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Nearly 600 Palestinians have now been killed since the truce between Israel and Hamas was shattered on Tuesday. Israeli forces advanced deeper into the Gaza Strip on Friday and blew up the only specialised cancer hospital in the war-torn territory.The violence came as Israeli leaders vowed to capture more land until Hamas releases its remaining hostages.The hospital was located in the Netzarim Corridor, which splits Gaza in two and was controlled by Israeli troops for most of the 17-month-long war. Israel moved to retake the corridor this week shortly after breaking the ceasefire with Hamas. The truce delivered relative calm…
PARIS — Lui-même ne s’y attendait pas, en tout cas pas ce jour-là, selon trois sources au fait de l’affaire : reçu vendredi après-midi par Eric Lombard, ministre de l’Economie et des Finances, le PDG d’EDF, Luc Rémont, s’est vu montrer la porte. Et sans ménagement : tombé quelques heures plus tard, le communiqué de l’Elysée annonçant la nomination, à sa place, de Bernard Fontana — actuel directeur général de Framatome, l’équipementier nucléaire d’EDF — ne contenait pas un mot pour lui. Si la rupture est brutale, c’est que l’exécutif, lassé des retards accumulés sur la construction de six nouveaux réacteurs…
The polarizing figure of the tech billionaire who is a senior adviser to U.S. President Trump has been at the center of the political debate around the Starlink discussions in Italy. Earlier this month, opposition parties called on the government to halt talks with Musk’s Space X after the tech titan threatened to turn off its communication system in Ukraine, where Starlink provides telecommunications essential to Kyiv’s forces as they try to fend off Russia’s full-scale invasion. News of a possible Starlink deal was first announced in January following a visit by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to U.S. President…
President Kim Jong Un gave his full support to Moscow at a meeting with a top Russian official in Pyongyang, North Korean state media said on Saturday. North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has expressed his unwavering support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine during a meeting with a top Russian official in Pyongyang, North Korean state media said on Saturday. Friday’s meeting between Kim and Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu followed a South Korean intelligence assessment in late February that North Korea had likely sent troops to assist Russia in its ongoing war against Ukraine. Both Russian and North Korean state…
Woldbye stressed that the fire took place “outside the airport, and we had to deal with the consequences.” “I don’t know an airport that has back-up supply that can switch on in minutes to the magnitude of what we experienced yesterday. The same would happen in other airports,” he said. Europe’s busiest airport was forced to a standstill on Friday following a fire that broke out the evening prior at a nearby electric station, causing a power outage at Heathrow. The airport was returning to normal operation on Saturday, but passengers continued to face delays and cancellations, according to media…
Using AI tools can significantly cut down on travel planning time and effort, but there are some drawbacks. Could your next holiday be planned by artificial intelligence (AI)? More and more people are choosing to use tools like ChatGPT, Vacay and GuideGeek to cut down booking time and cost when deciding the details of their next trip. AI trip planners can be quick, convenient and easy to use with itineraries often generated in seconds. These can then be customised as much as you like, depending on what details you feed into the planner. Omio’s 2024 NowNext travel report highlighted that 44 per…
The opposition protests have spread despite the government banning gatherings for four days. Much of the opposition activity has centered around universities, and many of those connected to the demonstrations are now finding their X accounts suspended, observers report. The majority of the suspended accounts were “university-associated activist accounts, basically sharing protest information, locations for students to go,” Yusuf Can, coordinator and analyst at the Wilson Center’s Middle East Program, told POLITICO. Many of these accounts are “grassroots activists” with their followings in the low tens of thousands, said Can. Some accounts appear to be suspended only in Turkey and…
“Therefore, we call upon the Commission to develop, propose and implement future-proof EU legislation to reduce the attractiveness of e-cigarettes and other emerging nicotine products (like nicotine pouches), especially to young people,” the letter, seen by POLITICO, reads. These regulations should include “comprehensive restrictions” on flavors, maximum nicotine levels and plain packaging. The ministers also raise concerns about national measures being undermined by cross-border sales, and say social media platforms should take greater responsibility for the marketing of the products. Vincent Karremans, Minister for Youth, Prevention and Sport of the Netherlands, said in a statement: “Vaping can lead to serious…
The teenager is now the 16th fatality in the tragic collapse of a concrete awning at a train station in northern Serbia. A 19-year-old died on Friday in a hospital in Serbia, becoming the 16th fatality in the collapse of a concrete awning at a train station in November. The tragedy triggered months of anti-corruption protests rattling Serbia’s government.Vukašin Crnčević died more than four months after tons of concrete crashed down on 1 November without warning, on him and other people outside the central train station in the northern city of Novi Sad.Thousands of people on Friday evening marched through…
Koalitionsverhandlungen, Grundgesetzänderung, Personalfragen – und viel Unruhe in der Berliner Politik hinter den Kulissen: In dieser Extra-Ausgabe analysieren Melanie Amann, Vize-Chefredakteurin des SPIEGEL, und Gordon Repinski die zentralen politischen Konflikte der Woche. Im Fokus: CDU-Chef Friedrich Merz – gelingt es ihm, die Union zu einen, oder droht ein erneutes Scheitern wie am Ende der Ära Merkel? Melanie Amann sieht Parallelen – und bleibt kritisch. Zudem im Podcast: Machtpoker in der SPD. Warum Saskia Esken trotz Wahlniederlage auf ein Ministeramt hofft – und welche Strategie Lars Klingbeil verfolgt.Der Fall Annalena Baerbock. Hat sich die Außenministerin den UN-Posten in New York politisch…