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Heating with electricity: Scholz remains silent on heat pump and doubts Habeck: The heating manufacturer Viessmann risks a billion investment in the heat pump ...
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Heating with electricity: Scholz remains silent on heat pump and doubts ...
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Chancellor wants fair competition with China: Chancellor Scholz uses the visit to China to protect the position of German companies. EU Commission President von ...
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Chancellor wants fair competition with China
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Chancellor's morale-boosting trip: Olaf Scholz travels halfway around the world to lecture China again. What came of it? - Die Weltwoche
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Chancellor's morale-boosting trip: Olaf Scholz travels halfway around the ...
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EU could put Iran's Revolutionary Guard on terror list: Israel is demanding that the EU “change course” and cites the classification of Iran’s elite military ...
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EU could put Iran's Revolutionary Guard on terror list
Quick Glance: US imposes new sanctions on Iran's drone program
  • The United States imposed new sanctions Thursday on sixteen people and two entities associated with Iran’s drone program to punish Tehran for the weekend's attack on Israel.

  • The sanctions target executives of an engine manufacturer supplying Iran’s Shahad-131 drones, companies servicing the engines, and individuals providing the drones to Iranian proxy forces in the Middle East.

  • Coordinated with European allies, the new sanctions aim to disrupt Iran's missile and drone program and isolate the country globally.

  • President Joe Biden emphasized the US commitment to holding Iran accountable, utilizing economic tools to counter Iran's activities, as stated by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
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Climate activist escalates further on hunger strike: Three climate activists on hunger strike: Michael Winter, Richard Cluse and Wolfang Metzeler-Kick ...
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Climate activist escalates further on hunger strike
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Israel's war cabinet: Damage Iran, but don't start a war: Israel's war cabinet has discussed a response to the Iranian attack. According to media reports ...
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Israel's war cabinet: Damage Iran, but don't start a war
Quick Glance: New Measures Against Iran and Escalation in West Bank
  • The United States intends to take further actions against Iran in the coming days to address the attacks on Israel over the weekend, as announced by US officials on Tuesday.

  • To combat the escalation in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Israeli and Palestinian officials reported the deaths of two Palestinians shot by Israeli settlers on Monday.
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Olaf Scholz has let German SMEs down in China: Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz does not dare to name China's anti-market subsidy policy ...
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Olaf Scholz has let German SMEs down in China
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The Five Futures of Russia: And How America Can Prepare for Whatever Comes Next: And how America can prepare for whatever comes next.
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The Five Futures of Russia: And How America Can Prepare for Whatever Comes ...
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Hunger strike for the climate in Berlin: “Olaf Scholz wants to let me die”: There has been a protest camp in front of the Chancellery in Berlin since the end of ...
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Hunger strike for the climate in Berlin: “Olaf Scholz wants to let me die”
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"No conscript army": Scholz: "Military service as it used to be" will no longer exist
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Quick Glance: Chancellor in VRM Talk: Challenges with the AfD
  • Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) discusses the threat posed by the AfD and its proximity to right-wing extremism.

  • He emphasizes that the AfD aims to polarize society and warns about its ties to Russia.

  • Scholz calls for measures to reduce the influence of the AfD and talks about the upcoming state elections.

  • He explains that the government must highlight achievements to diminish the appeal of the AfD and stresses the importance of reducing bureaucracy.
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Scholz wants Xi to stop Russia’s war. Xi wants Europe to stop trade war.: Beijing “is not a security threat,” Chinese president tells German chancellor.
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Scholz wants Xi to stop Russia’s war. Xi wants Europe to stop trade war.
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Greens launch their own Tiktok channel: The Greens are now on Tiktok. AfD leader Weidel is sidelined in a video. The Federal Foreign Office is also looking into ...
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Greens launch their own Tiktok channel
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Scholz on a trip to China: At an altitude of 11,900 meters, the chancellor learns of Iran's attack
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Scholz on a trip to China: At an altitude of 11,900 meters ...
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Germany to send Patriot air-defense system to Ukraine but holds out on Taurus missiles
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Germany to send Patriot air-defense system to Ukraine but holds out on ...
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Supermarket customer attacks Chancellor Scholz because of price increases: “Stop it!”
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Supermarket customer attacks Chancellor Scholz because of price increases: ...
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AfD politician goes berserk in Thai restaurant - and is arrested!: An AfD politician was arrested for rioting in a Thai restaurant. He is said to have been ...
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AfD politician goes berserk in Thai restaurant - and is arrested!
Quick Glance: Alleged Thailand Island Incident: AfD Politician Briefly Detained by Police
  • Niels Foitzik, AfD candidate, caused police interventions in Thailand.

