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During a press conference in which he declared that the CDU/CSU alliance was willing to form a ‘Jamaica’ coalition with the Greens and the Free Democratic Party – which took 14.8% and 11.5% respectively – Laschet claimed that the SPD could not “derive a government mandate from this election result,” …

“The new situation resulting from the end of Operation Barkhane puts Mali before a fait accompli –  abandoning us, mid flight to a certain extent,” Maiga said as he addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday. Operation Barkhane, a France-led military campaign against Islamist insurgents in Mali that started …

The Evergrande Group, China’s second largest property developer, is seemingly on the verge of bankruptcy. It’s one of the biggest in the world, and a Fortune 500 company. However, it finds itself swamped in over $300 billion of liabilities and is struggling to repay its debts, sending it tumbling towards …

“Thank you, Canada,” Trudeau, who won his third term as PM, wrote on Twitter. The Leftist leader said he was grateful to the Canadians “for putting your trust in the Liberal team, for choosing a brighter future.” In his speech before a small group of supporters in Montreal, Trudeau claimed …

I was raised as a military brat – a special category of American youth imbued from an early age with the pride in being part of a collective united by a sense of duty to country and the selflessness of sacrifice when it came to fulfilling that duty. There was …

According to The Local, an English-language publication in Sweden, a couple in the small town of Laholm were refused permission by the authorities to give their baby the same name as the Russian president. According to Swedish law, a parent’s decision for what to call their child can be rejected …

There’s a lot to criticize, from soldiers patrolling state borders and policing the streets of Sydney, to people being arrested for merely posting about lockdown protests on social media, to police accessing QR-tracing information and firing projectile weapons at lockdown protesters, to news broadcasters naming and shaming Covid patients who violate isolation orders, to the frequently ineffective hotel quarantine system …

The great escape has sparked outrage among Israelis, celebrations amongst Palestinians, and represents an embarrassing failure for Israel’s security apparatus, which could lead to an explosion of violence across the occupied Palestinian territories. On Monday at approximately 1am local time, guards at Israel’s Gilboa prison realized that six detainees were …

“El Salvador has just bought its first 200 coins,” Bukele said on Monday afternoon. “Our brokers will be buying a lot more as the deadline approaches.” Several hours later, Bukele revealed that El Salvador bought another 200 coins, increasing its cryptocurrency stake to 400 bitcoins. Bitcoin’s market price rallied on …

During a televised interview with Al Jazeera, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed the Islamist group will not “blame” or impose sanctions on individuals and businesses that collaborated with coalition forces during the two decades of conflict. “We need to rebuild the Afghan economy, and for this we need professionals and …