01/07/2026, 09:0301/07/2026, 09:03 The power outage in Berlin, which has been ongoing since Saturday following an arson attack, still leaves around 19,900 households and 850 commercial businesses without power. Washing machines, heaters and ovens did not work.Image: keystonefunk The operator Stromnetz Berlin announced this on its website. It will probably take until Thursday afternoon for […]
Continue ReadingThe US President’s oil ambitions in Venezuela are great, but so are the risks. Your own interests may also come into play. Jan 7, 2026, 7:16 amJan 7, 2026, 7:16 am Niklaus Vontobel / ch media The USA kidnapped Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro from his own country. So far so spectacular. But what now? What […]
Continue ReadingEmmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer assure Ukraine of support for security troops.Image: keystone The international protection force to provide military security for a possible ceasefire in Ukraine is taking shape. Jan 7, 2026, 6:41 a.mJan 7, 2026, 6:41 a.m At a meeting of the so-called Coalition of the Willing in Paris, France, Great Britain and […]
Continue ReadingAccording to Israeli police, a bus driver hit several participants with his vehicle during a mass protest by thousands of ultra-Orthodox people against their recruitment in Israel. Jan 7, 2026, 3:54 amJan 7, 2026, 3:54 am A young man was trapped under the bus and declared dead, reported the Magen David Adom emergency service. Accordingly, […]
Continue ReadingElon Musk’s AI company xAI has raised $20 billion in fresh money. Among the backers are the chip giant Nvidia and the Emirate of Qatar, as xAI announced. Jan 7, 2026, 3:45 a.mJan 7, 2026, 3:45 a.m Like other artificial intelligence developers, xAI needs tens of billions of dollars to expand data centers – especially […]
Continue ReadingThe German industrial group Siemens and the US chip giant Nvidia are significantly expanding their cooperation in the area of artificial intelligence. Jan 7, 2026, 3:42 amJan 7, 2026, 3:42 am In the keynote speech at the opening of the CES technology trade fair, Siemens CEO Roland Busch, together with Nvidia boss Jensen Huang, announced […]
Continue ReadingDemonstrative support: French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Paris on Tuesday.Image: keystone analysis The Europeans are in a clinch: They are united against Trump’s plans – but they also don’t want to spoil things with him when it comes to Ukraine. Jan 6, 2026, 9:47 p.mJan 6, 2026, 9:47 p.m […]
Continue ReadingJan 6, 2026, 8:54 p.mJan 6, 2026, 8:54 p.m British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has promised the deployment of British and French forces on Ukrainian soil following a ceasefire. Together with French President Emmanuel Macron, he signed a corresponding declaration of intent that “paves the way for the legal framework” for such an operation, he […]
Continue ReadingOperation Absolute Determination made it possible to exfiltrate Nicolás Maduro from Venezuela without the loss of a single American life.image: reuters/getty/watson To carry out the riskiest military operation since the death of Osama bin Laden in 2011, the United States prepared for weeks with surgical precision. A look behind the scenes of a secret and […]
Continue ReadingJan 6, 2026, 8:12 p.mJan 6, 2026, 8:12 p.m German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) has promised Germany’s military participation in securing a possible ceasefire in Ukraine. “This could include, for example, that after a ceasefire we register forces for Ukraine on neighboring NATO territory,” he said after a meeting of Ukraine’s allies in Paris. Friedrich […]
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