Angela Merkel on the world before and after the Berlin Wall Blogging Sole

Angela Merkel on the world before and after the Berlin Wall

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After growing up in the communist-controlled police state of East Germany, Angela Merkel served as German chancellor for 16 years, becoming the world’s most powerful woman while taking on the world’s most powerful men. She talks with correspondent Mark Philips about her new book, “Freedom: Memoirs 1954-2021”; his relationships with former US President Donald Trump … Read more

Saudi Arabia to host Winter World Cup in 2034 – Blogging Sole

Saudi Arabia to host Winter World Cup in 2034

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Saudi Arabia prepares to organize a winter World Cup in 2034, after a FIFA evaluation report for the tournament’s sole candidate highlighted the likelihood of the competition taking place “between October and April” due to “local climatic conditions” and cited it as “high risk”. FIFA will announce the hosts for the 2030 and 2034 World … Read more

World leaders urged to help end Indian atrocities against Kashmiris Blogging Sole

World leaders urged to help end Indian atrocities against Kashmiris

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MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) President Sardar Masood Khan has urged the international community and the United Nations to help end the most “cruel, inhuman and degrading” treatment meted out to the people of Jammu -and Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOJ&K) by the occupying forces. “We fully agree with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ statement that … Read more

FIFA ‘has responsibility’ to compensate Qatar World Cup workers, report says – Blogging Sole

FIFA ‘has responsibility’ to compensate Qatar World Cup workers, report says

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A report commissioned by FIFA concluded that football’s governing body “has a responsibility” to compensate workers who suffered while hosting the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The long-awaited report from FIFA’s Human Rights and Social Responsibility Subcommittee – finally released at midnight on Friday Central European Time – says the governing body “has taken a … Read more

Biden pledges $4 billion to World Bank fund for poorest countries Blogging Sole

Biden pledges  billion to World Bank fund for poorest countries

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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a launch event for the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty during the G20 Summit at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, November 18, 2024 . WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has pledged a contribution of US$4 billion to the World Bank’s International … Read more

Russian officials say Biden’s decision to let Ukraine fire missiles deep into Russia could lead to world war Blogging Sole

President Biden’s decision Allowing Ukraine to fire U.S.-made and supplied missiles deeper into Russia — a major policy shift announced over the weekend after months of intense lobbying from kyiv — sparked a furious backlash from the part of Moscow. Although there was no immediate reaction from the man who launched the nearly three-year war … Read more