German military chief defends planned high military expenditure

German military chief defends planned high military expenditure

German Armed Forces Chief Inspector Carsten Breuer has justified the significantly increasing defence expenditure for Germany. The discussed spending amounting to 3.5% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) is not unfounded, the highest-ranking soldier of the Bundeswehr told the news magazine Der Spiegel in remarks published on Friday. “It is clearly derived from a…

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Navalny widow, media watchdog to launch TV channel

Navalny widow, media watchdog to launch TV channel

The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and Reporters Without Borders will launch a television channel to “promote free speech in Russia”, the press freedom advocacy group said on Friday. The channel, named Future of Russia, will be broadcast via the Svoboda Satellite project, which is available across Russia, Reporters Without Borders said. The channel…

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German-Israeli leader slams far-right Israeli ministers for Gaza plan

German-Israeli leader slams far-right Israeli ministers for Gaza plan

The president of the German-Israeli Society in Berlin has strongly criticized the far-right members of Israel’s government for comments he says amount to calls for “ethnic cleansing” in Gaza. “My job to defend Israel is becoming more and more difficult because there are voices in the Israeli government which are totally unacceptable,” Beck said in…

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Floods kill at least 110 people after heavy rain in Nigeria

Floods kill at least 110 people after heavy rain in Nigeria

At least 110 people have died in floods caused by torrential rain in central Nigeria, officials have told the BBC. The rainfall lasted for several hours, said the head of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (Nsema), Abullahi Baba-Arah. He added that “surging flood water submerged and washed away over 50 residential houses with their…

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Russian delegation to travel to Istanbul for talks on Monday

Russian delegation to travel to Istanbul for talks on Monday

Moscow will send a delegation to Istanbul for talks on ending the war in Ukraine, despite the absence of a commitment from Kiev, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. “It will be ready on Monday morning for the continuation of negotiations, the second round of the talks,” Peskov said. He expressed the hope that…

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Ukrainian ambassador praises gear change in Germany under Merz

Ukrainian ambassador praises gear change in Germany under Merz

The Ukrainian ambassador to Germany has expressed satisfaction with the change in tone in Berlin after President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit this week. “There were clear results,” Oleksii Makeiev told radio station WDR5 on Friday, referring to Wednesday’s meeting between Zelensky and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. “And on a personal level, it went very well,” he…

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Rashid Johnson’s Own “Poem for Deep Thinkers”

Rashid Johnson’s Own “Poem for Deep Thinkers”

It’s an epic display of small ideas. But what gives the exhibition its coherence is Johnson’s consistent—if tonally varied—engagement with literature. “A Poem for Deep Thinkers” is named after a piece by the poet, playwright, and jazz critic Amiri Baraka, who is a kind of guiding spirit for the show. The prosy, preachy poem contains…

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Pro-India parade filmed in Gujarat state, not Pakistan

Pro-India parade filmed in Gujarat state, not Pakistan

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways India’s government has staged nationwide marches to honour its military following the most serious conflict with arch-foe Pakistan. But online posts claiming a right-wing…

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