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German court finds AfD pursues goals ‘against democracy’
A German high court on Monday ruled that domestic security services could continue to treat the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a potentially extremist party, meaning they retain the right to keep it under surveillance. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV),...
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WFP warns of new displacement of Palestinians in Gaza
The World Food Program (WFP) warned that Palestinian families in the Gaza Strip will be forced to flee again in search of shelter, food and water.The United Nations (UN) Program...
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Indonesia flood death toll rises to 41 with 17 missing
The number of people killed by flash floods and cold lava flow from a volcano in western Indonesia over the weekend has risen to 41 with 17 more missing, a local disaster agency official told AFP Monday.Hours of heavy rain caused large volcanic rocks to roll down one of Indonesia's most active...
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SpaceX facing FAA review for Starship launches from Kennedy
SpaceX SpaceX currently launches the Starship — the most powerful rocket ever built — from its Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, but it also wants to launch it from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. For that to happen, its plans will first have to be cleared by the Federal...
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A new generation of batteries may bolster the EU’s green ambitions
By Anthony King A green industrial future for Europe may depend on an element that is part of a household staple: table salt. Dr John Abou-Rjeily, a researcher at Tiamat Energy in France, is using sodium to develop rechargeable batteries. Sodium is a part of sodium chloride, an ionic compound that...
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Biden slaps tariffs on nonexistent Chinese EV imports
The Biden administration reportedly will slap a 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicle (EV) imports, except that no Chinese cars presently are offered for sale in the United States. If they were, they would crush the American competition, even with the present 25% tariff. Chevy’s Bolt, a starter EV...
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Unbecoming American: Risky Business
Risk and fraudulent mutuality Thirty years ago, having just successfully completed a international congress on environmental consciousness and mass media which I had organized on behalf of the Deutsche Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, a legacy of an early German pharmaceutical magnate, the inventor of the...
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Devastating Afghanistan flash floods death toll climbs to 315
At least 315 people have now been confirmed killed and 1,600 others wounded in northern Afghanistan flash floods caused by heavy rains, according to local authorities Sunday. Thou ......
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Russia says it has captured 5 villages in northeast Ukraine as more than 1,700 civilians flee
Tetiana, 82, cries with her daughter as she is evacuated from Vovchansk, Ukraine, May 11. Her husband was killed in their house after a Russian airstrike on the city. AP-Yonhap Moscow's forces captured five villages in a renewed ground assault in northeastern Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry...
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What is BounceBit: Liquid Restaking on Bitcoin
The concept of liquid restaking, a topic that has gained significant popularity in recent quarters, offers users the exciting possibility to extract additional value from their staked tokens. Predominantly, however, this has been applied throughout a variety of Ethereum-based applications....
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