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Germany Investigates Alleged Gas Market Manipulation
Oil Price
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August 11, 2025
Germany’s federal network agency is investigating a potential manipulation on the domestic natural gas market with costs incurred for conversion of one type of natural gas to another, the regulator told Bloomberg on Monday. Germany converts some...
Trump's warning on replicating a DC police takeover in Chicago an empty and illegal threat: local officials
Chicago Sun Times - Illinois
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August 11, 2025
Despite President Donald Trump’s decision to federalize the Washington D.C. police force and deploy the National Guard to fight violent crime in the nation’s capital, he cannot deliver on his threat to do the same in Chicago, state and local...
German investment fuels Namibian road network expansion
Informante
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August 11, 2025
Maria David THE government of Germany continues to invest heavily in road network infrastructure development by availing financial support. This is evident with the German Development Bank, KfW, a key investor in this phase of the project,...
Germany demands Israeli explanation after journalists killed in Gaza
Daily Finland
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Germany has called on Israel to provide a clear and transparent explanation following the killing of Al Jazeera journalists in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza, reported dpa. The comments came after the Qatar-based broadcaster announced earlier that...
Financial Skills Empower Ghana’s Garment Makers
News Ghana
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August 11, 2025
Some 778 members of the Ghana National Association of Garment Makers graduated from a financial management course supported by GIZ under the Support to the Private and Financial Sector (PFS) programme. The training aimed to build financial...
City leaders excited for economic boost expected from Ford's $2B investment in Louisville
WLKY - Kentucky
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August 12, 2025
Ford Motor Company’s announced $2 billion investment in the Louisville Assembly Plant is being hailed as a transformative step for the city’s economy, promising sustainability, job creation, and growth opportunities. Local leaders say the move...
AP News Summary at 10:44 p.m. EDT
The Blackstone Valley Call & Times - Rhode Island
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US and China extend trade truce another 90 days, easing tension between world's largest economies WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump extended a trade truce with China for another 90 days Monday, at least delaying once again a dangerous...
Gov. JB Pritzker again makes Nazi comparisons after President Trump threatens DC-like takeover in Chicago
Lake County News Sun - Illinois
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August 12, 2025
Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday likened President Donald Trump’s call for possible National Guard troops occupying Chicago to when the Nazi Party in Germany “tore down a constitutional republic” in the 1930s. One day after after Pritzker said he...
Germany’s €108.2 Billion 2026 Defense Budget Setting Stage for Historic Military Build-Up
Overt Defense - Michigan
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August 11, 2025
In mid-2025, Berlin’s new government unveiled a record defense budget for 2026. The draft federal budget (approved by Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s cabinet on July 30) calls for roughly €108.2 billion in military spending next year. The plan would...
German Pastor Vows Jail Over Surrendering Afghan Asylum Seekers To Authorities
MENAFN
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August 11, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaama Press) German pastor Gottfried Martens says he will go to jail rather than surrender three Afghan converts facing deportation, defending church asylum amid a Berlin–Hamburg political dispute. A dispute between Berlin and Hamburg...
FAW-Audi charges ahead with German engineering, Chinese tech
China Daily
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FAW-Audi's Q6L e-tron and A5L are launched in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Aug 7, 2025. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] FAW-Audi is set to blaze a trail in China's ultra-competitive luxury NEV market with its strategy of combining its...
German trade show imm cologne seeing increase in reservations
Home Accents Today - North Carolina
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August 11, 2025
COLOGNE, Germany – With more than 70% of exhibition space already reserved, German trade show imm cologne said it is building momentum with strong early commitments for 2026. The interiors show was canceled this year because the German furniture...
UN, EU and media groups condemn Israeli strike that killed Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza
Malay Mail
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August 12, 2025
GAZA CITY, Aug 12 — Condemnations poured in from the United Nations, the EU and media rights groups Monday after an Israeli strike killed an Al Jazeera news team in Gaza, as Palestinians mourned the journalists and Israel accused one of them of...
Monday, August 11. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine
Forbes
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KRAMATORSK, UKRAINE - AUGUST 10: Residents look at the devastation of residential buildings bombed by Russian forces on August 10, 2025 in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images) Getty Images Dispatches from Ukraine. Day 1,265....
Germany’s HSP breaks ground on Charlotte headquarters
WCNC - North Carolina
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August 11, 2025
The U.S. subsidiary of Berlin-based Trench Group GmbH will invest more than $50 million over the next five years to build the facility. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Germany-based HSP broke ground Monday on its new U.S. headquarters and manufacturing plant in...
Avantor shares jump as activist investor presses new CEO for cuts
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Pennsylvania
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Long-depressed shares of Avantor Inc., the Radnor-based chemical and lab-gear maker that employs 14,000 at plants around the world, jumped nearly 10% early Monday after activist investor Engine Capital Management pushed directors to streamline or...
AP News Summary at 9:37 p.m. EDT
The Blackstone Valley Call & Times - Rhode Island
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Trump says he's placing Washington police under federal control and activating the National Guard WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s taking over Washington’s police department and activating 800 members of the National Guard in the...
Politico finds out details of Wednesday talks between Trump, Zelenskyy and European leaders
European Pravda
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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has initiated urgent video conference talks involving European leaders, the US and Ukrainian presidents, and the NATO secretary general, scheduled for 13 August. A German government spokesperson told Politico that...
Ill. Gov. JB Pritzker again makes Nazi comparisons after President Trump threatens DC-like takeover in Chicago
The Derrick and The News-Herald - Pennsylvania
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday likened President Donald Trump’s call for possible National Guard troops occupying Chicago to when the Nazi Party in Germany “tore down a constitutional republic” in the 1930s. One day after after Pritzker said...
Media: Talks between European leaders, Trump and Zelenskyy may take place on Wednesday
European Pravda
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Talks between European leaders, particularly German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his US counterpart Donald Trump, ahead of Trump's planned meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, may take place on...