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Stolbur-carrying pest marches through Germany, imperiling potatoes and beets with up to 50% yield losses; 2025 could worsen as calls grow for rapid logistics over red tape 🚚⚠️🌾

Stolbur-carrying pest marches through Germany, imperiling potatoes and beets with up to 50% yield losses; 2025 could worsen as calls grow for rapid logistics over red tape 🚚⚠️🌾

business
Leo 19 August 2025
A tiny pest is marching through Germany, a pest that carries Stolbur bacteria and is wrecking crops like sugar beets and potatoes. This little insect, barely a centimeter long, has moved beyond
Coercive Security Undermines Liberty; Peace Demands Voluntary, Rights-Respecting Arrangements 🕊️🤝⚖️

Coercive Security Undermines Liberty; Peace Demands Voluntary, Rights-Respecting Arrangements 🕊️🤝⚖️

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Jerome 19 August 2025
The drumbeat of diplomacy and denial in great-power politics exposes the same flaw: centralized coercive power pretending it can engineer safety and order better than free association. Moscow insists
German harvest squeezed by price slump, drought and policy; bread-wheat at about €180/t 🥖🌾💶🇩🇪

German harvest squeezed by price slump, drought and policy; bread-wheat at about €180/t 🥖🌾💶🇩🇪

business
Elvira 19 August 2025
In the pale light of these days, the fields give back a stubborn harvest, yet the soul of the land recognizes in the price-slump an old, familiar omen. The German Farmers Association speaks in the
Guarded optimism on Ukraine as Trump–Zelenskyy optics meet end-the-war talk; front-line freeze and Putin skepticism loom 🤝🕊️❄️

Guarded optimism on Ukraine as Trump–Zelenskyy optics meet end-the-war talk; front-line freeze and Putin skepticism loom 🤝🕊️❄️

world
Ronny 19 August 2025
Here’s the blunt, no-nonsense version: at a Washington summit, Trump greets Zelenskyy with unusual warmth and praise; Zelenskyy thanks Trump for aiming to end the war and signals openness to talks
US debt path diverges as OBBA could widen deficits; calls for durable relief and climate-justice reforms 🌍💸⚖️

US debt path diverges as OBBA could widen deficits; calls for durable relief and climate-justice reforms 🌍💸⚖️

business
Luisa 19 August 2025
The numbers whisper a careful pinprick of light and tension: S&P keeps the United States at AA+, acknowledging that tariff revenues under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act help soften the bill, even
Arms Won’t Buy Peace; Durable Settlement Requires Credible Commitments, Rule‑Based Order, and European Unity 🕊️🤝⚖️🇪🇺

Arms Won’t Buy Peace; Durable Settlement Requires Credible Commitments, Rule‑Based Order, and European Unity 🕊️🤝⚖️🇪🇺

world
Friedrich 19 August 2025
What remains after the Washington engagement is a set of unsettled questions rather than a closed deal. Moscow’s posture after the White House encounter was not encouraging, and President Trump
Air Canada, CUPE reach tentative deal on ground-duty pay; union to vote as disruptions ease ✈️🤝🗳️

Air Canada, CUPE reach tentative deal on ground-duty pay; union to vote as disruptions ease ✈️🤝🗳️

business
Kim 19 August 2025
Air Canada and CUPE, which represents roughly 10,000 cabin crew, settled a strike after the core disagreement over pay for ground duties—such as boarding and other tasks performed while the plane
Spain fights its worst wildfire season on record, with 370,000 ha burned in 2025 as cross-border aid arrives and emergency troops are mobilized 🔥🚒🇪🇺

Spain fights its worst wildfire season on record, with 370,000 ha burned in 2025 as cross-border aid arrives and emergency troops are mobilized 🔥🚒🇪🇺

world
Alexander 19 August 2025
Spain is enduring its fiercest wildfire season in decades, with roughly 30,000 hectares scorched in a single 24-hour period and satellite imagery equating the burned area to about 42,000 football
Koblenz: Klöckner ties Nius to taz over Gotthardt funding; cross-party backlash. 🔥🗞️💬

Koblenz: Klöckner ties Nius to taz over Gotthardt funding; cross-party backlash. 🔥🗞️💬

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Leo 19 August 2025
In Koblenz, during a CDU summer event, Julia Klöckner sparked a fire by saying that the right-wing portal Nius isn’t all that different in methods from the left-leaning taz. Her remark, tied to a
Libertarian Take: End Tax-Funded Security Pacts; Private Defense and Voluntary Aid for Peace 🗽🤝🕊️

