“Domestic violence is a problem that, in my view, is almost satanic.” Pope Francis said this on Sunday evening on the Italian channel TG5. The reason is a report by the European Commission and the World Health Organization showing that domestic violence has increased since the start of the […]
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Lucia Hiriart, the widow of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, died Thursday. She turned 99 last week. When the news broke, celebrations broke out in the country’s streets. Her son Marco Antonio Pinochet announced the news in a short statement. Hiriart died at home, where she lived with all […]
YouTube has again taken a German-language channel of the Russian state broadcaster RT offline. According to a spokesperson for the platform, the medium tried to circumvent a previously imposed blockade. RT, formerly known as Russia Today, says the channel has been taken offline “without explanation”. YouTube refers to a […]
The largest taxi company in Paris is leaving the Tesla 3 models in its fleet of cars unused for the time being. The reason for that decision is a fatal accident that happened last weekend. In the 13th district of Paris, a driver of the taxi company G7 lost […]
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is not running in his country’s senate elections. The politician has withdrawn as a candidate, the election commission reports. However, he does not say why Duterte is not participating. Duterte will not be able to run for re-election as president next year, and there is […]
On Monday, an 18-year-old Russian has blown himself up with a bomb in an Orthodox school. At least one other person was injured. The police report this. The assailant was a former high school student. The violence took place at an Orthodox school next to an adjacent monastery in […]
Morocco decided on Thursday to ban passenger flights to and from the country until at least December 31, according to a note from the national aviation authorities. The measure was introduced for two weeks in November but is therefore being extended. The measure was taken for fear of spreading […]
According to a study by UNICEF, the corona pandemic has plunged another 100 million children into poverty. The UN children’s organisation reported on Thursday that is ten percent more in two years than in 2019. Even before the pandemic, one billion children worldwide had insufficient access to education, health […]
The German parliament has elected Social Democrat Olaf Scholz as the new chancellor. This marks the end of the reign of Christian Democrat Angela Merkel after sixteen years. Voting started just after 9:00 am. MPs took turns walking forward to vote. That was a formality. The parties that will […]
Hans Kluge, Europe director of the World Health Organization (WHO), sees mandatory vaccination as “the last resort” in the fight against the corona pandemic. At a press conference on Tuesday, he said that this could only be chosen if all other measures to increase the vaccination rate have had […]
