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President Joe Biden has faced more calls from fellow Democrats to step aside in the race for the White House after making further major gaffes at the NATO summit.His performance at the Washington event was seen as make-or-break for the 81-year-old after a disastrous debate performance against rival Donald Trump last month. However, speaking at the end of the three-day summit he mistakenly referred to the Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy as “President Putin”, drawing gasps from those in the room, before correcting himself.A short time later he mixed up the names of vice president Kamala Harris and Trump. Please use…

On July 20, 1944, at 12:42, a bomb went off in the conference room of the Wolf’s Lair military headquarters in East Prussia, the easternmost province of the German Reich until the end of World War II. It was supposed to kill Adolf Hitler, and had been planted by German army officer Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg. The former ardent National Socialist now no longer saw any other option apart from murdering the dictator. “There is nothing left but to kill him,” he had told his closest confidants a few days earlier. Stauffenberg was not only the assassin, but also…

Police in France said that four migrants drowned in the Channel off Boulogne sur Mer along the northern coast on Friday. Maritime authorities said the victims had been attempting an overnight crossing to Britain. The AFP news agency, citing maritime police, reported that a naval patrol vessel traveled to the area after receiving an alert that several people had fallen into the sea. A helicopter winched four people out of the water, but they were already dead, while some were rescued alive. A spokesperson for France’s coastguard was cited by the Reuters news agency as saying there were a total of 67…

Ten members of the Cambodian environmental activist group Mother Nature were sentenced to six to eight years in prison earlier this month for conspiring against the state. Three of the members of the group were also convicted of insulting Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni. The young activists had long campaigned against the destruction of natural resources across the Southeast Asian country and had openly alleged links to corruption. The group was charged with “plotting” against the Cambodian state after they investigated waste pollution in Phnom Penh’s Tone Sap River in 2021. In addition, a group statement from an online meeting was…

If you’ve ever dealt with head lice, you’ll know how difficult it is to get rid of them. There’s a range of products in pharmacies — from special combs to shampoos — but sometimes it’s not enough. You need to understand how they live, spread and survive to beat them to get rid of them once and for all. What are head lice? The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes head lice as insects the size of a sesame seed. Lice feed on human scalp blood. When they suck blood, they release a spit that can cause an…

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…