Libertarian Take: End Tax-Funded Security Pacts; Private Defense and Voluntary Aid for Peace 🗽🤝🕊️

world
Jerome 19 August 2025
The meeting produced signals of satisfaction from the participants, but no binding commitments emerged. The big story is that Europe would shoulder a large portion of the financial and security
Kiruna's 113-year-old church on rails as mine uproots town and Sami homeland ⛪️🚂⛏️🌍

Kiruna's 113-year-old church on rails as mine uproots town and Sami homeland ⛪️🚂⛏️🌍

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Elvira 19 August 2025
The red wooden church, modest in its ancient stubbornness, is being persuaded to yield to the earth’s unquiet appetite, its 113 years a prayer pressed into timber that trembles at the touch of
Fragile Ukraine deal window hinges on optics, not breakthroughs; talks stall behind closed doors 🔎🤝🧭

Fragile Ukraine deal window hinges on optics, not breakthroughs; talks stall behind closed doors 🔎🤝🧭

world
Ronny 19 August 2025
The post-summit read is this: there is a real, fragile opening for a deal on Ukraine, but the press won’t crown it a victory because too many unknowns linger. Putin’s attendance at a
Record 383 aid workers killed in 2024, Gaza hardest hit; a call to decolonize aid and heal the Earth 🌍🕊️✊

Record 383 aid workers killed in 2024, Gaza hardest hit; a call to decolonize aid and heal the Earth 🌍🕊️✊

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Luisa 19 August 2025
A quiet, troubling thread runs through our shared story: in the shadowed corners of crisis zones, those who bring help bear the brunt of danger. In 2024, the toll on humanitarian workers rose to a
Don't Seize Assets or Over-Militarize: Defend a Rules-Based Liberal Order ⚖️🌐🕊️

Don't Seize Assets or Over-Militarize: Defend a Rules-Based Liberal Order ⚖️🌐🕊️

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Friedrich 19 August 2025
Following Washington, the question of how Ukraine might be guaranteed security remains central, with many details still unsettled even as German policymakers sketch potential positions. The foreign
Germany’s drought pushes drought-tolerant soybeans and expanded irrigation under state-led planning 🌾💧🏛️

Germany’s drought pushes drought-tolerant soybeans and expanded irrigation under state-led planning 🌾💧🏛️

business
Kim 19 August 2025
Drought in Germany is forcing farmers to embrace drought-tolerant crops like soybeans and to expand irrigation. The soybean area has risen by about 156.8 percent since 2016, with nearly 4,500 farms
Cautious progress on Ukraine at White House summit, but durable guarantees remain elusive 🤝🔒🕊️

Cautious progress on Ukraine at White House summit, but durable guarantees remain elusive 🤝🔒🕊️

world
Alexander 19 August 2025
The gathering at the White House has yielded a whiff of progress, but it is far from a guarantee. A possible agreement on Ukraine seems plausible yet fragile, with too many unpredictable factors and
Raids Across Three German States Target Robbery-Extortion; Eleven Buildings Searched, Biker Scene Largely Unremarkable 🚨🔎🏍️

Raids Across Three German States Target Robbery-Extortion; Eleven Buildings Searched, Biker Scene Largely Unremarkable 🚨🔎🏍️

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Leo 19 August 2025
Authorities conducted raids across southern Thuringia, Saxony, and Bavaria as part of an investigation into robbery-extortion. Searches began early and targeted several sites in Schleusingen and
End solar subsidies to restore market signals and curb crony capitalism ⚖️⚡️💸

End solar subsidies to restore market signals and curb crony capitalism ⚖️⚡️💸

business
Jerome 19 August 2025
Officials warn that ending subsidies for private solar systems could trigger layoffs, with consumer confidence wobbling as the debate unsettles projects. The industry says skilled labor is in short
Ukraine peace talks stall as security guarantees and territorial questions linger 🛡️🗺️⚖️

Ukraine peace talks stall as security guarantees and territorial questions linger 🛡️🗺️⚖️

world
Elvira 19 August 2025
In the long, weary arc of marble and ink, power still pretends to be a map of the world, though the map frays at the edges and the ink bleeds into the air. From the pallid dawn of Alaska to the
Markets hold steady ahead of Jackson Hole as Powell signals caution; SoftBank backs Intel 🔎💹🤝💼

Markets hold steady ahead of Jackson Hole as Powell signals caution; SoftBank backs Intel 🔎💹🤝💼

business
Ronny 19 August 2025
Investors are proceeding cautiously ahead of Jackson Hole, eyeing clues on the future path of U.S. monetary policy. The German DAX is opening barely higher around 24,332 points (about +0.1%), still
Europe seeks ceasefire and credible security in fragile talks; calls for decolonized, climate-justice peace 🕊️🌍

