export trade. Now, the lobbyist who saw it all says the U.S. president’s dalliances with Vladimir Putin are an incoming “asteroid” for the industry. Jul 31 18 mins read

Gill said that an “agreement has been reached on all the key elements” of the TSD chapter — but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s been finalized or agreed.  Jakarta and Brussels are still nursing wounds from a WTO case in 2021 over nickel ore. Indonesia, a leading producer, had imposed a ban on exports of the raw material, which yields the industrial metal used to make electric-vehicle batteries and stainless steel. The bloc challenged and won, but since there’s no functioning appellate body, Indonesia appealed the case into the void.  What’s more, the ban is still in force today — and…

Wer regiert die Welt – und was treibt sie an? In unserem Sommer-Spezial geht es um die mächtigsten und umstrittensten Politikerinnen und Politiker unserer Zeit. Wir zeigen, wie sie denken, entscheiden – und was das für uns bedeutet. Ein Politiker pro Tag, ein Blick hinter die Kulissen der Macht. In der Machthaber-Serie: 04.08.2025 – Wladimir Putin05.08.2025 – Marine Le Pen06.08.2025 – Javier Milei07.08.2025 – Xi Jinping08.08.2025 – Giorgia Meloni11.08.2025 – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan12.08.2025 – Benjamin Netanjahu13.08.2025 – Narendra Modi14.08.2025 – Friedrich Merz15.08.2025 – Mohammed bin Salman16.08.2025 – Ursula von der Leyen Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es jeden Morgen…

As of April, Italy’s prisons held over 62,000 people in facilities built for just 51,000, according to a report by Antigone, an NGO that monitors prison conditions. Suicides are surging, with 45 inmates killing themselves this year as of July 24. In 2024 some 91 suicides were recorded among prisoners — a record, surpassing the previous high from 2022. From the Capitoline to Rebibbia  Alemanno’s accounts often focus on the individual stories of his fellow inmates such as Roberto, a 77-year-old who can barely see and walks with difficulty but still has to serve three years of detention.  “What is Roberto…

Opposition politicians and activists say the sentence is unfair and is politically motivated — part of an escalating government crackdown on dissent.  “The regime is paralyzed — too cowardly to free Mzia Amaghlobeli, too weak to convict her,” former President Salome Zourabichvili wrote on X. “This isn’t justice. It’s a dying authoritarian system. And we won’t stop!” The diplomatic missions of 23 countries and the European Union have denounced the sentence and called for Amaghlobeli’s release. Amnesty International said the trial was “riddled with procedural irregularities and bias.”  Since a parliamentary election last October, the ruling Georgian Dream party has…

Is a global treaty to put an end to plastic pollution within reach? Meeting in Geneva from 5-14 August, delegates from around 100 countries, including the EU, are tackling the problem at source, with the aim of setting legally binding targets to reduce plastic production. “We really need to take urgent action,” Richard Thompson, professor of marine biology at the University of Plymouth and named in Time’s 100 most influential people of 2025 for his work on microplastics, told Euronews. “This cannot be solved by waste management alone. We need to take systemic action throughout the supply chain, which will…

This week’s video of the man stooping to light his cigarette at the Unknown Soldier War Memorial in Paris sparked outrage and was widely shared on the internet. Retailleau blasted the man’s actions as “indecent and pathetic,” while Veterans and Remembrance Minister Patricia Miralles wrote online that “France will never let anyone tarnish the memory of those who have died for it. Never.” Retailleau, a hardline conservative with political hopes ahead of the 2027 presidential election, has taken a draconian line on security and immigration since he was appointed last September. He wants France to take a much tougher approach…