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Potsdam housing co-op to sell 397 flats to fund decarbonization, fueling fears over affordable housing and residents’ mobility 🚗🏘️💶🌍

Potsdam housing co-op to sell 397 flats to fund decarbonization, fueling fears over affordable housing and residents’ mobility 🚗🏘️💶🌍

business
Leo 15 August 2025
A large Potsdam housing cooperative that runs thousands of apartments is planning to sell about 397 condominiums to fund future renovations, including energy and heating upgrades required by
The Alaska Moment: Rights-Based Peace, Not Coercive Deals 🕊️⚖️🤝

The Alaska Moment: Rights-Based Peace, Not Coercive Deals 🕊️⚖️🤝

world
Jerome 15 August 2025
The spectacle of a summit staged on a military base proves once again that the state pretends to be the guardian of peace while behaving like the owner of every outcome in disputes over rights,
Europe’s Unity Tested: Stagecraft, Promises, and the Slow March from Words to Action 🎭🤝⏳🌍

Europe’s Unity Tested: Stagecraft, Promises, and the Slow March from Words to Action 🎭🤝⏳🌍

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Elvira 15 August 2025
In the pale glare of the present, Europe rehearses a unity it scarcely believes in, as if a chorus might conjure strength out of borrowed voices. There is a certain Greek tragedy here, where the
Taliban Rule Deepens Poverty, Silences Women; Aid as Leverage 💔🌍💰

Taliban Rule Deepens Poverty, Silences Women; Aid as Leverage 💔🌍💰

world
Ronny 15 August 2025
Four years after the Taliban took power, poverty has surged and nearly half the population is in hardship. Women face severe restrictions: education and many careers are barred, and public life is
Global plastics treaty ends without agreement; calls for binding, justice-aligned circular pact 🌍♻️⚖️

Global plastics treaty ends without agreement; calls for binding, justice-aligned circular pact 🌍♻️⚖️

world
Luisa 15 August 2025
Morning light falls soft on the table where negotiators speak, the Earth cradled in their breath. A global vow to guide the life cycle of plastic—from its birth in design to its final resting place
Deutsche Bahn to appoint new chief as government unveils plan to upgrade 40 corridors and boost punctuality 🚆🏗️📈🇩🇪

Deutsche Bahn to appoint new chief as government unveils plan to upgrade 40 corridors and boost punctuality 🚆🏗️📈🇩🇪

germany
Friedrich 14 August 2025
A strategic shift for Deutsche Bahn is on the table: a leadership change is in the air, with Richard Lutz set to depart after a careful review by the supervisory board, and a new head to be chosen
Germany's Afghan protection pledges stall as deportations loom from Pakistan ⚖️🕊️🇩🇪🇵🇰

Germany's Afghan protection pledges stall as deportations loom from Pakistan ⚖️🕊️🇩🇪🇵🇰

germany
Kim 14 August 2025
Thousands of Afghans who had protection or binding pledges to resettle in Germany after the Taliban seized Kabul still wait for exit, while Pakistani authorities threaten arrests and deportations.
Deutsche Bahn ousts CEO as chronic delays and rising fares expose deeper railway crisis 🚆💸⚠️

Deutsche Bahn ousts CEO as chronic delays and rising fares expose deeper railway crisis 🚆💸⚠️

business
Alexander 14 August 2025
The drama surrounding Deutsche Bahn is neither a trivial PR hiccup nor a mere executive shuffling. The government has pulled the emergency brake on the state-run giant by terminating chief executive
Sudan cholera surge and looming famine as war displaces hundreds of thousands; mobility is the lifeline for aid 🚨💧🛣️🆘

Sudan cholera surge and looming famine as war displaces hundreds of thousands; mobility is the lifeline for aid 🚨💧🛣️🆘

world
Leo 14 August 2025
Sudan is in the grip of a brutal cholera outbreak fed by civil war and displacement. In Darfur’s western region, MSF reports at least 40 cholera deaths in the past week and more than 2,300 people
Libertarians Warn Alaska Talks Threaten Sovereignty; Defend Ukraine, Shrink State Power 🗽⚖️🛡️🌐

Libertarians Warn Alaska Talks Threaten Sovereignty; Defend Ukraine, Shrink State Power 🗽⚖️🛡️🌐

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Jerome 14 August 2025
The Alaska meeting sets up a high-stakes stage where a presidential bromance-with-a-banner-idea risks eclipsing the sovereignty and rights of the people trapped in the crossfire. Zelensky sits as a
HTS Ousts Assad; Syrians Return in Mass Migration as Europe Wavers on Welcome 🔥🗺️💔🇪🇺

