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Jane Goodall Announces First Australian Tour In Five Years
English ethologist and activist Jane Goodall is returning to Australia for the first time in five years with her “Reasons for Hope” tour. The 90-year-old Jane is best known for her over 60 years of research on chimpanzees, which began in 1960 at Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. Her work revealed that humans are […] The post Jane Goodall Announces First Australian Tour In Five Years appeared first on Music Feeds.
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Great Dane Puppies: Cute Pictures and Facts
Few dogs capture the elegance and wonder of “gentle giants” like Great Danes. Known as the “Apollo of Dogs,” this large dog breed boasts an imposing appearance combined with a gentle demeanor. Originating from Germany, they were initially bred for hunting and guarding. However, their friendly nature has made them beloved family companions today. Despite […] The post Great Dane Puppies: Cute Pictures and Facts appeared first on DogTime.
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Zelensky travels to Qatar for talks on Ukraine's abducted children
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky travelled to Doha on Wednesday for talks with Qatari Emir Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani. The two leaders were to discuss Qatar's mediation on the issue of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia during the current conflict, Zelensky said on the social media platform X on Wednesday. Bilateral economic issues and the upcoming peace summit in Switzerland, which Qatar will attend, were also on the agenda. Ukraine has been fending off a Russian invasion for more than t
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British banknotes featuring King Charles III enter circulation
Banknotes featuring King Charles III entered circulation in the United Kingdom on Wednesday.
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Putin warns Germany against delivering Taurus missiles to Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday warned Germany against delivering Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine. "If [...] any missiles appear that can carry out attacks on objects on Russian territory, then this will of course destroy Russian-German relations once and for all," Putin said in St Petersburg at a press conference with major international news agencies, including dpa. Relations between the two powers have soured since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Putin did not s
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Putin claims Russia holding thousands of Ukrainian prisoners of war
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said Moscow's forces have captured more than 6,000 Ukrainian prisoners of war since the beginning of the conflict in February 2022. The figure is significantly higher than the number of Russian soldiers and officers in Ukrainian captivity, Putin said in St Petersburg on Wednesday at a meeting with representatives of major international news agencies, including dpa. Putin said Kiev has 1,348 Russians in captivity, while Russia has taken 6,365 Ukrainia
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India's Election Results: 5 Surprising Takeaways
After six long weeks of voting in the grueling heat, India’s election delivered stunning results.
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China’s Moon Probe Is On Its Way Back From The Far Side, With First Samples
Earlier this week, China’s Chang’e 6 probe landed on the far side of the Moon after a month-long journey from Earth. It collected the first samples ever from that mysterious, long-unseen region and is now returning home. China is the only country to land successfully on the Moon’s far side. The Chang’e 4 craft landed […]
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Yulia Navalnaya collects freedom of speech award, to continue fight
Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, was presented with the Deutsche Welle Freedom of Speech Award in Berlin on Wednesday. Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation was also recognized at the ceremony for its fight against the Russian government's attempts to crack down on freedom of the press. In her acceptance speech, Navalnaya said the foundation would continue its work despite her the death of her husband, who was widely seen as Russian President Vladimir Putin's main oppo
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Israeli nationalists march through East Jerusalem, attack reporters
Thousands of Israeli nationalists marched through Palestinian neighbourhoods in Jerusalem on Wednesday, provoking tense scenes and confrontations with police. The annual Flag March celebrates Israel's capture of East Jerusalem in the Six-Day War of 1967. Critics accuse organizers of deliberately antagonizing the divided city's Palestinian community, with tensions especially high this year amid the conflict with Gaza. Large contingents of police separated demonstrators and Palestinians in the Mus
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Myanmar's military government denies allegations by ethnic army foe that it killed 76 villagers
A spokesperson for Myanmar’s military government denied accusations that army troops and their local allies killed 76 people when they entered a village last week in the western state of Rakhine, state-controlled media reported Wednesday. Rakhine has become a focal point for Myanmar’s nationwide civil war, in which pro-democracy guerrillas and ethnic minority armed forces battle the country’s military rulers, who took power in 2021 after the army ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Ky
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Suspect in German far-right coup plot makes 'full confession'
A member of Germany's far-right Reich Citizens extremist group made a broad confession before the Dusseldorf Higher Regional Court on Wednesday, as prosecutors unveiled the movement's plans to seize power by overthrowing the German government. The suspect expressly admitted membership of a terrorist organization and participating in plans to commit high treason, he said in statements delivered by his defence lawyer. "I would like to distance myself from my radical ideas at the time. The whole th
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Flood situation in Bavaria still tense - body discovered in canal
Residents in the German state of Bavaria are still on alert as severe floods hit the southern region of the country. Water levels remained high on Wednesday, especially in eastern Bavaria along the Danube, although there were initial slight decreases. In the neighbouring state of Baden-Württemberg, on the other hand, water levels were slowly returning to normal. In the past few days, several places in southern Germany have seen the kind of rainfall that they statistically see only every 50 to 10
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Crisis of gender violence confronts Mexico's first woman leader as female mayor gunned down
Mexico's President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum could take a different approach to public safety than her predecessor as violence against women rises.
