The electric car manufacturer Tesla is threatened with a 30-day sales stop in the strong-selling US state of California. Dec 17, 2025, 05:57Dec 17, 2025, 05:57 The trigger was a court’s assessment that the company had exaggerated the capabilities of its “Autopilot” assistance system. Tesla is facing legal difficulties in California.Image: keystone The California Department […]
Continue ReadingA start-up wants to secure the discarded name Twitter and the well-known logo with the blue bird. Elon Musk’s online platform X has filed a lawsuit against it. Dec 17, 2025, 05:47Dec 17, 2025, 05:47 X has given up the name and the trademark rights should therefore be deleted, the company Operation Bluebird argued in […]
Continue ReadingThree days after the terrorist attack on a Jewish festival in Sydney, 21 injured people are still being treated in hospital. Dec 17, 2025, 05:43Dec 17, 2025, 05:43 Five of them are in critical condition as of Wednesday afternoon (local time), four of them are stable, as the health authorities in the Australian state of […]
Continue ReadingMourners paid tribute to British-born Rabbi Eli Schlanger, one of the 15 people killed in a mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday. At his funeral, Schlanger’s death was described as an “unspeakable loss” for the Jewish community in Bondi. His funeral was the first to be held for victims of the attack, which […]
Continue ReadingFinland’s delegate to last month’s Miss Universe pageant held in Thailand has sparked a racism firestorm over a viral photo that showed her pulling the corners of her eyes. Sarah Dzafce, who has been stripped of her Miss Finland crown, uploaded the photo with the caption “eating with a Chinese”. The slanted-eyes pose is often […]
Continue ReadingAlcohol consumption can negatively affect the development of young people. This risk can be reduced by raising the minimum age for alcohol consumption, as a study by the University of Zurich shows. December 17, 2025, 05:30Dec 17, 2025, 06:08 Bruno Knellwolf / ch media In general, people drink less alcohol than before. And in all […]
Continue ReadingA young woman in Germany secretly gives birth to a child and makes a momentous decision. Now the verdict has been announced. Dec 17, 2025, 05:26Dec 17, 2025, 05:26 An article by The Darmstadt regional court has sentenced a 21-year-old to four years and ten months in prison for killing her newborn with nail scissors. […]
Continue ReadingDonald Trump no longer makes any secret about the US’s motives towards Venezuela.Image: keystone The USA originally claimed that the operations against Venezuela were about the fight against drug trafficking – now the Americans are revealing a different motive: they are demanding oil fields from Venezuela. December 17, 2025, 04:21Dec 17, 2025, 04:24 That’s what […]
Continue ReadingUS President Donald Trump has said he is ordering a “a total and complete” blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers going into and out of Venezuela. In a post on Truth Social, he said Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s government had been designated a foreign terrorist organisation and accused it of stealing US assets, as well […]
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump has expanded a US travel ban, barring nationals of five additional countries and people travelling on Palestinian Authority-issued documents from entering the US. The White House said the restrictions were intended “to protect the security of the United States” and will come into force on 1 January. Full-entry restrictions will be imposed […]
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