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The Portuguese Antonio Guterres is nearing the end of his second term as UN Secretary-General.Image: keystone July 24, 2026, 07:46July 24, 2026, 07:46 In the style of a TV debate, the six candidates to succeed UN Secretary-General António Guterres underlined their ambitions for the most prestigious post on the world diplomatic stage. The candidates answered […]

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Firefighters continue to battle forest fires in western France.Image: keystone Extreme weather July 24, 2026, 07:19July 24, 2026, 07:19 In France, the fire brigade continues to fight several large forest fires on the Atlantic coast and in the south of the country with a large contingent. The situation remained threatening on the coast near Bordeaux, […]

July 24, 2026, 7:15 a.mJuly 24, 2026, 7:15 a.m Trump is putting pressure on Iran US President Donald Trump is trying to increase pressure on Iran in the conflict over the Strait of Hormuz. While he let the US military bomb targets in the country for the 13th night in a row, Trump announced that […]

US President Donald Trump is imposing new punitive tariffs on important trading partners.Image: keystone July 24, 2026, 06:11July 24, 2026, 06:40 What’s new? The USA has imposed new punitive tariffs on 60 important trading partners – ranging from 10 to 12.5 percent. This emerges from a document from Donald Trump’s trade representative Jamieson Greer. Switzerland […]

Controversial figure: Laura Loomer is causing controversy even in the MAGA camp.Image: keystone Influential 33-year-old MAGA influencer and close Trump ally Laura Loomer travels to Kiev and regrets her previous hate campaign against Ukraine. The effects are enormous. July 23, 2026, 10:51 p.mJuly 23, 2026, 10:51 p.m follow me Laura Loomer’s visit to Kiev is […]

Last week, pirates hijacked the “MT Asana” in the Gulf of Aden. Now there is apparently contact with the kidnappers. July 23, 2026, 10:39 p.mJuly 23, 2026, 10:39 p.m An article by A merchant ship with eight Germans on board that was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden last week is being held by Somali […]

There have been deaths and injuries in new violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. July 23, 2026, 10:29 p.mJuly 23, 2026, 10:29 p.m Israel’s army announced that the three suspected perpetrators were killed in two suspected attacks by Palestinians on an Israeli settler and a soldier. There were contradictory statements from the Israeli and Palestinian […]

Russian glide bombs have injured at least 14 people in the city of Sloviansk in eastern Ukraine. July 23, 2026, 10:11 p.mJuly 23, 2026, 10:11 p.m Seven apartment blocks were damaged, wrote the Ukrainian military governor of the Donetsk region, Vadym Filaschkin, on Telegram. Accordingly, the two glide bombs hit a residential area of ​​the […]

According to interim US Attorney General Todd Blanche, a man has been sentenced to multiple life sentences for fatally shooting US politicians in the state of Minnesota. July 23, 2026, 10:06 p.mJuly 23, 2026, 10:06 p.m The man must serve two consecutive life sentences and an additional 40-year prison sentence, US President Donald Trump’s former […]