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Electric car sales stagnate in Germany in May
Sales of electric cars in Germany are stagnating, according to figures released by the Federal Motor Transport Authority in Flensburg on Wednesday. Around 29,700 battery-powered cars were newly registered in May, almost 31% fewer than a year ago, when there were still subsidies from the state and manufacturers for purchases. "Demand for electric cars remains weak - despite price reductions across the board and new models," said the management consultancy EY. Their observations suggest private in
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Death toll from floods across southern Germany rises to 6
The death toll from floods across a large part of southern Germany rose to six on Wednesday as police recovered the body of a woman missing since the weekend from a canal in Bavaria. The 79-year-old failed to return home after being seen on a bicycle in Jettingen-Scheppach, near the city of Augsburg, on Sunday. While the situation has now eased in southwestern Germany, water levels are only gradually beginning to recede along the Danube in eastern Bavaria.
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Fading memory of World War Two raises conflict fears, pope warns
The horrors of World War Two are being forgotten, thereby raising the risk of a new global conflict, Pope Francis said on Wednesday in comments marking the 80th anniversary of the 1944 D-Day landings. The allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France was a turning point in World War Two, and Francis said the brutal lessons of the past had fuelled a determination amongst subsequent generations to avoid any new large-scale fighting.
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Japan's birth rate falls to a record low as the number of marriages also drops
Japan’s birth rate fell to a new low for the eighth straight year in 2023, according to Health Ministry data released on Wednesday. A government official described the situation as critical and urged authorities to do everything they can to reverse the trend. The data underscores Japan's long-standing issues of a rapidly aging and shrinking population, which has serious implications for the country's economy and national security — especially against the backdrop of China's increasingly assert
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Israelis using gardening tools to fight wildfires sparked by Hezbollah rockets
Residents of areas on the Israel-Lebanon border tell the BBC they "feel like the forgotten people".
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Famous scenic waterfall in China goes viral after video appears to show water coming from pipe
A famous waterfall in China has drawn even more attention than usual – after a video revealed that its majestic falls may be artificially supplied by a water pipe.
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How two very different Latin American leaders reveal the region’s growing populism
While their ideologies could not be more different, the rise of Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum and El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele reflect a regional trend toward populism.
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Slovakia's Fico says he was targeted for Ukraine views, in first speech since assassination attempt
Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico said Wednesday he believes he was targeted for having a Ukraine position contrary to the European mainstream but bears no malice toward the gunman who seriously wounded him three weeks ago. The prerecorded speech posted online by Fico, who opposes military aid to Ukraine, was his first appearance since the assassination attempt and came just days ahead of his country’s polling Saturday in European Parliament elections. Fico, who took office last f
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ANC eyes national unity government after election loss
The ANC says it has reached out to all parties but negotiations are still underway.
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Turkey urges Chinese authorities to protect the cultural rights of minority Muslim Uyghurs
Turkey's foreign minister has urged Chinese authorities to protect the cultural rights of minority Muslim Uyghurs in China's western Xinjiang province and allow them to “live their values,” a Turkish official said Wednesday. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Wednesday concluded a three-day visit to China, where he met with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, Vice President Han Zheng and other officials.
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Suspect confesses from German far-right 'Reich Citizens' terrorists
A suspected terrorist from Germany's far-right Reich Citizens, a domestic terrorist group, made a broad confession before the Dusseldorf Higher Regional Court on Wednesday. The suspect expressly admitted membership of a terrorist organization and participating in plans to commit high treason, he said in statements delivered by his defence lawyer. "I would like to distance myself from my radical ideas at the time. The whole thing as such is true. I got myself into this nonsense," he said. A trial
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Dozens of gold miners trapped in Nigeria
Around 30 people are feared trapped after heavy rains, a local official tells the BBC.
