Bavaria’s Minister President Markus Söder said he is in favour of paying Ukrainian refugees in Germany lower benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act, rather than the current citizen’s allowance.
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Bavarian state premier Markus Söder calls for stop to citizen's allowance for Ukrainian refugees
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Nigel Farage wants to win big in Britain’s countryside – POLITICO
Rural constituencies will be a “massive” target for Reform, Farage’s deputy Richard Tice told POLITICO in an interview. In regional elections in May, the right-wing upstart party seized control of large rural county councils — including in Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Kent — from the…
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Banks’ motor finance redress could reach £18B, Britain’s City watchdog says – POLITICO
Although the Supreme Court mostly sided with banks in the historic ruling Friday, which looked at whether consumers had been missold car finance after banks paid motor brokers large commissions, judges upheld the appeal of one consumer due to the size of the commission the bank paid to the…
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Experts urge rethink on renewable energy and its hidden environmental impact
Renewable energy has become a key part of the global energy transition, presenting itself as the clean alternative to fossil fuels. But green or renewable does not mean zero impact. Let’s take a look at the fine print.
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Google AI summary feature deals blow link clicks and website traffic
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Google’s algorithm changes last year led to a plummet in search engine traffic for news websites and publishers, and even resulted in the bankruptcy of some independent publishers, including Turkey’s Gazete…
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Julie-Sofie Schmitz-Heinen is the 2025 European Junior Riders Champion
German Julie-Sofie Schmitz-Heinen is the 2025 European Junior Riders Champion as she raked in double individual gold at the 2025 European Junior Riders Championships in Le Mans, France, on 2 – 3 August 2025.
The junior individual competition…
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Trade representative backs Trump’s punitive approach to global tariffs
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Sunday insisted the White House has the authority to implement all manner of international tariffs — even when the duties have little to do with economics.
Just ask Brazil. President Donald Trump last Wednesday imposed a 50 percent tariff on the…
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“The Graffiti Chronicles”: How a Ukrainian NGO is preserving everyday medieval life
Shadows project, an NGO founded following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, has partnered with St. Sophia’s Cathedral in Kyiv to digitally preserve over 7,500 inscriptions on its walls. It has come to live at an especially crucial time for Ukrainian identity, at home as well as abroad.
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Russian volcano erupts after 500 years
A volcano in far eastern Russia has erupted for the first time in more than 500 years, which experts say may be linked to last week’s massive earthquake.
The Krasheninnikov Volcano in Kamchatka threw up an ash plume up to six kilometres (3.7 miles) high overnight.
The last recorded eruption of…
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Judges are scrutinizing the latest mismatch between White House deportation rhetoric and DOJ’s position in court
Stephen Miller was unequivocal: Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers would seek to arrest 3,000 or more immigrants per day, a staggering target that he said was necessary to carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda.
“Under President Trump’s leadership, we are…
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