Major earthquake in Turkey Dramatic calls for help: victims report via mobile phones and social media Rescue workers remove an earthquake victim on a stretcher from a collapsed building in the Turkish city of Adana © DPA Hundreds, maybe even thousands of people have been buried under collapsed houses and buildings after the earthquake in Turkey. Many who are still alive are using their cellphones to call for help on social media. The severe earthquake in south-eastern Turkey and northern...
Choose 52 million people called for social elections There are some special features in this year's social election. photo © picture alliance / Lino Mirgeler/dpa Compared to other elections in Germany, the social election does not attract as much attention. This year, however, there are special features - the federal election commissioner speaks of "two innovations". Around 52 million insured persons and pensioners can determine the social parliaments in Germany in the social elections until May 31st. From the point...
social Left boss calls for automatic inflation compensation Services of general interest belong in the public domain, says Left Co-Chairman Martin Schirdewan. photo © Britta Pedersen/dpa/Archive Rising prices for energy, clothing and food: Inflation is hitting people on low incomes particularly hard, says Martin Schirdewan - and is calling for further direct aid. In view of the high inflation, Left Co-Chairman Martin Schirdewan calls for further direct help for those particularly affected. He envisages "that people who earn the minimum...
social democrats Praise and criticism: Faeser wants to lead Hessen-SPD in the election campaign Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser is the SPD's top candidate for the Hessian state elections on October 8th. photo © Swen Pförtner/dpa Speculations have persisted for months as to whether Nancy Faeser, as Federal Minister of the Interior, will lead the Hesse SPD in the state election campaign. Now there is clarity - with mixed reactions. Praise from the Chancellor, criticism from the opposition: the reactions...
Go shopping, meet friends, visit the doctor or just sit down in the nearest café - what is natural for people without mobility impairments often poses great challenges for wheelchair users, the deaf and seniors with walkers or walking aids. Accessibility, although now a legal right, is far from being implemented everywhere in Munich: There are steps, but no elevator or ramp. Or there is a lack of accessible toilets. So far, the 13 million people in Germany with disabilities...
As of February 16, lead shot is banned on and in wetlands. Hunters may then only use lead-free ammunition there. This applies across the EU. Among other things, this is intended to protect waterfowl, which can otherwise ingest toxic ammunition residues when drinking or eating other animals that have lead in them and die as a result. "In addition, human health can be adversely affected," warns the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), for example, "by lead residues present in game that...
from Jannis Bruehl and Simon HurtzYou have to give Elon Musk one thing: Twitter still works. For months, former employees and developers have suspected that the platform could soon collapse. But the social network has even coped with a major event like the World Cup, which puts a particular strain on servers and technical infrastructure due to the large number of tweets. source site
2022 was a record year for brands like Prada, Fendi and Gucci. But the companies are experiencing an epochal transformation - and the time of extravagant designs seems to be over. source site
No more "influencers", these star influencers accused of promoting fraudulent trading services, online betting, cosmetics, food supplements or even "slimming" programs. Now make way for “good deals” influencers who post daily online “low price” operations on everyday consumer products.First used to promote beauty products or fashion items, social networks like YouTube, TikTok or Instagram are now a way to share good deals from discount or destocking brands like Lidl, Action, Stokomani, Noz or even Gifi. With exploding inflation and a...
A mother and her two children are threatened with eviction from the social housing they occupy, in a residence in Viols-le-Fort (Hérault). The social landlord, FDI Habitat, launched this procedure after being informed that the tenant had sublet her apartment on Airbnb. It was a neighbor who notified the services of FDI Habitat.The tenant assures that she did not know that it was prohibited. HAS Free lunch, this specialized educator says that she took this step “to offer a canyoning...
