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The European Union will invest $5 billion (€4.7 billion) in South African aid and development projects, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen announced Thursday. The majority of the investments will go to supporting the transition to clean energy, such as improving wind, solar and hydrogen power production. The funds will also be put into vaccine manufacturing. “South Africa wants to protect the health of [its] people… We Europeans want to diversify some of our most critical supply chains. This is what I call a true mutual interest,” von der Leyen said. The announcement came at the first bilateral summit between…

Two judges ordered US President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday to reinstate thousands of probationary federal workers who lost their jobs as part of mass firings across multiple government agencies. The federal judges, one in the US state of Maryland, the other in California, separately found legal problems with the way the mass terminations were carried out. They both ordered the employees at least temporarily brought back on the job. District Judge James Bredar in Maryland ruled that 18 of the agencies which had fired probationary employees en masse in recent weeks violated regulations governing the laying off of federal workers.…

Israel has been accused of carrying out “genocidal acts” against Palestinians during the Gaza conflict in a United Nations report.It alleges a broad range of violations perpetrated against Palestinian women, men, girls and boys since 7 October 2023 – which Israel has denied and rejected.”Israeli authorities have destroyed in part the reproductive capacity of the Palestinians in Gaza as a group,” said the report by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel.It alleges this was done by systematically destroying women’s healthcare facilities during the war in Gaza, and by “imposing…

It was perhaps the clearest sign yet that Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s political maneuvering has backfired. On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump stood alongside the tech billionaire and a red Tesla Model S outside the White House, declaring he was buying the electric car for his staff to use and paying full price. Trump’s unprecedented endorsement of the electric vehicle (EV) giant comes after months of mounting criticism over Musk’s deepening involvement in both US and foreign politics — including support for far-right parties in Europe — and after billions of dollars were wiped off Tesla’s shares. That Musk sought the president’s public backing suggests that protests,…

Variations of the Arabic word "musafir" can be found in many languages. In some cases, it translates as "traveler," in others, as "guest." A Berlin exhibition explores the two intersecting ideas.

Barely six weeks after taking office for a second term, the Trump administration’s cost-cutting in science and technology may result in a positive outcome for research in Europe. The journal Nature has called the moves an “assault on science” in the US — but they may have worldwide ramifications.  What is Trump’s ‘assault on science’? President Donald Trump and his team have laid off thousands of employees at US science agencies: These include senior positions at NASA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which is considered one of the world’s most important…

What exactly happened? One of the biggest scandals in winter sports to date. It was triggered by a video shot anonymously in Trondheim, Norway, last Friday (March 7, 2025), the day before large hill event at the Nordic world championships ski jumping event, and leaked to the media. It shows a hotel room from the outside, the windows of which are covered with black fabric. Through a slit, however, you can see ski jumping suits being worked on with a sewing machine in the presence of Norwegian head coach Magnus Brevik. After Saturday’s competition, the skiing’s world governing body FIS disqualified…

Skip next section Finland will ‘definitely’ be part of ‘coalition of the willing’ for Ukraine security03/12/2025March 12, 2025Finland will ‘definitely’ be part of ‘coalition of the willing’ for Ukraine securityFinland will “definitely” be a part of a peacekeeping coalition to deter Russian aggression and uphold Ukrainian security, Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen told the UK’s Times Radio. “We are definitely part of the coalition of the willing, and we are looking at the package of capabilities which we have to put to the table in order to help Ukraine in securing itself,” she said. “We will, of course, have to secure the rest of Europe, too,” she added.…

Argentine pensioners and soccer fans clashed with police on Wednesday as a protest unfolded in front of Congress, with citizens rallying against the economic policies brought in by the government of President Javier Milei. It was an unlikely mix with retirees gathered in Buenos Aires flanked by soccer fans from teams normally at odds with one another. What started as a peaceful event escalated into violent clashes as police fired water cannons, tear gas and pellets while protesters threw stones. The crowd yelled “Milei, garbage, you are the dictatorship!” — a comparison of his rule with the military junta that ruled Argentina from 1976 to 1983.  What are the protests about? For…

The US has ramped up pressure on Russia to accept a 30-day ceasefire proposal to end “all hostilities” with Ukraine.Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree to the truce “so people will stop dying, so bullets will stop flying”. Speaking during a news conference in Ireland following talks between US and Ukrainian officials on Tuesday, he said there was “no military solution to the conflict” and warned: “If [Russia] says no, it will tell us a lot about what their goals are and what their mindset is.”Mr Rubio also revealed there had been…