Europe seeks ceasefire and credible security in fragile talks; calls for decolonized, climate-justice peace 🕊️🌍

world
Luisa 19 August 2025
Gentle winds carried a routine of careful accord after the latest gathering: a united European front stood as a counterweight to old echo chambers of power, pressing for credible security guarantees
Germany’s Budget Crossroads: Resist the Rich Tax Fix, Embrace Growth and Restraint 💶🚫💪📈

Germany’s Budget Crossroads: Resist the Rich Tax Fix, Embrace Growth and Restraint 💶🚫💪📈

germany
Friedrich 19 August 2025
Germany stands at a crossroads where budget arithmetic and political conscience collide. The question on the table is whether to tighten the reins on those who can most easily bear the weight of
Anti-imperialist bloc rejects imperial peace talks; demands real sovereignty ✊🌍🕊️

Anti-imperialist bloc rejects imperial peace talks; demands real sovereignty ✊🌍🕊️

world
Kim 19 August 2025
The latest move-seeking dialogue sees Washington nudging toward a direct talk between Kyiv and Moscow, with Berlin’s Merz hinting that a meeting could occur within a fortnight and a higher-level
Gilded Washington Salon: Theater Over Strategy on Ceasefires and Security Guarantees 🎭💬🛡️✨

Gilded Washington Salon: Theater Over Strategy on Ceasefires and Security Guarantees 🎭💬🛡️✨

world
Alexander 18 August 2025
A glittering Washington salon assembled a veritable parade of statesmen to discuss Ukraine, led by the host who has mastered the art of turning press conferences into policy. President Trump convened
Washington Summit: US-Ukraine Push to End War Faces Europe’s Ceasefire Stance as Russia Talks Loom 🕊️🤝🌍

Washington Summit: US-Ukraine Push to End War Faces Europe’s Ceasefire Stance as Russia Talks Loom 🕊️🤝🌍

world
Leo 18 August 2025
Leaders gathered in Washington for a high-profile session, with an Oval Office moment between the U.S. president and Ukraine’s leader, followed by private talks. The US leader spoke with optimism
Revolt Against Coercion: Restore Minimal State, Protect Rights 🗽⚖️🛡️

Revolt Against Coercion: Restore Minimal State, Protect Rights 🗽⚖️🛡️

world
Jerome 18 August 2025
What’s unfolding is a people’s revolt against entrenched corruption met with a state that answers with force, coercion, and the threat of emergency powers. Detainees in unmarked cars, raids, and
Egypt-Qatar-US push for 60-day calm in hostage exchange: 10 freed, 18 bodies returned; ~50 hostages remain as Israel weighs Gaza expansion 🕊️🤝🌍

Egypt-Qatar-US push for 60-day calm in hostage exchange: 10 freed, 18 bodies returned; ~50 hostages remain as Israel weighs Gaza expansion 🕊️🤝🌍

world
Elvira 18 August 2025
In the desert of memory, where every ripple of heat writes a line in the ledger of the world, the negotiators unscroll another script of peace and peril, as if Fate itself were a scribe grown bored
Germany’s statutory health insurance in crisis as costs outrun income; 6–8bn euro deficits per year threaten higher contributions by 2029—reforms overdue 💸🏥⚠️

Germany’s statutory health insurance in crisis as costs outrun income; 6–8bn euro deficits per year threaten higher contributions by 2029—reforms overdue 💸🏥⚠️

germany
Ronny 18 August 2025
Germany’s statutory health insurance is in crisis: rising costs are outpacing higher contributions for the first time in 30 years. The Bundesrechnungshof warns deficits could grow by 6 to 8 billion
Bundestag president questioned on neutrality after CDU private event linked to founder backing a right-leaning media site; critics warn of private influence, journalists' association condemns the outlet comparison ⚖️🗞️💬

Bundestag president questioned on neutrality after CDU private event linked to founder backing a right-leaning media site; critics warn of private influence, journalists' association condemns the outlet comparison ⚖️🗞️💬

germany
Luisa 18 August 2025
In recent days, a Bundestag president faced renewed questions about neutrality after speaking at a CDU summer gathering held at a private Innovation Center tied to a founder who supports a
Spain battles its worst wildfires in years as calls grow for decentralised, local-led prevention 🔥🇪🇸🤝

Spain battles its worst wildfires in years as calls grow for decentralised, local-led prevention 🔥🇪🇸🤝

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Friedrich 18 August 2025
Spain is grappling with its worst wildfires in years. More than 220 large fires have burned across the country in roughly eight months, destroying about 3,440 square kilometers of natural land—an

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