Things are going up on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Image: keystone Business News The Tokyo stock exchange rose to a record high at the start of trading following the brilliant election victory of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Japanese ruling party. 02/09/2026, 06:3102/09/2026, 06:31 The Nikkei index exceeded the 57,000 point mark for the first time. […]
Continue ReadingSpain’s ruling Socialists have suffered another bitter defeat in a regional election in the north-east of the country. 02/09/2026, 06:2902/09/2026, 06:29 In the autonomous community of Aragon, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s party slipped by more than five percentage points to just 24.3 percent, a historically bad result. Pedro Sánchez’s party is currently in difficult times.Image: […]
Continue ReadingAccording to the State Election Commission, the partial repeat of the presidential election in the Serbian part of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Republika Srpska (RS), brought no change. 02/09/2026, 06:0402/09/2026, 06:04 The government candidate, Sinisa Karan, who won the election on November 23rd last year, remains RS President. Sinisa Karan won the election in Republika Srpska (RS).Image: […]
Continue ReadingIst das transatlantische Verhältnis noch tragfähig – oder bereits irreparabel beschädigt? Kurz vor der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz blickt Gordon Repinski auf die wachsenden Spannungen zwischen Europa und den USA. Der Graben ist tiefer geworden: Donald Trump ist zurück im Weißen Haus, die außenpolitischen Risiken nehmen zu und die Hoffnung auf verlässliche amerikanische Führung schwindet. Der […]
Continue ReadingAs expected, Bad Bunny became the target of Trump’s criticism.Image: keystone Latin star Bad Bunny delivers a feel-good show with only subtle political references at the Super Bowl halftime performance. Donald Trump nevertheless reacted angrily. 02/09/2026, 05:31Feb 9, 2026, 9:15 a.m Christoph Cöln / t-online An article by Latin superstar Bad Bunny turned the Super […]
Continue ReadingA Hong Kong court has sentenced media mogul and democracy activist Jimmy Lai to a lengthy prison sentence of 20 years. 02/09/2026, 04:5202/09/2026, 04:52 The 78-year-old was convicted in December of conspiring to cooperate with foreign forces and publishing seditious publications. Jimmy Lai during a court appearance in 2020.Image: keystone At worst, he faced a […]
Continue ReadingCohesion, family, love: Bad Bunny delivered a feel-good show in California.Image: keystone The Puerto Rican Bad Bunny, currently the most successful artist in the world, performed in the halftime show of this year’s Super Bowl. That was his performance. 02/09/2026, 04:3102/09/2026, 05:29 follow me First of all: It became political – but different than most […]
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Continue ReadingThe leaders will take their crisis diplomacy on the road, from a conference room in Brussels to a castle in the Belgian countryside, and finally to Munich for the world’s biggest international security conference. Plus, MEPs will meet in Strasbourg to discuss unfreezing the EU’s trade deal with the U.S. and approving its long-term budget […]
Continue ReadingHis allies say Farage still has good lines into the White House, with one noting: “It’s not like he picks up the phone to Trump constantly. But he knows who to speak to to get to Susie Wiles or Scott Bessent, and he does it sparingly.” A U.S. official acknowledged there was now a twin-track […]
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