19.12.2024 8:50 This is the second time this week that Israel's military has intercepted a missile from Yemen. The first was Monday, a launch later claimed by Houthi rebels.19.12.2024 8:50 Teamsters union says workers in New York, Atlanta and San Francisco to walk off the job over pay and conditions.19.12.2024 8:55 Lindsey Reiser reports on the status of government funding to avoid a shutdown, what a new interest rate cut means for your wallet, and the top entertainment stories that defined 2024.19.12.2024 8:59 The police in Madison, Wis., were working to establish a motive for the attack, which left a 14-year-old student and 42-year-old teacher dead and six others injured.19.12.2024 9:22 The US Department of Justice says it expressed concerns directors' positions on two company boards violated Clayton Act.19.12.2024 9:28 Griechenland hat keine Monarchie mehr, und auch Adelstitel werden nicht anerkannt. Nun will der einstige Kronprinz Pavlos die ... 19.12.2024 9:31 Das Ende der Letzten Generation. Eine Prise Aggressivität im roten Wahlkampf. Überparteiliche Pläne im Bundestag. Europäische ... 19.12.2024 9:47 Research group tells UN Security Council of irrefutable proof of Russian use of North Korean missiles in war on Ukraine.19.12.2024 9:52 A 43-year-old man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of involvement in the stabbing of two junior high school students, one of whom died, at a McDonald's restaurant in Fukuoka Prefecture, police said.
The man lives near the fast-food restaurant in the southwestern Japan city of Kitakyushu, where Saaya Nakashima, 15, was killed and a boy who attends the same school was seriously injured, police said, adding they are investigating the motive for the stabbing.
Read full story here19.12.2024 9:53 The vote by the Panel for Educational Policy came after a contentious five-hour meeting. The exam for eight highly competitive high schools will now be computerized.19.12.2024 10:00 Auf einem Hof im Nahetal leben 22 Rentiere und seit neun Monaten auch ein Baby. Die Hofbesitzer Sonja Persch-Jost und ihr Mann ... 19.12.2024 10:00 Wie übersteht eine Liebe Schicksalsschläge? Sonja Persch-Jost und Stefan Persch aus dem Nahetal sagen: mit Rentieren. 19.12.2024 10:00 The strikes further escalate Israel’s campaign against the Iranian-backed Houthis and risks further escalating conflict.19.12.2024 10:00 Popular in Victorian times, they are sustainable, a good source of protein and brilliant for biodiversity, say those championing the bivalvesA splash of white wine, a handful of basil leaves and a few minutes preparation are all it takes to transform mussels that 24 hours ago were filtering seawater off the south Devon coast, into a delicious starter.At the training kitchen in London’s oldest fish market, Billingsgate, in Poplar, we learn that fresh mussels require two vital preparation steps that the vacuum-packed, cooked variety don’t: “debearding” or pulling off the “byssus” thread that attaches the shell to rocks and other substrate, and the discarding of any with broken or open shells Continue reading... ... 19.12.2024 10:00 Scientists race to discover new species before destruction of natural world drives them to extinctionFrom a toadstool with teeth to a vine smelling of marzipan and a flower that has cheated its way out of having to photosynthesise, a weird and wonderful host of new plant and fungus species have been discovered in 2024.Other plants given scientific names for the first time include beautiful new orchids, a ghostly palm and a hairy plant that appears to have stolen a gene from an unrelated family. The species are among the 172 new plants and fungi named by scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and their partners. Continue reading... ... 19.12.2024 10:00 Since the 1970s, Humphrey Smith has acquired scores of pubs and historic properties around the UK. But time after time, he has left the buildings empty. Why has he allowed his empire to moulder?In early September 2022, Alivia Bienko and her husband, Liam, were driving through Stamford Bridge, an idyllic village on the River Derwent, near York, when a shuttered pub caught their eye. Stuck to one of the windows was an A4 sheet advertising for a couple to live in and manage the pub. On the advert was a mobile number for Samuel Smith, the brewery that owned the pub. Founded in 1758, Samuel Smith Old Brewery is one of the largest family-owned brewery and pub operations in the UK. Bienko had experience in hospitality, and she and Liam