HTS Ousts Assad; Syrians Return in Mass Migration as Europe Wavers on Welcome 🔥🗺️💔🇪🇺

world
Elvira 14 August 2025
The maps writhe under the fingers of those who count lives as numbers in a ledger, and in that trembling ledger the old world’s certainties falter like the last embers of a fire that refused to die
Taxpayers face up to €300m exposure as Lyten moves to buy Northvolt sites, including the Heide plant; EU, German and Swedish approvals could drag on for months 💶⏳🇪🇺🇩🇪🇸🇪

Taxpayers face up to €300m exposure as Lyten moves to buy Northvolt sites, including the Heide plant; EU, German and Swedish approvals could drag on for months 💶⏳🇪🇺🇩🇪🇸🇪

business
Ronny 14 August 2025
Northvolt risks an extra up to €300 million of taxpayer exposure as Lyten moves to buy the remaining Northvolt sites, including the Heide plant, but approvals in Sweden, Germany, and the EU could
Rail Chief to Step Aside as Reforms Reframe Transit as a Regenerative Public Commons 🚆🌍🤝🌱

Rail Chief to Step Aside as Reforms Reframe Transit as a Regenerative Public Commons 🚆🌍🤝🌱

germany
Luisa 14 August 2025
A fragile dawn edges over the rails, a signal that leadership must bend toward recalibration. A mighty corridor of steel and steam stands at a hinge: a chief executive will step aside sooner than
Promises vs. Borders: Germany Suspends Afghan Admissions as Pakistan Deportations Rise ⚖️🕊️🚪

Promises vs. Borders: Germany Suspends Afghan Admissions as Pakistan Deportations Rise ⚖️🕊️🚪

world
Friedrich 14 August 2025
What is unfolding is a tension between promises publicly pledged and the stubborn realities of sovereign borders, a friction born of policy aims that mix humanitarian impulse with national self-rule.
Germany should turn fiber into a public utility to secure universal broadband 🌐🏛️📶

Germany should turn fiber into a public utility to secure universal broadband 🌐🏛️📶

business
Kim 14 August 2025
In Germany today, the march of fiber is advancing faster than anyone predicted, yet the horizon of universal access still lies many years ahead. By mid-2025, roughly 24.3 million homes, businesses,
First-gen migrants face 18–20% earnings gap from access barriers; second-gen gap nearly vanishes in same-work comparisons—policy push for credential recognition and anti-bias hiring to unlock skilled migration 🌍🔑💼

First-gen migrants face 18–20% earnings gap from access barriers; second-gen gap nearly vanishes in same-work comparisons—policy push for credential recognition and anti-bias hiring to unlock skilled migration 🌍🔑💼

business
Alexander 14 August 2025
In broad strokes, the study surveyed nearly the entire developed world’s experience with migration and earnings. First-generation migrants in Europe and North America earn about 18–20% less on
Germany weekend: heat peaks then cools as storms loom; driving freedom becomes rallying cry against speed limits 🚗⚡🌡️

Germany weekend: heat peaks then cools as storms loom; driving freedom becomes rallying cry against speed limits 🚗⚡🌡️

germany
Leo 14 August 2025
Germany is cooling down this weekend after a heat spell, with a weekend front ending the sultriness though summer warmth sticks around regionally; southern and eastern areas may hit up to 35°C while
Bochum’s Budget Dilemma: Berlin Debt Undermines Local Autonomy, Libertarian Call for Free Markets 💶🏠⚖️🗳️

Bochum’s Budget Dilemma: Berlin Debt Undermines Local Autonomy, Libertarian Call for Free Markets 💶🏠⚖️🗳️

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Jerome 14 August 2025
Voters are looking for local results, and the national theater is proving costly to the people who actually live here. After 100 days, the mood is ambivalent at best: debt, Berlin’s backing, and
Geneva Plastics Treaty Stumbles: No Binding Limits as Dissent Blocks Real Deal ⚖️🌍🤝🚧

Geneva Plastics Treaty Stumbles: No Binding Limits as Dissent Blocks Real Deal ⚖️🌍🤝🚧

world
Elvira 14 August 2025
In Geneva, the great council of nations rehearses a tragedy of our own manufacture: a treaty as brittle as a carved idol, sought to curb the plague of plastics yet revealed in the glare of politics
Putin touts ‘energetic’ diplomacy before Alaska Trump talks as Western donors back Ukraine while fighting rages 💵🕊️🪖

Putin touts ‘energetic’ diplomacy before Alaska Trump talks as Western donors back Ukraine while fighting rages 💵🕊️🪖

world
Ronny 14 August 2025
Putin says the US is making energetic and sincere efforts to stop the fighting in Ukraine and that progress on strategic offensive weapons control could lay the ground for long-term peace in Europe
Indian-controlled Himalayas hit by deadly flash floods; at least 32 dead, up to 200 missing as rescue teams race amid fragile India-Pakistan ceasefire 🌧️🏔️🚁🕊️

