German mayor stabbed in neck after taking in more refugees than quota
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Syrian rebels say they have taken full control of a second major city, after the military withdrew its troops from Hama in another setback for President Bashar al-Assad. The leader of the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Abu Mohammed al-Jawlani, declared “victory” in Hama and vowed there would be “no revenge”. Earlier, HTS…
On the surface, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Egypt this week is a run-of-the-mill opportunity for two countries to strengthen economic and diplomatic ties. But there is deep subtext to the meeting between Xi and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi: China, the United States’ top global rival, is cultivating an extensive relationship with one of America’s key allies in…
Finland and Sweden will become “targets” for Moscow if they join NATO, warned the Russian ambassador in Stockholm. After their accession, “the total length of the borders between Russia and NATO will almost double”, Ambassador Viktor Tatarintsev said on Tuesday. “If it still seems to anyone that this will somehow improve Europe’s security, rest assured…
May 17 (Reuters) – Smoke blanketed the skies over much of Alberta on Wednesday as firefighters from Canada and the U.S. battled raging wildfires that have prompted evacuations, disrupted rail service and shut energy production in Canada’s main oil-producing province. Hot and dry conditions have triggered an intense and early start to wildfire season in…
The visit will take the Iranian president to three leftist countries with which Tehran shares both American sanctions and a vigorous anti-American agenda. TEHRAN — Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi will depart for a Latin American tour on Sunday to bolster relations with “like-minded and friendly states” there, reported the state-run IRNA news agency. Accompanied by…
LONDON, July 15 (Reuters) – Record immigration caused the population of England and Wales to rise by 610,000 to 60.9 million in mid-2023, the largest annual increase in 75 years, official data showed on Monday. What statisticians term ‘natural’ population growth – the difference between births and deaths – fell to just 400, the lowest…