US Ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, is facing increasing pressure due to allegations of corruption and a request to a donor to pay her credit card bill, as both Republican and Democratic senators call for an investigation. #KimberlyGuilfoyle #Bestechlichkeit #USBotschafterin (translated)
The Houthi militia from Yemen has continued its attacks on Saudi airports, killing at least one person and injuring several others, while Saudi Arabia and its allies condemn the attacks as a serious violation of international law. #Huthis #SaudiArabien #Jemen (translated)
Seven U.S. senators from both parties have criticized President Trump's diesel deal with Russia as illegal, as it violates the congressional ban on Russian energy imports aimed at preventing Putin's aggression against Ukraine. #Trump #Russland #Energiepolitik (translated)
Nausicaa Marbe wrote that she found the reactions of older white men on television interesting when Mona Keijzer said she had no need for rainbow flag displays from PRO. According to Marbe, the party otherwise did not want to talk about the migration background of perpetrators of violence against LGBTQ+. #pauwendewit https://t.co/HlbosvUpu2 #media #LGBTQ #politiek (translated)
Weird Duk wrote that people thought they were providing a safe home for individuals like Luai Ahmed, but according to him, they also brought in the misery they had fled from. He called that unforgivable. #veiligheid #vluchtelingen #samenleving (translated)
Stepsen wrote that October 11 should henceforth be celebrated in Europe as a public holiday for the liberation of the internet from Russian bots. In his assessment, this would significantly reduce the number of German and European users confronted with Russian propaganda in their timelines, which could facilitate a return to a democratic and fact-based discourse. #Internetfreiheit #Demokratie #FaktenbasierterDiskurs (translated)
Trump announced after a conversation with Putin that Russia would immediately make more than 300,000 tons of diesel available for the USA and the global market (more here). #Trump #Russland #DieselDeal (translated)
The diesel deal proposed by Donald Trump with Russia is facing fierce criticism from both parties in the US Senate, as it is seen as illegal and contradicts the import ban on Russian energy sources enacted by Congress. #Trump #Russland #DieselDeal (translated)
Dre Greenlaw, linebacker of the San Francisco 49ers, caused another scandal in the NFL when he delivered a headbutt against Ernest Jones IV of the Seattle Seahawks while he was not wearing a helmet, resulting in a bleeding injury and leading to Greenlaw being ejected from the game. #NFL #DreGreenlaw #Skandal (translated)
Julian Adrat referred to dm CEO Christoph Werner as a smart head and accused Caren Miosga of interrupting Werner when he praised Gerhard Schröder's reforms. He wrote that she wanted to discredit Schröder as a friend of Putin and prevent a discussion about successful reforms. Moreover, Werner did not share the pessimism about an end to the traffic light coalition and pointed out that history continues to evolve. Adrat quoted him as saying it would be "the first time in history" if the end of history were to occur now. The simple truths put public broadcasters in a sweat, wrote Adrat. #Politik #Deutschland #Reformen (translated)
Georges-Louis Bouchez uses the threat of a crisis as a negotiating tool in the hope of obtaining a more favorable compromise, but the ongoing pushing can lead to a break with consequences that go beyond the budgetary issues. #surenchère #crise #budget (translated)
The goalkeeper completely misjudges it as Paul Seguin scores a perfect long-range goal from 23 meters for Hertha BSC to make it 2-0. #HerthaBSC #Fußball #Weitschusstor (translated)
Nkunku, who shone with a hat-trick, scored an impressive third goal against Frankfurt, even though more than two goals were not planned. #Nkunku #Hattrick #Bundesliga (translated)
The author wrote that Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin congratulated Angela Merkel on her electoral victories. Trump conveyed his congratulations to her by phone in 2017 as president, while Putin did so several times after elections over the years. #miosga https://t.co/apbLDZlwu2 #Trump #Putin #Merkel (translated)
The author accused Estonia of urging Europe to take a tougher line on Russia while seeking an exemption from EU sanctions for a Rosatom plant that supplies Estonian industry. The post also said the EU had removed Alisher Usmanov from its sanctions list and mentioned EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, but did not complete that point. #Estonia #Sanctions #Russia #EE #EU #RU
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa, also known as Crocodile, aims for economic opening and sustainable combat against hunger and poverty while simultaneously pushing controversial constitutional reforms to secure his power. #Simbabwe #Mnangagwa #ZANUPF (translated)
John Boreout wrote that he had heard that his first childhood love, whom he had met at a metal concert, had died due to drug use. They had been together for thirteen years. Her mother had told him that she often talked about him. Boreout said he would have liked to help her if she had let him know how she was doing. #jeugdliefde #verlies #drugs (translated)
Timo Lehmann wrote that Diether Dehm claimed in his speech at the Compact Dinner that Lehmann is a BND agent. Dehm has been making this accusation for years, Lehmann added. He himself is not a BND agent; however, Dehm was listed as an informant by the Stasi. https://t.co/2zXEkeMrqM #Politik #Wahrheit #Debatte (translated)
Julian Adrat criticized Markus Söder's appearance on "Miosga." Söder had said there that the AfD, as the largest opposition party in Bavaria, had a claim to two committee chair positions but was "not elected" for that. Afterwards, Söder accused AfD members of believing in a flat Earth. Adrat asked why the public had to pay for such content. #AfD #Politik #Bayern (translated)
Julian Adrat criticized that Markus Söder had claimed in the program "Miosga" without contest that the AfD was hostile to the disabled and "brutally right" in Bavaria. Miosga referred to Adrat in a derogatory manner. Adrat countered Söder's statement with a series of his own examples, which he labeled as "not normal." These included the blowing up of nuclear power plants, prison sentences for internet memes, and centuries of debt approved by a dismissed parliament. He also mentioned transforming Christmas markets into fortresses, citizen income payments to foreigners, the handling of billions for masks, the purchase of babies, and calls for rocket attacks on Moscow. As further examples, Adrat cited the expansion of wind and solar plants, bike paths in Peru, the training of trans-rickshaw drivers in India, and 130,000 foreigners who roamed freely despite arrest warrants. In conclusion, he criticized that citizens had to finance the programs under threat of imprisonment. #Politik #AfD #Gesellschaft (translated)
