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Warsaw has summoned Ambassador Yakov Livne after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) killed a Polish aid worker in Gaza. The Polish authorities were critical of how Israel handled the incident and demanded compensation for the victim’s family. On Monday, the IDF carried out three consecutive airstrikes on a humanitarian convoy, …

The German DIY retailer OBI will transfer its Russian chain into trust management to be sold later, business daily Vedomosti reported on Tuesday. The decision follows several weeks of an open confrontation between the Russian management of the chain and the parent company. The majority shareholder of the chain – …

As euphemisms go, ‘sex worker’ is right up there with ‘collateral damage,’ ‘alternative facts’ and having a ‘number two’ – such is the detachment the phrase has from the reality it masks.  On the one hand, ‘sex worker’ conjures up fantasies of hot, high-end, happy Hollywood hookers a la Julie …

Louise Akester, 36, worked at Alderson House in Hull for the last three years and in the healthcare field for 14 years, but has now lost her job due to her non-compliance with a mandate stating all care workers must be doubly-vaccinated after November 11, unless they can get a …

It was a communications breakdown rather than any sort of malice or ineptitude, Air Force Lt. Gen. Sami Said suggested in his review, the contents of which were relayed to Associated Press by a senior defense official. He clarified that the breakdown occurred in the process of identifying and confirming …

The Pentagon’s official version said that the August 29 drone strike targeted a white Toyota belonging to Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K), a terrorist group that took credit for the killing of 13 US troops and 170-plus Afghan civilians at the Kabul airport several days prior. Multiple officials claimed that “secondary …

According to the High Pay Centre, a UK think tank researching business performance, the average FTSE 100 CEO made $3.7 million (£2.69 million) in 2020. This is 86 times the annual earnings of the average full-time worker in Britain – $42,900 (£31,500). The average CEO’s paycheck declined by 17% in 2020, …

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the office of the German Prosecutor General confirmed that a UK national, known only as David S., had been detained. According to the authorities, “until his arrest, he had been an employee at the British Embassy in Berlin. On at least one occasion, he …

Windows broken, balconies torn down and chunks of concrete everywhere: that’s what was left of a newly-built low-rise apartment complex in the small German town of Blumberg. The would-be residents that were about to move into their brand-new apartments will now have to wait for months until repair works are …

Xiang Xueqiu, the spouse of Ambassador Peter Lescouhier, made headlines last month after assaulting an employee at a clothing shop. The altercation reportedly occurred after the worker followed Xiang as she left the store to ensure that she hadn’t stolen the jacket that she was wearing. After realizing that the …