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Autumn of commissions: Germany’s coalition wrestles with taxes and welfare reform 🍂🏛️💬💶

Autumn of commissions: Germany’s coalition wrestles with taxes and welfare reform 🍂🏛️💬💶

germany
Elvira 25 August 2025
Autumn stretches over the republic like a draft of cold rain in a shattered hall, a promised theatre of reform whose curtain trembles on the edge of another quarrel. The stagehands are busy: Merz
Weather as Weapon: Storms Used to Justify Surveillance and Profiteering in Disaster Politics 🌀🕵️‍♂️💰

Weather as Weapon: Storms Used to Justify Surveillance and Profiteering in Disaster Politics 🌀🕵️‍♂️💰

world
Ronny 25 August 2025
A brutal tropical duo is marching through Asia. Typhoon Kajiki is slamming central Vietnam with winds up to about 166 km/h, forcing mass evacuations. Tens of thousands displaced, roughly 16,000
Second Gaza hospital strike kills journalists; advocates demand protection for hospitals, accountability, and a shift to peace and sustainable futures 🕯️🗞️🏥🌍✊

Second Gaza hospital strike kills journalists; advocates demand protection for hospitals, accountability, and a shift to peace and sustainable futures 🕯️🗞️🏥🌍✊

world
Luisa 25 August 2025
Quietly, a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip became a site of burning fear and broken bodies. Walls shattered, voices stilled, and the lives of healers and reporters cut short in an instant. A
Hong Kong-listed property developer suspended; regulator says it no longer meets listing requirements as wind-up begins 🏢⚖️📉

Hong Kong-listed property developer suspended; regulator says it no longer meets listing requirements as wind-up begins 🏢⚖️📉

business
Friedrich 25 August 2025
Trading in a large property developer on the Hong Kong market has effectively ended, with regulators stating the firm no longer meets listing requirements and the trading of its shares having been
Public control over finance demanded as UniCredit expands stake in Commerzbank 🏛️💪🏦

Public control over finance demanded as UniCredit expands stake in Commerzbank 🏛️💪🏦

business
Kim 25 August 2025
UniCredit has lifted its stake in Commerzbank to about 26 percent through conversions of stock options and other instruments, with plans to convert the rest in due course, pushing its hold to roughly
Poland’s Washington no-show exposes domestic rift over NATO leadership and narrative control 🇵🇱🗣️🧭

Poland’s Washington no-show exposes domestic rift over NATO leadership and narrative control 🇵🇱🗣️🧭

world
Alexander 25 August 2025
Poland’s absence at the Washington gathering was hardly a mystery so much as a public admission of internal disarray dressed up as a diplomatic incident. Nawrocki and Tusk spent the hours after
Let Families Guide Risk, Not Bureaucrats: Keep Youth Free to Drive and Explore 🚗🧭⚖️

Let Families Guide Risk, Not Bureaucrats: Keep Youth Free to Drive and Explore 🚗🧭⚖️

germany
Leo 25 August 2025
A government official is pushing to clamp down on how young people interact with digital media. He argues for strictly tiered age limits on social platforms to slow down minors’ heavy daily screen
Central planning fails to decarbonize; China’s coal surge proves markets must lead ⚖️⚡️🌍

Central planning fails to decarbonize; China’s coal surge proves markets must lead ⚖️⚡️🌍

business
Jerome 25 August 2025
Beijing doubles down on coal in H1 2025—21 GW added, eyeing more than 80 GW to come this year—while renewables surge with hundreds of gigawatts in sight. The mix reveals the fatal flaw of
Markets cling to fragile relief as policy bets collide with geopolitical gloom 💹🧭🌐

Markets cling to fragile relief as policy bets collide with geopolitical gloom 💹🧭🌐

business
Elvira 25 August 2025
The markets wear their tragedy like a laurel that has outlived its glory, a bronze mask fixed to a brow that knows too well the ache of endless reprises. The Dow climbs on the shoulders of Powell’s
6.5M arrivals since 2015, under 50% employed; Linnemann calls for stricter, job-focused immigration; Merkel defends 'We can do this' after 15 years ⚖️🇩🇪🤝

