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Felicitas Rauch’s departure from Wolfsburg to join North Carolina Courage in the US was a surprise. That it came a week after Bayern Munich’s Lina Magull left to join Inter Milan was a shock. Two seasoned Germany internationals have left their homeland for the chance to play abroad. But are the moves a sign of a bigger shift in women’s football or just two players looking for something new? When Pernille Harder and Magdalena Eriksson joined Bayern Munich at the start of the season, not only did the women’s Bundesliga look set for another thrilling title race but it also appeared Germany’s…

Jordan’s Air Force is increasingly striking targets in Syria linked to drug and weapons trafficking. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a London-based war monitor, at least nine people were killed by the strikes in recent days.  “The situation has escalated to a concerning level to Amman officials, as smugglers recently began moving weapons and explosives across the border, increasing the security threat in Jordan exponentially,” a Syria expert at the International Crisis Group told DW. So far, Syria has limited its reaction to condemning Jordan’s airstrikes. A recent statement from the Syrian Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said, “Such strikes at Syrian…

Three United States service members were killed and “many” wounded Saturday in a drone attack on US forces stationed in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border, US Central Command said. President Joe Biden on Sunday blamed Iran-backed groups for the attack and has vowed reprisals.”While we are still gathering the facts of this attack, we know it was carried out by radical Iran-backed militant groups operating in Syria and Iraq,” Biden said in a statement released by the White House. Wounded soldiers evacuated for further treatment US Central Command said at least 25 service members were wounded, but the number might rise.  Two different officials…

Lily Ebert, one of the last remaining survivors from Auschwitz-Birkenau, told Sky News that she believes the Holocaust could happen again.The 100-year-old was 20 years old when she was deported from her hometown in Hungary to the concentration camp. Her mother, and younger sister and brother, were killed by Nazis in gas chambers.Speaking to Sky News’ Trevor Phillips along with her great-grandson Dov Forman, Ms Ebert was asked whether she fears that the Holocaust could happen again 78 years later.”That is a very difficult question to answer for me,” she said. “But we see it can, because it happened. “It’s…

Iran said on Sunday it had simultaneously launched three satellites into orbit, nearly a week after the launch of a research satellite by the Revolutionary Guards. “Three Iranian satellites have been successfully launched into orbit for the first time,” state television reported. The launch comes amid heightened tensions in the wider Middle East over Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, sparking fears of a regional conflict. What do we know about the launch? Footage released by Iranian state television showed the overnight launch of the missile, which bore the slogan “We Can” in Farsi, likely a reference…

Two masked assailants launched an armed attack on an Italian church in Istanbul during a service on Sunday, leaving one person dead, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said. According to a statement by Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya, the assailants attacked the Santa Maria Church in the Sariyer district at 11:40 a.m. local time (08:40 GMT). An investigation has been launched, and authorities are working to apprehend the attackers, Yerlikaya said. “We strongly condemn this vile attack,” he said. The mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, also condemned the attack. Television images showed police and an ambulance outside the ornate church. It was not…

Protesters have thrown soup at the Mona Lisa painting in the Louvre in Paris.Footage shows two women crossing a boundary between the painting and the public, with one of them throwing soup towards the famous painting. Both women are wearing a shirt with Riposte Alimentaire – which translates as food response – written on the front, referring to a climate activist group.A glass window protects the Mona Lisa, meaning the soup would not have covered the painting itself.The world’s most famous artwork has been targeted before. Image: Pic: CL Press In May 2022, cake was smeared on the covering, with…

Wrestling icon Vince McMahon resigned from WWE’s parent company on Friday after a former employee accused him of serious sexual misconduct. A woman who worked in the legal and talent departments for TKO Group Holdings, filed a lawsuit on Thursday alleging that McMahon forced her into a sexual relationship in order for her to get and keep her job and passed around pornographic videos of her to other men, including other WWE employees. McMahon denied the allegations at the time of his resignation and said the “lawsuit is replete with lies, obscene made-up instances that never occurred, and is a…

Skip next section Ukraine exposes military procurement corruption scheme01/28/2024January 28, 2024Ukraine exposes military procurement corruption schemeUkrainian authorities uncovered corruption in the defense sector amounting to about $40 million (€37 million), Ukraine’s SBU security service said. The SBU said officials signed a deal to purchase 100,000 mortar shells for the military and paid in advance, but no arms were ever provided. It said an investigation “exposed officials of the Ministry of Defense and managers of arms supplier Lviv Arsenal, who stole nearly 1.5 billion hryvnias in the purchase of shells.” “According to the investigation, former and current high-ranking officials of the…

North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles off its eastern coast on Sunday, Seoul’s military said, the latest in a flurry of weapons tests that have raised tensions with South Korea, the United States and Japan. The launch comes nearly a week after Pyongyang fired multiple cruise missiles toward the Yellow Sea. North Korea then said it was the first test of a new generation of strategic cruise missiles called “Pulhwasal-3-31,” suggesting it is nuclear capable. On Sunday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said they detected the missiles over waters near the North Korean port of Sinpo, where the North…