were open to a change. They decided to look into the job.Online, they came across a few stories of couples who had been thrown out of their jobs running Samuel Smith’s pubs, largely for “missing money or missing beer”, Bienko said. Nothing unusual about that. But when the couple dialled the number on the advert, they were surprised to find themselves speaking to Humphrey Smith, the stupendously wealthy chairman of the company, who has been in charge since the 1970s. “He said, ‘I can come and meet you tomorrow’,” Bienko told me. “It was very odd and we were very nervous, because we were living in a small caravan and here was a millionaire coming to visit us.” Continue reading... ... 19.12.2024 10:00 For years, Starbucks was the dominant coffee chain in China. Now rivals offering local flavors and cheaper prices are crushing the company’s bottom line in its second-largest market.19.12.2024 10:00 Brief talks on 'mutually beneficial’ relations will look at security and defence, but even modest ambitions will be difficult to agreeNearly five years after the Brexit divorce, the EU is thinking again about its estranged ex-member across the Channel. The union’s 27 leaders will discuss its relationship with the UK on Thursday, for the first time since the election of Keir Starmer, who wants to reset relations and end the rancour of the Brexit years.The talks, at an EU summit in Brussels, look set to be brief, forming part of a crowded lunch discussion on EU foreign policy covering issues such as the Middle East, China, Ukraine and the return of Donald Trump. Continue reading... ... 19.12.2024 10:00 After a stint on I’m a Celebrity, the N-Dubz singer is preparing for her next act. She discusses the trauma she has lived through – and why she still has faith in the futureWhy does anyone go on I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!? Sometimes there’s an obvious reputation-washing agenda, which annoyingly seems to work – people who are really hated come out more popular (Matt Hancock, for example). Other times it looks as if they need the money. For Tulisa, born Tula Paulinea Contostavlos 36 years ago in north London, her recent stint sounds more like aversion therapy. “I had a lot of fear surrounding exposure,” she says, “and I got to the point where I thought: ‘Am I holding on to this fear because of what people have done to me in the past? Am I letting other people change my perception of what my career is and could be?’ I didn’t want to feel that way any more.”It wasn’t really about winning (she got voted off in week three) and, as for the rest, the result was inconclusive. She didn’t stick around to watch the winner crowned, as is customary, but flew home from Australia early, overwhelmed. “I came out, still followed by cameras, all tits and teeth, and it wasn’t until I was on my own that I felt this introvert-overload. I was hyperventilating, crying. It was too much.” She was never able to determine, “Is this about a fear I have of being in the spotlight? Or is the person I’ve become just not the kind of person that wants fame any more?” Continue reading... ... 19.12.2024 10:00 The Manchester boy who joined United aged seven holds a special place in the heart of many fans, though others accept his time to leave has comeAlthough Marcus Rashford had moved closer to the exit at Manchester United, there was still a buzz around Button Lane primary school.“The noise of the children coming in was louder,” sports coach Chris Walker said. “Some don’t want to come into school, but this morning it was: ‘What did you get from Marcus?’” Continue reading... ... 19.12.2024 10:00 A term’s worth of techno clubs and afterparties at university in Glasgow didn’t do much for my education or my choice of Christmas giftsWhen I left the north of Ireland for the University of Glasgow 20 years ago, I threw myself into the city’s hard‑partying lifestyle with all the vigour you would expect of a Presbyterian pastor’s daughter raised amid the weirdness of 1990s Belfast. My first term was a whirl of dancing to techno music in railway arches and warehouses, making new friends at 10am at afterparties in the kitchens of tenement flats. I slept on strangers’ carpets, wrapped in my massive leopard-print faux-fur coat from a vintage store called Starry Starry Night. I wore a fluffy hat that doubled up as a pillow. I barely ate anything solid and rarely saw daylight – not that Glaswegian daylight is anything to write home about.After a particularly wild week of parties turning into afterparties turning into pub daytime sessions turning into parties again, I woke up to the realisation it was 23 December, term was over and I had to catch my train to the ferry and home for Christmas. As I threw jumpers and odd socks into a grubby American Apparel holdall, it dawned on me that I hadn’t bought a single Christmas present. Continue reading... ... 