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Men aged 17 to 45 must receive permits for extended stays abroad under a recent amendment German men who remain abroad for more than three months without prior approval may start facing penalties under a military-related legal requirement, according to the Berliner Zeitung.The rule obliges men between the ages of 17 and 45 to obtain permission before extended stays abroad. It came into force on January 1, 2026, but April is when the first three-month period expires and enforcement may begin, the outlet has said.Germany is in the process of a massive military buildup, with plans to spend reportedly more…
Even Mount Everest is not immune from fraudsters as a new report has revealed that guides have been using scare tactics, including secretly lacing climbers’ food to sicken them and trigger costly helicopter rescues and hospitalization, as part of a $45 million insurance scam. Authorities in Nepal recently charged 32 individuals with organized crime and fraud charges related to the plot, which involves trekking company owners, helicopter operators, and hospital executives, the Kathmandu Post reported Friday. Essentially, the scam involves filing insurance claims that bared little resemblance to what actually happened on the slope. Corrupt guides used several methods in the…
(AP) — The finance ministers of Spain and four other European countries are urging the European Union to impose a bloc-wide windfall tax on energy companies, concerned that surging oil and gas prices driven by the war in Iran will fuel inflation and strain households. Spanish Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo said Saturday that his counterparts from Germany, Italy, Portugal and Austria had signed a letter to the European Commission citing “market distortions” caused by the price spike. “The conflict in the Middle East has caused oil prices to rise, placing a significant burden on the European economy and on European…
Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep went on a fact-free rant against voter ID laws and the Save America Act on CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday, where she spread lies and fearmongering over the proposed laws. Streep launched into her ill-informed rant at the end of her segment on the show when Colbert asked if she had any special message she wanted to convey to viewers. “Oh, well. Yes. I hope that—the SAVE America Act,” she began, “if that passes, all the married women that have changed their names are going to have to go to the registrar…
Colorado legislators have passed a bill allowing lawsuits against therapists who advise a traditional sexual orientation Lawmakers in Colorado have approved amendments to the state’s ban on “conversion therapy,” a practice aimed at changing an individual’s non-traditional sexual orientation or gender identity through counseling.This comes despite a US Supreme Court ruling blocking enforcement of the state’s ban on such therapy on free-speech grounds.Conversion therapy has long been criticized by medical experts and advocacy groups as ineffective and harmful – particularly for gay children of conservative parents seeking such intervention. Roughly half of US states, including Colorado since 2019, have banned…
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung announced on Friday that he and French President Emmanuel Macron will work together to open the Strait of Hormuz for commercial shipping, though Macron had claimed as recently as Thursday that asking France for help was “unrealistic.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also offered to help defend the strait on Thursday. “President Macron and I agreed to share policy-related experiences and strategies in order to jointly address the economic and energy crises triggered by the Middle East war. We also concurred on working together to reduce uncertainty in the global economy,” President Lee said at a joint…
Thursday on CNN’s “News Central,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) complained Pam Bondi turned the Department of Justice (DOJ) into President Donald Trump’s “vendetta factory.” Raskin said, “I’m afraid this administration or the president, may take the wrong message from this. I mean, her tenure was plainly a disaster, but she did everything that Donald Trump asked her to do. They sacked dozens and dozens of career attorneys just for having worked on the January 6th case. They did everything they could to obstruct the release of the Epstein files. Millions of pages of Epstein files were withheld by Pam Bondi. They did…
A United Nations committee published a damning decision singling out the Mexican Cartel-related “Enforced Disappearances” problem. The committee called on the UN Secretary General to request action on the matter from the General Assembly. The Mexican government responded with a rebuke of the decision, claiming that the U.N. is overstepping its authority – a response that follows the Sheinbaum administration’s attempts to diminish and cover up its ongoing problem of cartel impunity. In their ruling, the U.N. Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) stated that they had “well-founded indications that enforced disappearances in Mexico have been and continue to be committed…
Thursday on ABC’s “The View,” podcaster Don Lemon said he was specifically “targeted” for arrest by President Donald Trump. Co-host Sunny Hostin said, “Let me ask you this, because we’ve known each other for a long time, our offices were closed across the road, at CNN, from each other in the hallway. And I’ve seen your report on the ground we report together in Ferguson. And so what I said, on tape, was just you doing your job, and you do it extremely well. You were charged along with another independent reporter, named Georgia Fort. And, you know, we’ve talked…
According to American media, two of the three pilots have been located and brought to safety Welcome to RT’s live coverage of the US-Israeli war against Iran, which has spread across multiple countries in the Middle East, with missile and drone barrages launched by both sides.Iran shot down a US fighter jet over its territory on Friday, prompting a rescue operation for the crew, according to US and Iranian media.According to multiple outlets citing US officials, one of the two crew members of the twin-seat F-15E Strike Eagle has been rescued, while the whereabouts and status of the second remain…