The head of state has the People's Congress give him his third term - and does not hide which era is about to end and which is about to begin. He also shows what he is aiming for by mediating between two deadly enemies. comment by Leah SahayAbove all, it was a ceremonial vote as Xi Jinping was elected China's president for the third time by all 2,952 delegates to the People's Congress. Most Chinese accepted the decision with the...
Container handling in German ports in the exchange of goods with China is more than twice as high as with the USA. The People's Republic accounted for more than a fifth (21.5 percent) in 2022, as the Federal Statistical Office announced on Thursday. The United States follows in second place with a share of 10.2 percent. There are three Chinese ports among the five most important foreign partner ports in container traffic: The most important partner port was Shanghai with...
Two racers were chasing through the Bahrain night with 20 laps to go and a seven-time world champion on the run from a two-time world champion. They raced across the track, rear to front spoiler, corner by corner, the drivers worked their way wheel to wheel - then the pursuer put himself in front of Lewis Hamilton with a hard braking maneuver in a hairpin bend. What a duel! And that right at the start of this new season in...
Nordic World Ski Championships Norwegian cross-country skiers dominate - Moch finishes eighth at the World Championships After his gold medal in the 2 x 15 km skiathlon, Simen Hegstad Krüger can also look forward to gold in cross-country skiing over 15 km at the Nordic World Ski Championships. photo © Daniel Karmann/dpa The Norwegian cross-country skiers once again proved their exceptional class and divided the medals among themselves. The Norwegian cross-country skiers once again proved their exceptional class and divided...
basketball Grizzlies dominate Nuggets in top-flight NBA play Grizzlies guard Ja Morant (centre) led his team to victory. photo © Brandon Dill/FR171250 AP/dpa In the game of the best NBA teams in the west, the Grizzlies clearly prevail over the Nuggets. The Wagner brothers concede their first loss after the All-Star break with Orlando. The Memphis Grizzlies clearly won the duel between the currently best two teams in the Western Conference in the NBA. The Grizzlies beat the Denver Nuggets...
World Championships in Oberhof Bold eighth in the World Cup sprint - Norwegians dominate in Oberhof The Norwegian Johannes Thingnes Bö became Sprint World Champion. photo © Martin Schutt/dpa Even under difficult conditions, Johannes Thingnes Bö becomes Sprint World Champion in Oberhof. The German biathletes cannot intervene in the medal fight. Things are going badly for Doll in particular. On another pitch-black day for Benedikt Doll, Johannes Kühn halfway saved the honor of the German biathletes with his best race...
Luge World Championship Quadruple triumph: German lugers dominate World Cup sprint Went to World Cup gold in Oberhof: Dajana Eitberger. photo © Martin Schutt/dpa The German female lugers secured a quadruple triumph in the sprint at the World Championships in Oberhof. With a lead of just a thousandth of a second, Dajana Eitberger secured the first world title of her career on her home track. The German female lugers secured a quadruple triumph in the sprint at the World Championships...
Status: 01/17/2023 3:54 p.m The mood is depressed in the Swiss mountains at the World Economic Forum of politics, business and science. Global crises determine the agenda - and demands for more aid for Ukraine. "Working together in a fragmented world" is the motto of the World Economic Forum, which brings together 52 heads of state and government and hundreds of CEOs from business. One of the dominant topics this year is the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine. European...
The game: 0-1 Manchester City should not be too unhappy to find Chelsea on Sunday (5:30 p.m.), at the Etihad Stadium, in the 32nd finals of the FA Cup. Because the Citizens have now already defeated the Blues this season in two other competitions, without conceding a goal. Either in the League Cup (2-0, November 9), then this Thursday (1-0), at Stamford Bridge, in the Premier League, which allows Guardiola's men, second, to come back five lengths from Arsenal. Very...
Twice as often every week USA: Corona variant XBB.1.5 could dominate 01/01/2023, 1:45 p.m There is evidence from the USA that a relatively new corona subtype is becoming the dominant variant. This is XBB.1.5, which has a genetic alteration to the important spike protein and is related to variant BA.2. In the USA, a significant proportion of the new corona infections can be traced back to the XBB.1.5 variant, which has only recently been discovered. The US health authority CDC...