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German prosecutors demand jail time for suspected Hezbollah members
German prosecutors have demanded prison sentences for two defendants in the first trial of suspected members of the Lebanese Hezbollah in Germany. If convicted, a 50-year-old Lebanese man could face five and a half years in jail for membership of a foreign terrorist organization, the press office of the Hanseatic Higher Regional Court announced on Wednesday. For the second defendant, a 56-year-old German-Lebanese citizen, the prosecution requested three years in prison. The two suspects were det
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Germany's Scholz calls on European defence partners to cooperate more
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised his government will support the defence industry and called for closer cooperation between producers in Europe as he opened a trade fair on Wednesday. "Today we see more clearly than ever how important it is to have a European and German defence industry that can continuously produce all major types of weapons and the necessary ammunition," he told the International Aerospace Exhibition (ILA) in Berlin. He said Germany had "given the industry too much of a
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India's Modi is known for charging hard. After a lackluster election, he may have to adapt his style
Since coming to power a decade ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been known for big, bold and often snap decisions that he’s found easy to execute thanks to the brute majority he enjoyed in India's lower house of parliament. In 2019, his government pushed through a controversial law that stripped the special status of disputed, Muslim-majority Kashmir with hardly any debate in parliament. In his expected next term as prime minister — when he will need a coalition to govern after results an
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How Modi lost his magic — and his majority — in India election surprise
Though he is still set for a rare third term, the results of India’s election were disappointing for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Who are Green Party leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay?
Ms Denyer's political campaigning began when she was in sixth form, getting involved in campaigns to promote fair trade and stop the war in Iraq. After graduating from Durham University, she used her mechanical engineering qualifications in the renewables sector, specialising in wind energy, before joining the Green Party in 2011. This will be her second run to become MP for Bristol West, having nearly doubled the Green Party vote share in 2019 and been elected as co-leader in 2021.
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Chinese nationals ran cybercrime syndicate from Zambia
The "sophisticated internet fraud syndicate" targeted people around the world, Zambian authorities say.
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Medical sources: at least 62 dead in Israeli attacks on central Gaza
Israeli attacks on central Gaza killed at least 62 people including women and children, according to medical sources in the Palestinian territory. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said they were investigating. Earlier, the IDF said it began targeted operations al-Bureij in central Gaza and areas in the east of Deir al-Balah on Tuesday. The IDF carried out airstrikes targeting military compounds and Hamas weapons depots, as well as underground infrastructure belonging to Palestinian Islamist group
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Commission investigating Russian and Belarusian influence in Poland begins its work
A special commission tasked with investigating Russian and Belarusian influence in Poland was beginning its work on Wednesday, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced. At a news conference in Warsaw, Tusk and other officials described the commission as a non-partisan body of experts whose aim is to protect national security. Its work begins at a time of security concerns across the region as Russia’s war against Ukraine is in its third year.
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South Africa's ANC has talks with 5 other parties over possible coalition but says it's still early
Top officials in South Africa's African National Congress have had initial talks with representatives of five other parties over a coalition or other agreement to form a government, but no decision has been made and the talks are at an early stage, the ANC said Wednesday. The ANC remained the biggest party. ANC spokesperson Mahlengi Bhengu-Motsiri told reporters that there had been “exploratory” talks with the main opposition Democratic Alliance, the far-left Economic Freedom Fighters and thre
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Inside ‘Survivor’ Couple Jaime Dugan and Erik Huffman’s Ugly Divorce: All of the Wild Accusations!
They survived the show but not marriage! Survivor: China contestants Jaime Dugan and Erik Huffman are divorcing 17 years after meeting on the reality show, falling in love and getting hitched. Last month, Jaime filed for divorce, citing marital infidelity, domestic violence, substance abuse and attempted sexual assault in the bombshell court papers. The accusations...
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Amanda Knox Reconvicted of Slander in Legal Case Related to Meredith Kercher’s 2007 Murder
Amanda Knox was reconvicted by an Italian court of slander in the final case related to the murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher. Knox, 36, originally was convicted in 2009 of slander for falsely accusing Patrick Lumumba of murdering Kercher. An appellate court in Florence, Italy, upheld that conviction on Wednesday, June 5, nearly two
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Italy fines Meta over data use, account transparency
Italy's competition authority on Wednesday fined global tech giant Meta 3.5 million euros ($3.8 million) for a lack of transparency in its use of data and management of Instagram and Facebook accounts.It also said Meta "did not accurately manage" the suspension of users' Facebook and Instagram accounts.
