The right-wing extremist Stephan Ernst has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Frankfurt for the political murder of the German regional administrator Walter Lübcke. Ernst shot the Christian Democratic politician in 2019 in the north of the state of Hesse. The suspect has long denied but eventually made a […]
The US Federal Investigation Service FBI has identified more than 400 suspects in storming the Capitol. Assistant director Steven D’Antuono said more than 130 people had been arrested. The FBI has received more than 200,000 digital tips about participants in the storming of Washington’s parliament building on Jan. 6 […]
British online clothing retailer Asos is in talks to buy British clothing brand Topshop and several other brands. The fashion company confirms the reports that it is the frontrunner in the purchase of, among others, Topshop from the ailing fashion group and parent company Arcadia. Asos would have to […]
Former US President Donald Trump has hired attorney Butch Bowers to defend him in the Senate’s upcoming impeachment trial. A source says the former George W. Bush administration employee will assist Trump. Bowers has not yet responded. The South Carolina attorney has assisted multiple Republican governors of the state […]
The Chinese decision to impose sanctions on top officials from Donald Trump’s tenure on the day of the US’s change of power is not well received by the new US administration Joe Biden. On Wednesday, China took punitive action against 28 people, including “lying and cheating” former Secretary of […]
On Tuesday, one day before his inauguration as the 46th president of the United States, US president Joe Biden delivered a speech with emotion, fighting back the tears as he commemorated his dead son Beau and thanked his home state of Delaware. Meanwhile, outgoing President Donald Trump said he […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel wants to extend the lockdown in her country until February 15. The newspaper Bild reports this in the run-up to the consultations between the chancellor and the leaders of the federal states. The drivers must decide whether to extend the lockdown in their country. It […]
Lawyers for Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny say they have not yet been granted access to their client. According to an ally, it has been transferred to Khimki, near the capital Moscow. According to opposition member Leonid Volkov, Navalny would be allowed to receive a member of his legal […]
Bruce Springsteen, Foo Fighters and John Legend join the line-up for the special, which will be aired around the inauguration of future president Joe Biden. The artists, who have already openly spoken out for Biden during the elections, will take the stage. According to various American media, Demi Lovato, […]
The implicit extension of the Belgian corona measures should have been better explained, the government admits. Belgians felt robbed by the six-week extension. The measures were due to expire on Friday when the six Belgian governments meet again for corona crisis consultation but turned out to be continued for […]
