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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
Russian politicians and state-owned media flaunted the closely watched Putin-Trump summit in Alaska as a historic success.The high-stakes meeting, at which the U.S. President Donald Trump hoped to convince Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine, fell short of its goals.Instead, the one-on-one delivered a propaganda triumph for Putin and Russia, boosted by the American leader applauding the Kremlin chief as he arrived on a red-carpeted tarmac and laughing with him during a short ride alone in Trump’s presidential limousine.Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s former president and current deputy chairman of the Russian security council, used the meeting,…
‘The Life of a Showgirl’ era is upon us, and it has once again revealed to what extent Taylor Swift is a modern day pop Stakhanovite. After all, who can deny that she’s the hardest-working star in the business, with her upcoming album being her ninth of the 2020s (when you count the re-recorded albums)? The announcement of her newest record, which hits shelves on 3 October, also shows that she continues to be a marketing genius. The carefully orchestrated rollout for the pop superstar’s 12th album started on Tuesday, at precisely 12:12am ET. It was teased with a trailer for…
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 – Friedrich Mer14.08.2025 – Narendra Modi15.08.2025 – Mohammed bin Salman16.08.2025 – Ursula von der Leyen Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es jeden Morgen…
Updated: 16/08/2025 – 12:00 GMT+2 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this August 16th, 2025 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More
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
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with Donald Trump in Washington on Monday, following the U.S. president’s summit with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Alaska.“On Monday, I will meet with President Trump in Washington, D.C., to discuss all of the details regarding ending the killing and the war. I am grateful for the invitation,” said Zelenskyy in a post on X early Saturday.The announcement came shortly after Zelenskyy spoke with Trump on the phone, following the meeting in Alaska between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday where no ceasefire was agreed.
Updated: 16/08/2025 – 7:00 GMT+2 Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond this August 16th, 2025 – latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel. … More
Putin, who addressed reporters first, pontificated about how Ukraine poses “fundamental threats” to Russian security, and discussed the need to “eliminate all the primary causes of the conflict.” The Kremlin has long pointed to a list of “root causes” of the war, including preventing Ukraine’s NATO membership and false claims that Nazis are running the Ukrainian government. Trump, in his remarks, said the talks were “extremely productive,” though he admitted “we didn’t get there” on a Ukraine deal with his Russian counterpart. Lipavský withheld criticism from the U.S. president, whom he praised for his attempts to halt the conflict and…
The protests began last November after a railway station awning collapsed in Novi Sad, killing 16 people, including two young children, and leaving several others gravely injured. What started in the form of brief vigils has since swelled into the largest protest movement in modern Serbian history, fueled by government denials that it was in any way to blame, despite accusations linking the tragedy to a state-run renovation project plagued by shoddy construction and oversight failures. “In all these months of protest, the prosecution only recently arrested a minister and another one claims to be on sick leave and can’t be arrested. The lack…