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During the Third Reich, numerous attempts were made to assassinate the Nazi leader, Adolf Hitler. The most well-known was the one which took place on July 20, 1944 and was part of a plot called Operation Valkyrie. More than 200 people were involved, chiefly the German army officer Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg. But along with him and his fellow military officers, civilian women were also involved, such as Erika von Tresckow, the wife of Henning von Tresckow, who had a major role in the plot. She supported the plans by delivering messages to coordinate military and civilian resistance groups as well as…

A mad dash is on: England meet Spain in the final of the men’s Euro 2024 and everyone wants a ticket. The final will be played at Berlin’s Olympiastadion which has the capacity of 71,000 supporters during the tournament, in comparison to some 75,000 on Hertha Berlin matchdays. The allocation given by UEFA for each football association, though, is significantly lower. 10,000 tickets will be distributed among England and Spain fans, going for a price of 95 euros. When it comes to tickets sold directly through UEFA, ticket prices originally ranged from 300 euros to 1,000 euros. However, with the…

A school building in Nigeria collapsed on Friday, killing several students, according to government authorities.  The incident took place in Busa Buji in Jos, in Nigeria’s Plateau State, to the east of Abuja.  “A two-story building housing Saint Academy (School) in Busa Buji in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State collapsed this morning killing several students,” Nigeria’s Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said online, sharing images apparently from the scene.  The Reuters news agency cited an eyewitness as saying that seven motionless bodies had been pulled from the rubble. Nigerian emergency services shared images of rescue workers trying to access…

Faced with a number of challenges at home, companies in Japan’s alcoholic beverages sector are looking to expand into new markets around the world and hope that consumers will develop a taste for their premium sake, beer and whisky.     The drinks industry admits that the last few years have been difficult in Japan, with clear signs emerging that people have been going out to drink with colleagues and friends less frequently than was previously typical in Japan. And that was apparent even before the COVID pandemic put Japan’s bars and restaurants into hibernation from early 2020, they point out.…

“And now I want to hand it over to the president of Ukraine, who has as much courage as he has determination, ladies and gentlemen, President Putin.”But President Joe Biden wasn’t referring to Vladimir Putin, he was talking about Ukrainian leader President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was standing next to him. The gaffe instantly became a headline for the NATO summit that has otherwise gone smoothly.German Chancellor Olaf Scholz defended Biden, saying: “Slips of tongue happen, and if you always monitor everyone, you will find enough of them.”But questions about the president’s fitness to serve four more years – or win…

Italian viewers appeared to be abuzz with anticipation — and some surprise — ahead of the broadcast of a two-part television series that portrays Angela Merkel as an Agatha Christie-style sleuth. The show features German actress Katharina Thalbach as the former chancellor, who has adopted the postpolitics persona of a modern-day Miss Marple. What do we know about the show? “Miss Merkel and the Murder in the Castle” airs the first of two episodes on the Italian television channel Rai2 on Friday evening. The series is not an Italian creation, but was made by a Hamburg-based film production company and first aired by…

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been in jail since last August and was convicted in some cases ahead of a national election in February. Khan, who served as premier from 2018 to 2022, was ousted in a parliamentary no-confidence vote after falling out with the nation’s powerful military generals who had once backed him. He has since been entangled in more than 200 legal cases. Khan and his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party say the charges were politically motivated and aimed at thwarting his return to power. “The only reason for Imran Khan being in prison is his overwhelming…

The idea of China’s outstripping the United States to become the world’s largest economy has been a fixation for policymakers and economists for decades. What will happen, they argue, when the US — one of the most dynamic, productive economies — is usurped by an authoritarian regime with a three-quarters-of-a-billion-strong workforce? Predictions of when exactly China would steal the US’s crown have come thick and fast ever since the 2008/9 financial crisis, which hampered growth in the United States and Europe for many years. Before what became known as the Great Recession, China saw double-digit annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth for at least five years.…

Dozens of people are missing after two buses were swept into a swollen river in Nepal by a landslide amid torrential monsoon rain.The buses were swept off a road and into the Trishuli River near Simaltal, about 74 miles west of the capital Kathmandu, at around 3am.At least 62 people were missing, according to local district officials, while Rabi Lamichhane, the country’s home minister, told its parliament 51 passengers were unaccounted for and more than 500 rescue personnel have been assigned to the search operation.Three passengers were rescued and are receiving hospital treatment, government administrator Khima Nanada Bhusal said.They reportedly…

During the Third Reich, numerous attempts were made to assassinate the Nazi leader, Adolf Hitler. The most well-known was the one which took place on July 20, 1944 and was part of a plot called “Operation Valkyrie.” More than 200 people were involved, chiefly the German army officer Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg. But along with him and his fellow military officers, civilian women were also involved, such as Erika von Tresckow, the wife of Henning von Tresckow, who had a major role in the plot. She supported the plans by delivering messages to coordinate military and civilian resistance groups as well as…