19.12.2024 10:00 Human Rights Watch says Israeli forces have acted deliberately to cut availability of clean waterIsrael’s restriction of Gaza’s water supply to levels below minimum needs amounts to an act of genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity, a human rights report has alleged.Human Rights Watch (HRW) investigated Israeli attacks on the water supply infrastructure in Gaza over the course of its 14-month war there. Continue reading... ... 19.12.2024 10:00 General Motors has gone from market leader to also-ran in the world’s largest car market, stymied by its own missteps and Chinese policies that favored its local rivals.19.12.2024 10:01 The trial of Dominique Pelicot for raping and drugging his wife, Gisèle, is about to reach a verdict. Here’s how the events unfolded.19.12.2024 10:01 With Germany and France both in political turmoil, the new administration of Donald J. Trump will begin at a time of instability for the continent.19.12.2024 10:02 »Kalkulierte Politik der Entbehrung«: Laut Human Rights Watch versperrt Israel den Palästinensern im Gazastreifen absichtlich den ... 19.12.2024 10:03 A California judge issued a restraining order Tuesday against a 20-year-old man who told FBI agents that he had been messaging with the Wisconsin shooter.19.12.2024 10:16 Climbers using the most popular trail on Mt. Fuji are expected to be slugged with a doubled fee of 4,000 yen ($26) from next summer as the Yamanashi prefectural government seeks to tackle overcrowding, a source close to the matter said Thursday.
The prefectural government also plans to move forward the closing time of the entrance gate at the trail's 5th station by two hours to 2 p.m., to discourage overnight "bullet climbing," or trying to reach the summit of Japan's tallest mountain without resting.
Read full story here19.12.2024 10:19 Last-minute government funding bill in limbo after opposition from Trump, others; Lawmakers target AI-generated “deepfake pornography”19.12.2024 10:21 Fünf Wochen im Jahr tauscht Anne Hinz ihren Marketingjob gegen Schlitten und Zipfelmütze. Hier erzählt sie, warum die Zeit in ... 19.12.2024 10:29 Russland setzt nordkoreanische Soldaten in seinem Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine ein. Pjöngjang bejubelt die Militärallianz als ... 19.12.2024 10:30 In den Wintermonaten kuscheln und sich zum Frühling trennen, das ist das Konzept der »Cuffing Season«. Kann das funktionieren? ... Страницы: 851852853854855856857858859860861862863864865866867868869870871872873874875876877878879880881882883884885886887888889890891
This is the second time this week that Israel's military has intercepted a missile from Yemen. The first was Monday, a launch later claimed by Houthi rebels.
Lindsey Reiser reports on the status of government funding to avoid a shutdown, what a new interest rate cut means for your wallet, and the top entertainment stories that defined 2024.
The police in Madison, Wis., were working to establish a motive for the attack, which left a 14-year-old student and 42-year-old teacher dead and six others injured.
Griechenland hat keine Monarchie mehr, und auch Adelstitel werden nicht anerkannt. Nun will der einstige Kronprinz Pavlos die ... 
Das Ende der Letzten Generation. Eine Prise Aggressivität im roten Wahlkampf. Überparteiliche Pläne im Bundestag. Europäische ... 
A 43-year-old man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of involvement in the stabbing of two junior high school students, one of whom died, at a McDonald's restaurant in Fukuoka Prefecture, police said.
The man lives near the fast-food restaurant in the southwestern Japan city of Kitakyushu, where Saaya Nakashima, 15, was killed and a boy who attends the same school was seriously injured, police said, adding they are investigating the motive for the stabbing.
Read full story here
The vote by the Panel for Educational Policy came after a contentious five-hour meeting. The exam for eight highly competitive high schools will now be computerized.
Auf einem Hof im Nahetal leben 22 Rentiere und seit neun Monaten auch ein Baby. Die Hofbesitzer Sonja Persch-Jost und ihr Mann ... 