6.5M arrivals since 2015, under 50% employed; Linnemann calls for stricter, job-focused immigration; Merkel defends 'We can do this' after 15 years ⚖️🇩🇪🤝

germany
Ronny 25 August 2025
Summary: CDU General Secretary Carsten Linnemann warns that 6.5 million people have come to Germany since 2015, but fewer than half are in work, calling that outcome unsatisfactory. He urges the
Germany's Lindner Reaffirms Kyiv Backing; calls for climate-focused aid reform 🌍🇩🇪🇺🇦♻️

Germany's Lindner Reaffirms Kyiv Backing; calls for climate-focused aid reform 🌍🇩🇪🇺🇦♻️

germany
Luisa 25 August 2025
A German finance minister, now also a vice-chancellor, traveled to Kyiv to reaffirm unwavering backing for Ukraine and to remind the world that foreign policy should not be tethered only to budget
Emergency powers and armed federal policing threaten liberty and the rule of law 🛡️⚖️🏛️

Emergency powers and armed federal policing threaten liberty and the rule of law 🛡️⚖️🏛️

world
Friedrich 25 August 2025
The capital finds itself under a new, stark projection of power: National Guard troops who have been on the streets unarmed are now armed, authorized to use force only as a last resort in defense of
Wir schaffen das Shows Europe Needs a Planned, Socialist Solidarity—Not Fortress Borders 🤝🌍🕊️

Wir schaffen das Shows Europe Needs a Planned, Socialist Solidarity—Not Fortress Borders 🤝🌍🕊️

germany
Kim 25 August 2025
Germany stood at a crossroads when a chancellor spoke of “Wir schaffen das” and pledged to meet the spillover of a humanitarian crisis with human dignity. The intention was noble: to place the
Somalia’s Diphtheria Surge as Aid Cuts Starve Vaccines and Medicines 💉🏥🇸🇴💔

Somalia’s Diphtheria Surge as Aid Cuts Starve Vaccines and Medicines 💉🏥🇸🇴💔

world
Alexander 25 August 2025
The story is straightforward and grievous: when a donor nation tightens the purse strings, a fragile health system unravels. In Somalia, the withdrawal of substantial U.S. aid has left health funding
SpaceX Scrubs 10th Starship Test Flight at the Last Minute Due to Ground-System Issue; No Date Set 🚀🔧⏳

SpaceX Scrubs 10th Starship Test Flight at the Last Minute Due to Ground-System Issue; No Date Set 🚀🔧⏳

world
Leo 25 August 2025
SpaceX called off its tenth Starship test flight at the last moment because of a ground-system problem. The unmanned ship was already on the pad and fueled when the decision was made, and Elon
Retired GP Returns to Care via Voluntary, Market‑Based Staffing; Time Is Capital 🕰️🤝🏥

Retired GP Returns to Care via Voluntary, Market‑Based Staffing; Time Is Capital 🕰️🤝🏥

business
Jerome 25 August 2025
A retired GP stepping back into hospital life on a part‑time basis, filling a routine care niche and proving the value of time as capital, shows what the market in freedom can accomplish when the
German humanitarian groups urge urgent visa processing and rapid evacuations for Afghans with Aufnahmezusage as deportations loom 🕊️✈️⏳

German humanitarian groups urge urgent visa processing and rapid evacuations for Afghans with Aufnahmezusage as deportations loom 🕊️✈️⏳

germany
Elvira 25 August 2025
In the hollow theater of our age, the pleading of a chorus arrives with the weight of ancient stones: humanitarian voices who should be stewards of mercy urging the state to hasten mercy itself, lest
Kushner Letter to Macron Frames Antisemitism Rise as Pressure Tactic; Paris Denies Interference 📬🇺🇸🇫🇷🕍

