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A jury in Australia has found Erin Patterson guilty on three counts of murder and one of attempted murder. The murder weapon: Toxic mushrooms. Prosecutors argued Patterson intentionally served four of her family members with meal portions containing toxic death cap mushrooms in 2023. Patterson denied being guilty, originally telling police she had used store-bought mushrooms from a supermarket, then an Asian grocer in Melbourne. A search of such stores found no evidence that poisonous mushrooms had ever been sold.  During the trial, Patterson said she may have foraged for the mushrooms but could not say for certain where she had obtained the…

For the second game in a row, Lea Schüller was substituted with 20 minutes remaining. This was not a reflection of poor performance but Germany coach Christian Wück’s way of protecting his striker, who had done her job once again. Schüller scored the second, just as she had against Poland in Germany’s opener, to complete a 2-1 comeback against Denmark. Until fairly recently, it has been the Bayern Munich star who was the one coming on. But the retirement of Alexandra Popp last year has made Schüller Germany’s undisputed starting striker.Sjoeke Nüsken scored Germany’s equalizer after a shaky startImage: Frank…

07/08/2025July 8, 2025Netanyahu nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize, hails attacks on IranIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Donald Trump on Monday that he was nominating the US president for a Nobel Peace Prize as the pair hailed their recent strikes on Iran’s key nuclear facilities. Netanyahu and Trump sat down with their top aides for a dinner in Washington to mark the Iran operation and discuss a 60-day ceasefire proposal aimed at halting the 21-month conflict in Gaza. “He’s forging peace as we speak, and one country and one region after the other,” Netanyahu said as he presented Trump with a nominating letter, adding that he…

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday handed President Donald Trump yet another victory as the judiciary gave the go-ahead for his administration to pursue the slashing of federal jobs, potentially numbering in the hundreds of thousands. In doing so, the top court in the United States overrode lower court orders that temporarily froze the cuts, carried out by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which was initially headed by billionaire Elon Musk.Trump policies, job cuts spark street protests across USTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video What does the ruling mean? The judges, in a…

US President Donald Trump is doubling down against the BRICS bloc of fast-growing economies, including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, warning that their push to undermine the US dollar’s dominance threatens America’s economic supremacy. Just as BRICS leaders convened in Rio de Janeiro for their annual summit, Trump on Sunday vowed to slap an additional 10% tariff on any nation backing the group’s “anti-American policies,” piling pressure on top of existing and threatened trade levies. The Trump administration’s 90-day pause on higher tariffs is set to expire Wednesday, and letters have been sent to inform dozens of countries of their new US import levy, according to the White…

In just a few days, the palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria could be added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list. Alongside 31 other sights around the world, Neuschwanstein Castle, Linderhof Palace, the King’s House on Schachen, and the Herrenchiemsee palace complex have been nominated for inclusion. Decisions will be made at the 47th session of the World Heritage Committee in Paris (which ends on 16 July 2025).  For ten years now, King Ludwig II’s Bavarian palaces have been at the top of Germany’s wish list for new additions. Perched high above the edge of the Alps, Neuschwanstein…

Did Bayern Munich do well at the Club World Cup? Even though the competition is of little interest to many football fans in Germany, Bayern Munich would still have liked to have won it. As a result, their loss to Paris Saint Germain in the quarterfinals comes as a disappointment, especially as it marks yet another defeat to a top European club. In the Champions League last season, the German champions lost to Aston Villa, Feyenoord and Inter Milan. At the Club World Cup, Bayern lost to Benfica before bowing out to PSG. Although Jamal Musiala’s serious injury against Paris…

At least 10 people have died in anti-government protests in Kenya as of Monday evening, according a statement released by the state-funded Kenyan National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR).  Police earlier this morning had closed roads leading into the capital, Nairobi, to block protesters from rallying in the city center, reported Felix Maringa, DW’s Nairobi correspondent.  A police statement released late Monday said over 560 people were arrested around the country during Monday’s protest. The statement, which was released after the KNCHR report, estimated that 11 people were killed, and that dozens of police officers were injured.  Protesters on Monday were commemorating the July 7 demonstrations, known…

Police in Budapest announced Monday that they will not initiate any legal proceedings against participants of the Pride parade that occurred in the Hungarian capital at the end of June, despite the ceremony being prohibited. The decision from the police came amid fears that those who took part could face fines and with organizers facing up to a year in prison. Budapest mayor under threat of prison time Pride parades are held across the globe in support of LGBTQ+ rights. Budapest police said in a statement that this year’s organizers created public uncertainty about the event’s legal status. Among them was Budapest’s liberal mayor, Gergely Karacsony,…

A proposal, introduced by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, has sparked considerable attention. Speaking at the end of a summit of EU leaders in Brussels on June 27, they floated the idea of the EU taking the lead in forming an alternative to the World Trade Organization (WTO), the world trade body that has been in place since 1995. Merz said the idea was in its early stages but could include mechanisms to resolve disputes, as the WTO was meant to do. “You all know that the WTO doesn’t work anymore,” he said, adding that…