Im März stehen die ersten zwei von insgesamt fünf Landtagswahlen an. Baden-Württemberg und Rheinland-Pfalz sind der Auftakt. In der CDU derweil sind Vorschläge zur Abschaffung der”Lifestyle-Teilzeit” und der Streichung von Kassenleistung für den Zahnarztbesuch derweil…
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Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, son to late dictator Moammar Gadhafi, killed in his home in western Libya
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Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, son and one-time heir apparent of Libya’s late dictator Moammar Gadghafi, was killed in Libya late on Tuesday. Sources close to…
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Is Putin ready for peace? Abu Dhabi talks will tell. – POLITICO
It’s difficult to quibble with his pessimism. Putin’s Kremlin has a long track record of using peace talks to delay, obfuscate, exhaust opponents and continue with war. It’s part of a playbook the Russian leader and his lugubrious Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov have used time…
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Greece pushes to recruit tens of thousands more Asian migrant workers – POLITICO
The New Democracy government knows, however, that these measures to recruit more foreign workers will play badly with some core supporters. For that reason the bill includes strong measures against immigrants who have already entered Greece illegally, and also pledges to clamp down on the…
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5 times the Winter Olympics got super political – POLITICO
Russian President Vladimir Putin made an appearance at the opening ceremony of Beijing’s Winter Games in 2022, meeting on the sidelines with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and declaring a “no limits” partnership.
Four days after the end of the Games, on Feb. 24, Putin announced a…
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He refused to fight for Putin. Germany says it’s safe for him to go back. – POLITICO
“Ultimately, [the German authorities] try to talk their way out of [granting asylum] with statistics,” said Peter von Auer, a legal expert at German refugee advocacy organization Pro Asyl.
“They argue that it is statistically unlikely that what asylum seekers suspect or fear will…
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Ursula von der Leyen to travel to Australia to seal EU security, trade deal – POLITICO
The quotas are still being negotiated between Canberra and Brussels, the first person familiar with the talks said.
Von der Leyen will take the 20-hour-plus flight to Australia directly after she attends the Munich Security Conference, which takes place in the German city on Feb. 13-15,…
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Trump’s Greenland gambit could undermine critical minerals meeting
The Trump administration wants to work with traditional allies to secure new supplies of critical minerals. But months of aggression toward allies, culminating with since-aborted threats to seize Greenland, have left many cool to the overtures.
While the State Department has drawn a lengthy…
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Rising ovarian cancer burden in Europe demands action now – POLITICO
To understand why action on ovarian cancer cannot wait, listen to the Coalition’s Changing the Ovarian Cancer Story podcast series, or visit the Coalition’s website.
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1 Rampes S, et al. Early diagnosis of symptomatic ovarian cancer in primary care in the…
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Fourteen migrants dead after collision with Greek coastguard boat
The coastguard said a pursuit was under way at the time of the collision, near the island of Chios.
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