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Karl Lauterbach seems ever-present for Germany’s national team. The federal health minister attended Germany’s second Euro 2024 group match against Hungary in Stuttgart, the third group game against Switzerland in Frankfurt, and also the Round of 16 victory against Denmark in Dortmund. The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) politician has consistently posted selfies on X, featuring other members of the federal government in varying configurations alongside him, such as Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, and Interior Minister Nancy Faeser. Baerbock and Faeser also regularly tweet about the Euros and the German national team. While Chancellor Scholz is more…

Eritrean cyclist Biniam Girmay achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first Black African rider to win a stage in the Tour de France. He sprinted to victory in the third stage of the cycling event to secure victory on Monday. Girmay said his win was “for all Africans.” “We must be proud now. We are really part of the big races,” Girmay said. “Now it’s our moment. It’s our time.” Tour de France ‘already incredible’ The victory came on the third day and the longest stage of this year’s race, spanning 230.8 kilometers (roughly 143 miles) between Piacenza and Turin. It provided the…

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled his long-awaited new cabinet on Sunday evening after his African National Congress (ANC) — which gained the most votes in recent elections but lost its majority — and his coaltion partners agreed on how to share out the 32 cabinet positions. Of the 11 parties in the government of national unity, seven are represented in the cabinet. Who got which ministries? The ANC has 20 cabinet posts, including key ministries of the presidency, finance, defense, justice, police and foreign affairs. Keeping the foreign ministry under ANC leadership will likely see the government continue its support of Palestinians and its strong…

The Israeli army has ordered a mass evacuation of Palestinians from the eastern half of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.Israel wrapped up its offensive in the city earlier this year and withdrew most of its forces, but this indicates that troops could soon return.Much of Khan Younis was destroyed in a long assault earlier this year, but large numbers of Palestinians have since moved back in to escape another Israeli offensive in Gaza’s southern-most city, Rafah.It comes as Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is almost finished with eliminating Hamas’ military capabilities in Gaza.Some 37,900 Palestinians have been killed and more than…

Judges in the US Supreme Court Thursday ruled on an appeal by former US President Donald Trump regarding his claimed immunity from prosecution over his efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election. Trump appealed after lower courts rejected his bid for protection from a federal criminal case. The Supreme Court judges rejected the lower courts’ ruling and sent the case back to them, but did not give a clear ruling on whether Trump was in fact immune from prosecution. The decision will, however, mean that a trial before the November election is now highly unlikely. Supreme Court rules Trump…

Spain’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld embezzlement charges against Catalan secessionist leader Carles Puigdemont, effectively overruling an amnesty agreed by politicians in the country . Puigdemont is accused of misappropriating public funds as part of Catalonia’s 2017 independence referendum, which went ahead despite being declared illegal by the Supreme Court. Spain’s parliament passed an amnesty bill in May that was meant to pardon Catalan separatists while establishing two exceptions for embezzlement. The agreement was a crucial part of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez forming a government with support from a pair of Catalan parties after an indecisive election. What did the court say?…

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07/01/2024July 1, 2024Russian border regions report power outages after Ukrainian attacksDrone strikes have disrupted electricity and gas supplies and damaged telephone lines in the Russian region of Belgorod, bordering Ukraine, according to Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov. “There is damage to phone cables, to the gas and electricity supply. Electricity has been cut in a string of villages,” Gladkov posted on his Telegram channel. He mentioned Grayvoron and Krasnaya Yaruga, west of the city of Belgorod, and Shebekino, southeast of the regional capital. All three settlements are near the border with Ukraine.  Local media reported that Belgorod itself and the town…

Kenyan President William Ruto said that the government will have to borrow more money to plug Kenya’s deficit. It comes after Ruto walked back on a controversial tax hike that sparked widespread protests in which at least 30 people were killed, according to rights groups. What did Kenyan officials say about the budget? Ruto said that the government would need to borrow an extra 346 billion shillings (roughly €2.5 billion, $2.7 billion) to fill the deficit. “The funding gap we have done with the finance bill going down is that instead of borrowing 600 billion, we are going to borrow…

The US Supreme Court has sent Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution for his actions while president back to a lower court.Trump faces prosecution over his role in the deadly January 6 riots in 2021 at the Capitol in Washington DC, after he encouraged his supporters to gather at Congress to oppose the approval of Joe Biden’s 2020 election win; and alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election result. The former president had been charged with conspiracy to defraud the US, conspiring against the right of Americans to vote and corruptly obstructing an official proceeding and conspiring…