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Germany at the World Cup: symbolic failure?
7+ hour, 16+ min ago (89+ words) Following a lacklustre performance against Paraguay, Germany's national football team has been knocked out in the round of 32 of the Fifa World Cup. Commentators see parallels with the state of the country as a whole. For the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,…...
US: is Donald Trump cashing in on his post?
7+ hour, 16+ min ago (106+ words) In a 927-page statement published on Tuesday, US President Donald Trump declared earnings of 2. 2 billion dollars for 2025 " 3. 5 times more than in the year before his second mandate began. More than 1. 4 billion dollars comes from his family's cryptocurrency dealings. The news…...
Pius Brothers rebel against Pope
7+ hour, 16+ min ago (147+ words) Despite urgent warnings from Pope Leo XIV, the ultra-conservative Society of St Pius X in Switzerland has consecrated four bishops without the Pope's approval " an act by which those involved incur automatic excommunication and which triggers a schism within the…...
Customs duty on small parcels: help for Europe's economy?
7+ hour, 59+ min ago (167+ words) As of July 1, customs duties are being levied on parcels of goods from non-EU countries worth less than 150 euros. These will be subject to a fixed fee of three euros per item type. Until now, such parcels had enjoyed an…...
Customs duty on small parcels: useful for Europe?
8+ hour, 39+ min ago (168+ words) As of July 1, customs duties are being levied on parcels of goods from non-EU countries worth less than 150 euros. These will be subject to a fixed fee of three euros per item type. Until now, such parcels had enjoyed an…...
Top court thwarts Trump's bid to change citizenship rules
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (203+ words) The law stipulating that anyone born in the US is automatically granted citizenship will remain valid. Donald Trump wanted to change this and, in a symbolic move, issued an executive order to that effect on the very first day of…...
EU: no more protection for Ukrainian men?
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (129+ words) The European Commission plans to amend the rules on the admission of Ukrainian war refugees from spring 2027, and has proposed that Ukrainian men of military age who arrive in the EU should no longer be automatically entitled to protection, although…...
Customs duty on small parcels: good news for Europe's economy?
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (158+ words) As of today, customs duties will be levied on parcels of goods from non-EU countries worth less than 150 euros. These will be subject to a fixed fee of three euros per item type. Until now, such parcels had enjoyed an…...
Burnham's big plans: on the right track?
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (328+ words) Andy Burnham, Britain's likely next prime minister, has set out plans for a major overhaul of the British system of government. They include local authorities being given more control over water supply services and other utilities and measures to tackle…...
Job cuts at VW: symptomatic of German industry crisis?
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (76+ words) El Pa's says Germany has missed the boat: The job cuts are a consequence of restrictive fiscal policy, economist Michel Santi explains in La Tribune: Environmental regulations are the cause of the German car crisis, Trud is sure: It's not…...