United States and China Spy balloon: Sharp criticism from US Secretary of State Blinken US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks clearly to China. photo © Jacquelyn Martin/AP/dpa A violation of international law and US sovereignty: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed clear words to China about a flying object - and drew consequences. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called China's actions in relation to the spy balloon discovered over the US "irresponsible" and "unacceptable". Blinken said...
Status: 03.02.2023 3:20 p.m The US car company Ford is burdened by a loss in the billions, partly because of unsuccessful investments in electric cars. The management announces tough cuts - which may also affect Germany. The bottom line is that the second-largest US automaker, Ford, made a loss of around $2.2 billion last year. That is a drop of 88 percent compared to the previous year: in 2021 the group still posted a profit of 17.9 billion dollars. Ford...
Status: 01/21/2023 05:05 a.m In the debate about the delivery of main battle tanks to Ukraine, the chair of the Defense Committee, Strack-Zimmermann, criticized the fact that no decision had yet been made. The Union fears serious foreign policy damage. Politicians from the traffic light coalition and the opposition have expressed their disappointment at the further postponed decision on the delivery of German battle tanks to Ukraine. The chairwoman of the defense committee, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann (FPD), says in the ZDF...
IG Metall is concerned about the working conditions at the electric car manufacturer Tesla in Grünheide near Berlin. Employees reported to the union that they were dissatisfied with stressful shift systems, frequent overtime at weekends, a very high overall workload and too few staff, said Irene Schulz, district manager of IG Metall for Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony, on Thursday in Berlin.The employees have to sign a non-disclosure agreement with the employment contract, which is referred to again and again in...
Everyone can no longer benefit from the state aid provided to cushion the rise in fuel prices. And it shows at the pump. In French service stations, diesel sold at an average price of 1.8994 euros per liter, or 13.29 cents more than the previous week, according to figures from the Ministry of Energy Transition stopped Friday and published Monday . Unleaded 95 petrol increased by 17.28 cents, displayed at the pump at 1.8516 euros per liter on average, and...
The day after around 3,000 aggressive supporters of the voted-out right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro besieged the government district, the process of coming to terms with the situation in Brazil begins - with consequences for personnel too. The governor of the capital district, Ibaneis Rocha, was suspended by the Supreme Court for 90 days. Brasília's security chief, Anderson Torres, who had been justice minister under Bolsonaro, also lost his job. He was fired by Rocha before his own suspension.There has been...
The day after around 3,000 aggressive supporters of the voted-out right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro besieged the government district, the process of coming to terms with the situation in Brazil begins - with consequences for personnel too. The governor of the capital district, Ibaneis Rocha, was suspended by the Supreme Court for 90 days. Brasília's security chief, Anderson Torres, who had been justice minister under Bolsonaro, also lost his job. He was fired by Rocha before his own suspension.There has been...
Even deprived of their Asian visitors due to Covid, the major Parisian museums have filled up. Their attendance is up sharply in 2022 and tends to return to its 2019 levels, according to the figures published on Thursday.Foreign tourists, especially Americans, have returned to the cultural highlights of the capital, which has seen the major exhibitions (Kokoschka, Munch, Frida Kahlo, etc.) acclaimed and the strong return of the local public to the museums of the City of Paris. .170% more...
France will remain at the limit of the subtropical high pressures rising from Spain on Saturday, and of low pressure conditions present over the British Isles, which will strengthen over France on Sunday. A rather gloomy Saturday but to be preferred Saturday, the weather will be calm and quite sunny from the southwest to the northeast up to the Alps and the Mediterranean. But over a large north-west third, you can expect deterioration with rain and wind from Aquitaine to...
Status: 12/22/2022 2:51 p.m The federal CDU has distanced itself from the statements made by Bautzen district administrator Witschas on asylum seekers. The SPD does not go far enough: they are again demanding "a firewall against the right" and a word from Union leader Merz. The CDU leadership has rejected the controversial statements made by the district administrator of Bautzen on the accommodation of refugees. Party leader Friedrich Merz and the party executive "strongly distanced themselves from the choice of...