Wie übersteht eine Liebe Schicksalsschläge? Sonja Persch-Jost und Stefan Persch aus dem Nahetal sagen: mit Rentieren. 
The strikes further escalate Israel’s campaign against the Iranian-backed Houthis and risks further escalating conflict.
Popular in Victorian times, they are sustainable, a good source of protein and brilliant for biodiversity, say those championing the bivalvesA splash of white wine, a handful of basil leaves and a few minutes preparation are all it takes to transform mussels that 24 hours ago were filtering seawater off the south Devon coast, into a delicious starter.At the training kitchen in London’s oldest fish market, Billingsgate, in Poplar, we learn that fresh mussels require two vital preparation steps that the vacuum-packed, cooked variety don’t: “debearding” or pulling off the “byssus” thread that attaches the shell to rocks and other substrate, and the discarding of any with broken or open shells Continue reading... ... 
Scientists race to discover new species before destruction of natural world drives them to extinctionFrom a toadstool with teeth to a vine smelling of marzipan and a flower that has cheated its way out of having to photosynthesise, a weird and wonderful host of new plant and fungus species have been discovered in 2024.Other plants given scientific names for the first time include beautiful new orchids, a ghostly palm and a hairy plant that appears to have stolen a gene from an unrelated family. The species are among the 172 new plants and fungi named by scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and their partners. Continue reading... ... 
Since the 1970s, Humphrey Smith has acquired scores of pubs and historic properties around the UK. But time after time, he has left the buildings empty. Why has he allowed his empire to moulder?In early September 2022, Alivia Bienko and her husband, Liam, were driving through Stamford Bridge, an idyllic village on the River Derwent, near York, when a shuttered pub caught their eye. Stuck to one of the windows was an A4 sheet advertising for a couple to live in and manage the pub. On the advert was a mobile number for Samuel Smith, the brewery that owned the pub. Founded in 1758, Samuel Smith Old Brewery is one of the largest family-owned brewery and pub operations in the UK. Bienko had experience in hospitality, and she and Liam were open to a change. They decided to look into the job.Online, they came across a few stories of couples who had been thrown out of their jobs running Samuel Smith’s pubs, largely for “missing money or missing beer”, Bienko said. Nothing unusual about that. But when the couple dialled the number on the advert, they were surprised to find themselves speaking to Humphrey Smith, the stupendously wealthy chairman of the company, who has been in charge since the 1970s. “He said, ‘I can come and meet you tomorrow’,” Bienko told me. “It was very odd and we were very nervous, because we were living in a small caravan and here was a millionaire coming to visit us.” Continue reading... ... 
For years, Starbucks was the dominant coffee chain in China. Now rivals offering local flavors and cheaper prices are crushing the company’s bottom line in its second-largest market.
Brief talks on 'mutually beneficial’ relations will look at security and defence, but even modest ambitions will be difficult to agreeNearly five years after the Brexit divorce, the EU is thinking again about its estranged ex-member across the Channel. The union’s 27 leaders will discuss its relationship with the UK on Thursday, for the first time since the election of Keir Starmer, who wants to reset relations and end the rancour of the Brexit years.The talks, at an EU summit in Brussels, look set to be brief, forming part of a crowded lunch discussion on EU foreign policy covering issues such as the Middle East, China, Ukraine and the return of Donald Trump. Continue reading... ... 
