Washington / Kabul (dpa) – According to media reports, the US government and the central bank have frozen the majority of Afghanistan’s currency reserves. It is a matter of not letting the plants fall into the hands of the Taliban, quoted the “Washington Post” circles from the US Treasury Department, among others. The previous Afghan … Read more
Berlin (dpa) – According to the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK), German companies are only slowly recovering from the consequences of the corona pandemic. In the catering, hotel and leisure industries, almost every fifth company is facing financial collapse, as a special evaluation of the DIHK business survey showed according to the “Handelsblatt”. … Read more
Washington (AP) – US President Joe Biden will meet with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in the White House on Monday. Among other things, the meeting will be about the summit of the North Atlantic Alliance in Brussels in a week, which Biden will be attending during his first trip abroad as US President. The … Read more
Jacareacanga (dpa) – After the attack by illegal gold diggers on indigenous people in northern Brazil, the Supreme Court ordered the return of security forces to the area. The Brazilian news agency Agência Brasil reported on Monday evening (local time). The move is intended to help avoid invasions and new conflicts in the indigenous area. … Read more
Baku / Yerevan (dpa) – The South Caucasus Republic of Azerbaijan has shown itself to be open to a possible Russian mediation in establishing a demarcation line with the warring neighbor Armenia. “Azerbaijan (…) is ready to resolve the issue of the border line with Armenia constructively,” said Prime Minister Ali Azadov at a meeting … Read more
New York (AP) – New York has a new park between industrial areas, polluted waters, scrap dumps and sewage treatment plants. Artist George Trakas had been building the “Newtown Creek Nature Walk” in the Brooklyn district for more than 20 years, now the almost one kilometer long nature trail that runs along one arm of … Read more
Berlin (dpa) – According to the assessment of Russia expert Janis Kluge, the Russian power apparatus has enough instruments available to stifle the current protests by government critics. Kluge told Deutsche Welle on Wednesday in an interview that many Russians were openly dissatisfied with the imprisonment of Kremlin opponent Alexej Navalny. He believes that “the … Read more
Brussels (AP) – After the arrest of the Russian opposition politician Alexej Navalny, EU Council leader Charles Michel is calling for the Kremlin critic to be released immediately. The arrest of the 44-year-old immediately after his arrival in Moscow was unacceptable, wrote Michel on Twitter on Sunday. “I call on the Russian authorities to release … Read more
The first native woman in the cabinet, the first gay as federal minister, the first woman in finance, the first black at the top of the Pentagon: the new US President Biden and his government team are breaking through some historical barriers. Washington (AP) – With Kamala Harris, for the first time in the history … Read more
Berlin (dpa) – Higher, further, faster: Chancellor Angela Merkel and her ministers have a new aircraft for their business trips that puts all previous models in the shade. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas was the first to take off for Cairo on Sunday evening in the Airbus A350, where he will take part in talks on … Read more