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Germany’s Development Minister Svenja Schulze accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of “using hunger as a weapon” on Wednesday as she announced plans to launch a global food security alliance. Speaking at a meeting of G7 development ministers in Ber…

Turkey has blocked the start of NATO accession talks for Finland and Sweden, NATO sources confirmed to dpa on Wednesday. Thus, the North Atlantic Council, NATO’s governing body, could not take the decision as planned to start the accession process. Swe…

Hertha Berlin coach Felix Magath has named his team favourites in the Bundesliga play-off tie against SV Hamburg because his team has made progress despite not saving itself from relegation so far. Hertha failed to win their last three Bundesliga games…

The European Commission wants to invest up to €2 billion ($2.1 billion) in oil infrastructure to help landlocked European countries replace Russian oil with imports from elsewhere. “That’s of course in the context of the sanctions that we are proposing…

The European Union will have to invest up to €300 billion ($316 billion) by 2030 to become independent of Russian energy imports, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday. “We must now reduce as soon as possible our dependen…

On a Friday afternoon in the summer of 2019, Chicago resident and ride-share driver Teddi Burgess picked up a couple of passengers from Portillo’s in River North, a northern neighborhood of Chicago. As the ride got underway, one passenger in the front …

Germany’s Siemens Energy has confirmed that it is considering a complete takeover of its struggling wind power subsidiary Siemens Gamesa. The company, which is listed on the MDax, announced in Munich that management was considering a cash offer to take…

People with weakened bones should not be afraid to exercise regularly, experts have said. Some people have expressed “fear” over exercising and there is limited guidance on exercise and osteoporosis. But experts in the UK have said that muscle strength…

Gardening is expensive, what with buying all the plants, pots and potting soil. You can wind up spending the equivalent of your holiday budget every season if you don’t watch out. There’s one way to save on potting soil, at least, and it benefits the e…

Anna Wilhelm had dreamed of getting a dog for years, but was not entirely sure she could handle caring for a pet in the long term. Wilhelm, not her real name, finally got in touch with an animal shelter, after a friend told her they needed foster homes…