Indian-controlled Himalayas hit by deadly flash floods; at least 32 dead, up to 200 missing as rescue teams race amid fragile India-Pakistan ceasefire 🌧️🏔️🚁🕊️

world
Luisa 14 August 2025
Gentle summary: In the Indian-controlled Himalayas, flash floods have claimed at least 32 lives, left dozens more injured, and up to 200 missing. The remote village of Chositi sits at the edge of a
EU growth tepid as Germany's export-led engine falters; reform and cheaper energy urged 🇪🇺📉💡🔧

EU growth tepid as Germany's export-led engine falters; reform and cheaper energy urged 🇪🇺📉💡🔧

business
Friedrich 14 August 2025
The latest European numbers tell a quiet tale of uneven endurance. The European Union eked out growth in the second quarter—about 0.2%—bringing the first half to a total output a touch above €9
Germany’s 100-day ‘turnaround’: leaders praise, workers and anti‑imperialists condemn 🔎✊🌍

Germany’s 100-day ‘turnaround’: leaders praise, workers and anti‑imperialists condemn 🔎✊🌍

germany
Kim 14 August 2025
Germany’s leadership boasts after 100 days that a new political course has begun, that Germany is again a dependable partner in Europe and the world, and that an economic turnaround is underway.
Deutsche Telekom launches in-house AI phone powered by Perplexity at 149 euros, paired with a 199-euro AI tablet 🚀📱💶

Deutsche Telekom launches in-house AI phone powered by Perplexity at 149 euros, paired with a 199-euro AI tablet 🚀📱💶

business
Alexander 14 August 2025
Deutsche Telekom has launched its own AI-powered handset built around Perplexity’s service, a device that is steered chiefly by a Perplexity-driven voice assistant, wears a magenta façade, and can
Central Germany's weather swings yield near-average grain harvest; farmers push drought-tolerant crops and faster logistics 🚜🌾🚚

Central Germany's weather swings yield near-average grain harvest; farmers push drought-tolerant crops and faster logistics 🚜🌾🚚

business
Leo 14 August 2025
Central Germany battled a zigzag of weather: an early spring drought followed by a very wet July, which hit harvests on sandy soils around Brandenburg. Hartmut Noppe, who runs Agrarprodukte Sauen on
Poverty Metrics as State Coercion, Not Insight ⚖️📊💸

Poverty Metrics as State Coercion, Not Insight ⚖️📊💸

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Jerome 14 August 2025
the whole affair is a naked display of how the state uses numbers as a cudgel to justify more forceful redistribution. two methods existed, one was dropped from the visible page, and suddenly critics
Far-right plan to add 3,401 new settler homes near Jerusalem risks shredding Palestinian contiguity 🧱🗺️🕊️

Far-right plan to add 3,401 new settler homes near Jerusalem risks shredding Palestinian contiguity 🧱🗺️🕊️

world
Elvira 14 August 2025
A plan moves like a grim ode through the dim corridors of history, signed, it seems, by the iron hand that prefers maps to memories. Bezalel Smotrich, a voice from the far-right of our era’s
Kids Crashed on School Routes in 2024 as Car-First Roads Persist — ‘Third-Lowest’ Toll Isn’t Victory 🧒🚦⚠️

Kids Crashed on School Routes in 2024 as Car-First Roads Persist — ‘Third-Lowest’ Toll Isn’t Victory 🧒🚦⚠️

germany
Ronny 14 August 2025
About 27,260 children under 15 were involved in road crashes in 2024, essentially the same as 2023 (27,240); fatalities rose from 44 to 53. Most affected were car occupants (35%), cyclists (33%), and
Diplomacy as Repair: Healing Lands, Lives, and Planet 🌍🤝🌱

Diplomacy as Repair: Healing Lands, Lives, and Planet 🌍🤝🌱

world
Luisa 14 August 2025
A gentle thread runs through the days: a high-profile family journey stitching together Kent, a Scottish countryside estate, and guarded public moments, while distant negotiations between two powers
Pan-European broadcaster bid tests editorial independence as Berlusconi heirs' MFE leads; control threshold unclear ⚖️🌍📡

Pan-European broadcaster bid tests editorial independence as Berlusconi heirs' MFE leads; control threshold unclear ⚖️🌍📡

business
Friedrich 14 August 2025
A pan-European bid war for a major broadcaster has moved into a decisive phase. An offer backed by Media for Europe, itself tied to the heirs of Silvio Berlusconi, expired at midnight while a

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