  • Foitzik denies drug use, claims health issues during incidents.

  • Internal power struggles within Stuttgart AfD before local elections.

  • Stuttgart AfD candidates oppose 'Seebrücke' and have extremist ties.
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China relaxes German farm product controls in drive to win friends: HAMBURG, Germany -- China relaxed controls on German agricultural products Tuesday as ...
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China relaxes German farm product controls in drive to win friends
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EU fiddles on Middle East as Ukraine burns: EU leaders look set to focus on Iran — where there is little they can achieve — while still failing to flex real ...
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EU fiddles on Middle East as Ukraine burns
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China Market Trouble: Beijing Aims to Curb Speculation With Reform Plan: China is seeking to end the years of speculator driven boom-and-bust trading by pivoting ...
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China Market Trouble: Beijing Aims to Curb Speculation With Reform Plan
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Zelenskyy blasts Scholz’s reason for not sending German Taurus missiles: Ukraine’s leader says the chancellor wants the missiles to defend Germany — which is not ...
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Zelenskyy blasts Scholz’s reason for not sending German Taurus missiles
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China foreign ministry welcomes Blinken's visit to China as tensions simmer: China's foreign ministry on Thursday welcomed U.S. Secretary of State Antony ...
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China foreign ministry welcomes Blinken's visit to China as tensions ...
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German companies are not on an equal footing: Scholz is working on economic relations in China
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German companies are not on an equal footing: Scholz is working on ...
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Sugar festival: Chancellor Scholz congratulates Muslims - Immediately there was a hail of heavy criticism
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Sugar festival: Chancellor Scholz congratulates Muslims - Immediately ...
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Macron and Scholz call for 're-balancing' EU-China trade relations: French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on Friday for a ...
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Macron and Scholz call for 're-balancing' EU-China trade relations
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US-Japan-Philippines trilateral gives Manila a fighting chance: In an unprecedented move with big regional implications, US President Joe Biden hosted a ...
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US-Japan-Philippines trilateral gives Manila a fighting chance
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Putin and Xi’s Unholy Alliance: Why the West Won’t Be Able to Drive a Wedge Between Russia and China
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Putin and Xi’s Unholy Alliance: Why the West Won’t Be Able to Drive a ...
Quick Glance: Hong Kong Denies Entry to Press Freedom Advocate
  • Reporters Without Borders reported that a representative of the organization was deported from Hong Kong upon arrival on Wednesday.

  • Aleksandra Bielakowska, a representative of Reporters Without Borders based in Taiwan, was detained for six hours at Hong Kong International Airport and then deported without explanation.

  • Bielakowska traveled to Hong Kong to meet with journalists and monitor the trial of media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who faces possible life imprisonment for national security offenses.

  • Hong Kong has witnessed a significant decline in press freedom in recent years, ranking 140th out of 180 countries and territories in Reporters Without Borders' 2023 World Press Freedom Index.
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President Biden moves to triple tariff rates on Chinese steel and aluminum: Biden will announce to the United Steelworkers union in Pittsburgh that he's calling ...
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President Biden moves to triple tariff rates on Chinese steel and aluminum
Quick Glance: Joe Biden Calls for Significant Increase in Tariffs on Chinese Steel
  • US President Joe Biden is pushing for an increase in tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminium to strengthen union support in the swing state of Pennsylvania.

  • During a meeting with United Steelworkers union members in Pittsburgh, Biden calls on trade representative Katherine Tai to raise the tariffs from the current average of 7.5 percent.

  • The main focus of the measures is to combat China's new export surge and the ongoing price pressure that makes it difficult for American steel companies to compete.

  • The Biden administration's decision to increase tariffs is expected to impact recent efforts by Washington and Beijing to stabilize relations.
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Tesla to lay off more than 10 percent of its workers as sales slow: "Cost reductions and increased productivity" needed, says Musk.
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Tesla to lay off more than 10 percent of its workers as sales slow
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China humiliates Scholz. Authoritarian tendencies in the EU. Right-wing extremists on the rise in Thuringia? Billion for integration courses - Die Weltwoche
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China humiliates Scholz. Authoritarian tendencies in the EU ...
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Anti-discrimination commissioner Ataman sharply criticizes Scholz: Shortly before his visit to China, Chancellor Scholz opened a TikTok channel to reach younger ...
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Anti-discrimination commissioner Ataman sharply criticizes Scholz
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Scholz warns Iran against further escalating conflict with Israel: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged his support to Israel after the country got hit by ...
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Scholz warns Iran against further escalating conflict with Israel