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Germany updates: Police make massive Captagon bust in east
Deutsche Welle
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July 13, 2025
07/13/2025July 13, 2025 German Health Minister Nina Warken told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) newspaper in an interview to be published Monday that the government must send a signal to anyone who feels emboldened to abuse doctors or...
DoubleDown completes €55m acquisition of Germany’s Whow Games
Gambling Insider
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Deal aims to strengthen DoubleDown’s position in the European social casino market. By Shaan Khan Key points: - DoubleDown has finalised the €55m acquisition of Hamburg-based Whow Games - The deal includes a potential €10m earn-out based on future...
At Ukraine Recovery Conference this year, partners pledged billions but war risks still loom
The Kyiv Independent
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July 15, 2025
Ukraine’s businesses were well represented at the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC) in Rome last week, and while they are generating interest among global investors, there’s still one issue holding up the cash flow: risks. This year, the URC...
Germany’s Army Faces Soldier Shortage: Is Mandatory Military Service Inevitable?
Novinite
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July 13, 2025
Germany is facing increasing pressure to bolster its defense capabilities amid new security challenges, yet the Bundeswehr struggles with a significant personnel shortage, DW reports. Efforts to attract recruits have intensified, including...
Uruguay agrees to amend passports following rejection from France and Germany
MercoPress
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Monday, July 14th 2025 - 10:56 UTC “We will resolve it,” Orsi said The Uruguayan Government of President Yamandú Orsi will be reversing its decision to exclude the place of birth from new passports, which resulted in a ban on entry or visa...
Romania ready to assist Ukraine in defense and reconstruction
Ukrinform
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Romania and Germany, together with their partners, can help Ukraine now and after the war ends. This was announced by Romanian President Nicușor Dan at a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday in Berlin, according to a...
Germany Has To Let Thousands of Afghan Migrants In, Court Rules
The European Conservative
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July 12, 2025
Germany’s highest administrative court has dealt a major blow to the government’s migration policies, ruling that Berlin must grant entry visas to thousands of Afghan migrants. Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul confirmed that the ruling is “legally...
German Authorities Say Aid Worker Has Not Left Iran, Contact Lost
Iran Focus
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July 12, 2025
The Stuttgart-based German aid organization STELP announced that Serkan Eren, its founder and a Turkish national who had traveled to Iran on a humanitarian mission, was scheduled to leave the country on June 28. However, he did not exit Iran, and...
Interview: How Latin America Must Prepare for Threat of Russian Disinformation Campaigns
Kyiv Post
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July 18, 2025
Kyiv Post recently sat down with Matteo Pugliese, PhD, an analyst at Debunk working on Russian disinformation campaigns around the world. He recently returned from a training trip to Latin America, where he helped train civil society groups to...
WYSO Weekend: Stories about finding community
WYSO - Ohio
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How Furst Florist Became Five-Generation Family Business In Dayton: At the turn of the 20th century, Old North Dayton was established as a new home for a host of central European immigrants - Poles, Hungarians, Lithuanians and Germans. They...
America’s Cup Finally Has a Coffee Table Book, and It’s a Work of Art
Robb Report
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July 18, 2025
Louis Vuitton and Taschen want to help you experience the thrills and extravagance of more than a century of America’s Cup races from the comfort of your library. The LVMH-owned French fashion house and the German publisher have teamed up to...
Portraits of people with their sex toys around the world
The Guardian
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July 19, 2025
Most of us are taught to keep our sexual lives private. We’re taught to hide our desires, and all too often, to be ashamed of them. Cultural instruction about sex tends to be very prescriptive. Sex happens in our bedrooms, behind closed doors,...
The U.S. Can No Longer Stave Off Competition From China
Foreign Policy
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Over the past two decades, a distinctive kind of color-coded map has become a staple of economic journalism. These maps were designed to show the leading commercial partner of countries around the world. Gradually at first, and then in an onrush...
MANN-FILTER Clinches Two German Brand Awards
Aftermarket News - Ohio
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July 14, 2025
MANN-FILTER has earned dual honors at this year’s German Brand Award, recognizing its outstanding brand work. The company’s global premium brand won in the categories “Excellence in Brand Strategy and Creation, Brand Communication – 360° Campaign”...
Contraction-proof policies amidst a serious downturn — Phar Kim Beng
Malay Mail
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July 19, 2025
JULY 19 — Whether or not Malaysia secures a lower tariff rate from the United States is, in the grand scheme of things, likely immaterial. President Donald Trump’s tariff crusade is not about fairness, economic logic, or even coherent strategy. It...
German railway lacks strategy to escape “permanent crisis” – federal auditors
Clean Energy Wire
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July 11, 2025
Germany’s federal auditors have called on the government to tackle the fundamental problems of the national railway operator Deutsche Bahn “systematically and holistically”, arguing that “ever-increasing financial resources” alone are not a...
German exporters urge EU to protect its interests, avoid rushed US trade deal
Profit by Pakistan Today
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July 11, 2025
erman exporters say they do not want a trade deal with the United States at any price, as negotiations continue between the European Union and Washington ahead of a looming tariff deadline. Dirk Jandura, president of the Federation of German...
Germany Plans Purchase Of Additional 15 F-35 Fighter Jets
Bharat Shakti
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July 11, 2025
Germany will buy 15 additional F-35 fighter jets, Politico reported on Friday citing several people familiar with the matter, a move that would increase the country’s planned fleet of the U.S.-made jet to 50. The report comes amid tensions between...
Germany's Bundestag postpones vote on judicial appointments
Deutsche Welle
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July 11, 2025
On Friday, Germany's Bundestag postponed a vote on appointing three new Federal Constitutional Court judges following a request by Chancellor Friedrich Merz's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party to postpone the vote for just one candidate. The...
Germany's Bundestag postpones vote on judges' appointment
Deutsche Welle
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July 11, 2025
Germany's Bundestag postponed on Friday a vote on appointing three new Federal Constitutional Court judges, following a controversial request by Chancellor Friedrich Merz' Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) to postpone the poll for just one...