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The Pope has appeared before cheering crowds at the Vatican.It was the pontiff’s first official public appearance since he was released from hospital a fortnight ago. Pope Francis, 88, had spent five weeks in Rome’s Gemelli hospital as he was treated by doctors for a life-threatening bout of double pneumonia.The Pope, in what was a previously unannounced move, entered St Peter’s Square in a wheelchair shortly before noon local time at the end of the celebration of a mass for the Catholic Church’s Jubilee year. Image: Pope Francis waved at crowds in St Peter’s Square. Pic: Reuters In front of…

Browsing for special clothes is one of Leonie’s favorite hobbies. However, the 27-year-old fashion design student doesn’t focus on the new collections from fashion companies. She instead looks specifically for second-hand pieces. And she finds most online. “It’s like a digital treasure hunt,” says Leonie, describing her approach. It’s important to enter the right keywords — and in different languages. That’s when she’s most likely to come across an unusual find. It’s a great feeling. Second-hand clothing goes mainstream Leonie is not alone in her fascination with vintage. While vintage shopping used to mean rummaging through sometimes musty, cluttered stores,…

The release of Netflix’s “Adolescence,” which depicts the fallout from the online radicalization of young boys by misogynistic figures such as Andrew Tate, is highlighting what people have suspected for a long time: Spending too much time online has a detrimental effect on teenage minds.  The show is even impacting government policy decisions. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he’d watched “Adolescence,” which has spurred the UK government to examine how to address the “emerging and growing problem” posed by online radicalization of young boys. Every generation of parents fears teenagers are being corrupted by things outside their control: Socrates was accused of corrupting…

Tens of thousands of Spaniards took to the streets in 40 cities across the country on Saturday to protest housing speculation.  “Housing should be a right, not a commodity for speculation,” protest organizers said. “However, investment funds and landlords continue to accumulate profits while thousands of people are evicted, displaced from their neighborhoods, or forced to live in inhumane conditions.” Media reports said around 150,000 protesters showed up in Madrid, while protest organizers claimed another 100,000 people turned out in Barcelona. The organizers — a collection of tenants’ rights and left-leaning organizations — accuse the government of turning housing “into a business…

Bayern Munich legend Thomas Müller will leave the club after 25 years at the end of this season, the player and club said Saturday. Müller, 35, joined the Bavarian side in 2000 and has played a record 743 games for the German giants, winning 33 trophies.Müller has won the Bundesliga 12 times with Bayern Munich [FILE: May 15, 2022]Image: Thomas Hiermayer/DeFodi Images/picture alliance What did Müller and Bayern say? In a post on Instagram, Müller said “the club made a conscious decision not to negotiate a new contract with me for next season. Even if this was not in line…

A delegation of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) government held fresh talks with M23 rebels in Qatar last week about stopping the fighting in the country’s east, a source close to the discussions told news Reuters and AFP news agencies on Saturday. Both sides have not yet commented on the talks. The first round of talks was held in late March, which a source close to discussions described as “positive.” The meeting was held in private and talks are set to continue in Doha on April 9. “Further talks are now expected in Doha, again with the Qataris mediating,…

TikTok should already be shut down in the United States, according to the law. Last year, the Biden administration demanded that the Chinese video app’s US operations either be sold or face a nationwide ban over national security issues. Lawmakers were concerned how the company deals with US-based user data and possible Chinese government manipulation. The idea of forcing ByteDance, its Chinese owner, to sell to an approved non-Chinese owner received a lot of bipartisan Congressional support and was signed into law by Joe Biden last April. The federal law targets “foreign adversary controlled applications” and specifically mentions TikTok and ByteDance.…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has hit out at the US over its “weak” response to lethal Russian attacks on his hometown on Friday.President Zelenskyy posted a lengthy and emotional statement on X about Russia’s strikes on Kryvyi Rih, which killed 19 people.Meanwhile Ukrainian drones hit an explosives factory in Russia’s Samara region in an overnight strike, a member of Ukraine’s SBU security service told Reuters.In his post, President Zelenskyy accused the United States of being “afraid” to name-check Russia in its comment on the attack.”Unfortunately, the reaction of the American Embassy is unpleasantly surprising: such a strong country, such a…

Having written two celebrated books on fascism in the 20th century, Jewish-American scholar John Stanley draws direct parallels with the second Donald Trump presidency. “Fascism is what the Trump administration is now doing,” he told DW of the president’s second term in office. In late March, Stanley announced his decision to quit Yale University and move to Canada, where he will work at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. He follows Timothy Snyder and Marci Shore,  two Yale history professors who are a married couple, who also left for Toronto after the US presidential election.   “I’m afraid…

A American tourist was arrested for entering a restricted island with an isolated tribe carrying a can of Diet Coke and a coconut, Indian police said on Thursday. The 24-year-old man entered North Sentinel Island, part of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands off India’s southeastern coast. He wanted to meet the Sentinelese people, who are untouched by the modern world. Numbering around 150, the Sentinelese shun all contact with the outside world and have been known to throw spears at anyone who comes close. Their language and culture remain a mystery to outsiders. Visit recorded on GoPro camera The tourist allegedly used an…