After a stint on I’m a Celebrity, the N-Dubz singer is preparing for her next act. She discusses the trauma she has lived through – and why she still has faith in the futureWhy does anyone go on I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!? Sometimes there’s an obvious reputation-washing agenda, which annoyingly seems to work – people who are really hated come out more popular (Matt Hancock, for example). Other times it looks as if they need the money. For Tulisa, born Tula Paulinea Contostavlos 36 years ago in north London, her recent stint sounds more like aversion therapy. “I had a lot of fear surrounding exposure,” she says, “and I got to the point where I thought: ‘Am I holding on to this fear because of what people have done to me in the past? Am I letting other people change my perception of what my career is and could be?’ I didn’t want to feel that way any more.”It wasn’t really about winning (she got voted off in week three) and, as for the rest, the result was inconclusive. She didn’t stick around to watch the winner crowned, as is customary, but flew home from Australia early, overwhelmed. “I came out, still followed by cameras, all tits and teeth, and it wasn’t until I was on my own that I felt this introvert-overload. I was hyperventilating, crying. It was too much.” She was never able to determine, “Is this about a fear I have of being in the spotlight? Or is the person I’ve become just not the kind of person that wants fame any more?” Continue reading... ... 
The Manchester boy who joined United aged seven holds a special place in the heart of many fans, though others accept his time to leave has comeAlthough Marcus Rashford had moved closer to the exit at Manchester United, there was still a buzz around Button Lane primary school.“The noise of the children coming in was louder,” sports coach Chris Walker said. “Some don’t want to come into school, but this morning it was: ‘What did you get from Marcus?’” Continue reading... ... 
A term’s worth of techno clubs and afterparties at university in Glasgow didn’t do much for my education or my choice of Christmas giftsWhen I left the north of Ireland for the University of Glasgow 20 years ago, I threw myself into the city’s hard‑partying lifestyle with all the vigour you would expect of a Presbyterian pastor’s daughter raised amid the weirdness of 1990s Belfast. My first term was a whirl of dancing to techno music in railway arches and warehouses, making new friends at 10am at afterparties in the kitchens of tenement flats. I slept on strangers’ carpets, wrapped in my massive leopard-print faux-fur coat from a vintage store called Starry Starry Night. I wore a fluffy hat that doubled up as a pillow. I barely ate anything solid and rarely saw daylight – not that Glaswegian daylight is anything to write home about.After a particularly wild week of parties turning into afterparties turning into pub daytime sessions turning into parties again, I woke up to the realisation it was 23 December, term was over and I had to catch my train to the ferry and home for Christmas. As I threw jumpers and odd socks into a grubby American Apparel holdall, it dawned on me that I hadn’t bought a single Christmas present. Continue reading... ... 
Human Rights Watch says Israeli forces have acted deliberately to cut availability of clean waterIsrael’s restriction of Gaza’s water supply to levels below minimum needs amounts to an act of genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity, a human rights report has alleged.Human Rights Watch (HRW) investigated Israeli attacks on the water supply infrastructure in Gaza over the course of its 14-month war there. Continue reading... ... 
The trial of Dominique Pelicot for raping and drugging his wife, Gisèle, is about to reach a verdict. Here’s how the events unfolded.
With Germany and France both in political turmoil, the new administration of Donald J. Trump will begin at a time of instability for the continent.
»Kalkulierte Politik der Entbehrung«: Laut Human Rights Watch versperrt Israel den Palästinensern im Gazastreifen absichtlich den ... 
A California judge issued a restraining order Tuesday against a 20-year-old man who told FBI agents that he had been messaging with the Wisconsin shooter.
Climbers using the most popular trail on Mt. Fuji are expected to be slugged with a doubled fee of 4,000 yen ($26) from next summer as the Yamanashi prefectural government seeks to tackle overcrowding, a source close to the matter said Thursday.
The prefectural government also plans to move forward the closing time of the entrance gate at the trail's 5th station by two hours to 2 p.m., to discourage overnight "bullet climbing," or trying to reach the summit of Japan's tallest mountain without resting.
Read full story here
Last-minute government funding bill in limbo after opposition from Trump, others; Lawmakers target AI-generated “deepfake pornography”
Fünf Wochen im Jahr tauscht Anne Hinz ihren Marketingjob gegen Schlitten und Zipfelmütze. Hier erzählt sie, warum die Zeit in ... 
Russland setzt nordkoreanische Soldaten in seinem Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine ein. Pjöngjang bejubelt die Militärallianz als ... 
In den Wintermonaten kuscheln und sich zum Frühling trennen, das ist das Konzept der »Cuffing Season«. Kann das funktionieren? ...