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Modi party loses its absolute majority in India's general election
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party has lost its absolute majority in parliament for the first time in 10 years in India's general election. Although Modi's Bharatiya Janata (Indian People's) Party (BJP) gained the most votes, it will have to rely on its two coalition partners to form a government. The BJP secured 240 of the 543 seats up for election, according to data released by the Election Commission on Wednesday after all the votes were counted. However, it remains the strongest force in p
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EcoCortec initiates recycling partnership in Germany
The company has marked the first delivery of plastic waste from its customer Jakob Schober in Germany to Croatia.
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Amanda Knox back in court in Italy hoping to finally clear her name
Almost ten years after her acquittal in a notorious murder trial, the US-American Amanda Knox is back in court in Italy. The now 36-year-old appeared before an appeals court in Florence on Wednesday because she wants to obtain another acquittal in connection with the murder of a British exchange student in 2007. Knox now lives in the US. The murder of 21-year-old Meredith Kercher in the central Italian city of Perugia made headlines around the world in 2007. One of her flatmates, an American wom
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Australian online watchdog drops court case against X over stabbing video
Australia’s online safety watchdog said on Wednesday she had dropped her Federal Court case that attempted to force X Corp. to take down a video of a Sydney bishop being stabbed. Musk welcomed the decision, posting on X, “Freedom of speech is worth fighting for.” The case before the tribunal, which reviews bureaucrats’ administrative decisions, had been brought by X and was running in parallel with the Federal Court case.
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Europe's Ariane 6 rocket debut planned for July 9
BERLIN (Reuters) -Europe's new Ariane 6 satellite launcher will stage a long-awaited inaugural flight on July 9, the head of the European Space Agency said at the Berlin Airshow on Wednesday. The delayed debut comes a year after its predecessor, Ariane 5, was retired, leaving Europe with no independent path to orbit for its satellites after setbacks involving a smaller Italian alternative and the severing of ties with Russia over Ukraine. The plan is for the first commercial launch of Ariane 6
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Money laundering gang jailed over £1.2m IT fraud
The gang filtered cash through a string of UK-based companies before sending it to India.
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'It's too much': Spain's Balearic Isles battle overtourism
Every year, nearly 800,000 tourists wander through the alleys of Binibeca Vell, a tiny whitewashed village nicknamed "the Spanish Mykonos" for its resemblance to the famous Greek island which attracts huge crowds of visitors. Binibeca Vell, on Menorca island, sits on a small bay with sparkling turquoise waters, and the picturesque village has become a major draw for visitors to Spain's Mediterranean Balearic Isles.
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NATO chief criticizes China for boycotting Ukraine peace summit
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has criticized China for boycotting the Ukraine peace conference in Switzerland later this month. In a podcast interview with Germany's regional public broadcaster NDR, Stoltenberg said it was regrettable that China had decided not to participate. Switzerland has invited around 160 countries to the event on June 15 and 16 to discuss possible ways to achieve lasting peace in Ukraine. China announced last week that it would not participate. Foreign Ministry
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Australia drops court case against X over church stabbing videos
Australia's internet watchdog has dropped a court case against Elon Musk's social media platform X, eSafety commissioner Julie Inman-Grant said on Wednesday. Australia wanted to force X to remove footage of a Sydney church stabbing from the platform. X blocked the posts in Australia pending a legal challenge, before the Federal Court ordered the platform to temporarily hide the video for all users globally. Inman-Grant said in a statement a Federal Court case had now been abandoned. "Our sole go
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Italy's premier visits Albania as controversial plan to hold Italy-bound migrants nears its start
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni traveled to Albania on Wednesday to thank its government for its unique role in agreeing to host thousands of asylum-seekers while Italy processes their claims, and to tour migrant centers she said will be ready in August. Meloni denied her day trip was a campaign stop on the eve of the European Parliament election in which migration is a big issue, and blasted criticism of the visit as typical opposition maneuvering. Meloni and Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama
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Putin has started wearing 'concealed body armor' at public events: report
"God protects the cautious," a Russian official who had met Putin at recent events told The Moscow Times.
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WSU faculty, staff condemn forceful removal of students from encampment
Wayne State University faculty and staff marched across campus to denounce the aggressive removal of students from a pro-Palestine encampment last week.
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