EPA ANNOUNCEMENTS•today, 1:43 pm After more than twenty years, Angelina Jolie resigns from her job for the UNHCR, the United Nations agency for refugees. The American actress remains committed to humanitarian affairs and human rights issues, she says in her a joint statementbut Jolie says she would now like to do it from a different … Read more
AFP extension ANNOUNCEMENTS•yesterday, 21:29 Germany also ends its military mission in Mali. All 1,000 German soldiers must have left the West African country by May 2024 at the latest. Germany’s mission in Mali has long been in doubt: like other European countries, the country is at odds with the military junta in Bamako. A government … Read more
AFP News from the NOS•today, 14:46 At the opening of the climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres harshly stressed the need to implement climate measures. “Greenhouse gas emissions are still rising, temperatures are rising and the planet is nearing the point where climate chaos is irreversible,” he said in his opening statement. … Read more
– AFP – NOS News•today, 02:11 — Russia says it has officially invited experts from the International Red Cross (ICRC) and the United Nations (UN) to investigate the attack on the camp with prisoners of war in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk. The Russian Defense Ministry says it is doing so “in the interest … Read more
Leipzig. A young man triggered a police operation in Leipzig with a video uploaded to social networks. Luckily it was just a false alarm. – © dpa An amok alarm triggered a SEK operation in Leipzig on Thursday morning. After the SEK operation on Thursday morning because of possible rampage plans in Leipzig, the police … Read more
– © Photo: APA/AFP/GETTY IMAGES/Dilip Vishw The Colorado Avalanche regained the lead in the NHL playoffs. Colorado won 5-2 at the St. Louis Blues on Saturday and now leads 2-1 in the best of seven series. The Blues took the lead and reduced it again to 2:3, but the guests made everything clear in the … Read more