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MILAN – A gang in Italy is said to have defrauded internet users who were interested in fake corona vaccination certificates – now investigators have discovered the alleged fraudsters. A unit against internet crime by the financial police made the Italian citizens in the regions of Veneto, Liguria, Apulia and on the island of Sicily, … Read more
NEW YORK – New York has a new green space: The square in front of Lincoln Center around the fountain has recently been turned into a kind of park – and is used by hundreds of people every day. Artificial turf was laid between the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Ballet and the performance … Read more
BIELEFELD – The CDU federal chairman Armin Laschet has warned his party not to talk about crisis scenarios after the Union’s defeat in the federal elections. Talking about the “greatest crisis of the CDU since 1945” does not inspire “any voter to re-elect the CDU,” said Laschet on Saturday at the state party conference of … Read more
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WASHINGTON – US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin wants to evaluate the troops withdrawal from Afghanistan – but without rushing. “No operation is ever perfect,” said Austin on Wednesday in Washington when asked whether the US military should have done something different in retrospect. There was no mission he was ever involved in without looking … Read more
WASHINGTON – Prominent US Senator Mitt Romney has clearly criticized the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. “I understand those who think we should leave Afghanistan, but I disagree with them,” the Republican wrote on Twitter on Saturday (local time). The withdrawal was “an invaluable blow to the credibility, reliability and honor of our nation,” said … Read more
PARIS – Federal Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD) and European colleagues want to work together against hate speech and discrimination. At a meeting on Monday in Paris, the Justice Ministers of France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and Italy, as well as EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders, condemned the rise in crime and hate speech against minorities, … Read more
WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden receives outgoing Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Monday. The meeting in the White House should underline the close partnership between the two countries, it was said in advance. It also offers the opportunity to discuss opportunities and challenges in the Middle East. Rivlin, who has been president since 2014, … Read more
ERIWAN – In the early parliamentary elections in the ex-Soviet republic of Armenia in the South Caucasus, the opposition complained of numerous violations. Former President Robert Kocharyan and his party bloc Armenia complained that masses of leaflets were distributed in the capital, Yerevan, on which the 66-year-old can be seen with blood on his hands … Read more