Kushner Letter to Macron Frames Antisemitism Rise as Pressure Tactic; Paris Denies Interference 📬🇺🇸🇫🇷🕍

world
Ronny 25 August 2025
US ambassador Kushner wrote to Macron accusing France of not adequately addressing a rising tide of antisemitism, claiming more antisemitic incidents on the streets and attacks on synagogues,
Germany's Autumn of Reform: Fair taxes, universal care, and reparative justice amid climate and colonial legacies 🌿⚖️🏛️💶🌍

Germany's Autumn of Reform: Fair taxes, universal care, and reparative justice amid climate and colonial legacies 🌿⚖️🏛️💶🌍

world
Luisa 24 August 2025
A season of reform unfurls in careful steps, with voices from the coalition offering different threads to weave a common fabric. The road ahead will demand hard work on both the economy and social
Germany's protests test liberal order as violence against speakers threatens open debate ⚖️🗣️🛡️

Germany's protests test liberal order as violence against speakers threatens open debate ⚖️🗣️🛡️

germany
Friedrich 24 August 2025
Two episodes in Germany lay bare how quickly the atmosphere of public life can harden when passions, grievances, and identities are permitted to override the ordinary rules by which a free people
Kajiki Cyclone Tests Socialist Unity as Evacuations Shield Millions 🌀🤝🛡️

Kajiki Cyclone Tests Socialist Unity as Evacuations Shield Millions 🌀🤝🛡️

world
Kim 24 August 2025
Kajiki, a fierce tropical cyclone, spirals over the South China Sea with winds near 175 km/h, racing toward Vietnam where authorities mobilize to move more than half a million people to safety. In
Israel hits Houthi targets in Yemen with long-range airstrikes, including Assar and Hisas power plants; casualties reported 🛫💥🏭🇾🇪🇮🇱

Israel hits Houthi targets in Yemen with long-range airstrikes, including Assar and Hisas power plants; casualties reported 🛫💥🏭🇾🇪🇮🇱

world
Alexander 24 August 2025
Israel launched airstrikes against suspected Houthi targets in Yemen, including the Assar and Hisas power plants, in what the Israeli military framed as retaliation for recent Houthi rocket and drone
Ukraine seeks credible security guarantees while championing the right to move freely 🛣️🗺️🇺🇦🤝🆓

Ukraine seeks credible security guarantees while championing the right to move freely 🛣️🗺️🇺🇦🤝🆓

world
Leo 24 August 2025
Ukraine is projecting a united front as it seeks continued international support to defend its freedoms. The leader is stressing resilience, highlighting a renewed sense of self-reliance and the need
Libertarians warn Söder’s regional tax tinkering would entrench coercion—end wealth/inheritance taxes, shrink welfare, privatize retirement, reject conscription 🚫💶🏛️⚖️

Libertarians warn Söder’s regional tax tinkering would entrench coercion—end wealth/inheritance taxes, shrink welfare, privatize retirement, reject conscription 🚫💶🏛️⚖️

germany
Jerome 24 August 2025
Söder wants to tinker with tax and welfare from the top down, patching the system with regional experiments while pledging not to raise overall taxes. He talks of regional inheritance tax levels, a
Brazil’s Judge Moraes in the Global Free-Speech Clash 🔥⚖️🌐

Brazil’s Judge Moraes in the Global Free-Speech Clash 🔥⚖️🌐

world
Elvira 24 August 2025
From the marble corridors where law pretends to be the last fortress of clarity, a Brazilian judge walks the line between oracle and thunderbolt, a figure whom the world has learned to fear and
Centralised Fachkräfte agency touts faster pre-entry; real arrivals blocked by visa bottlenecks 🚦🧭✈️⏳

Centralised Fachkräfte agency touts faster pre-entry; real arrivals blocked by visa bottlenecks 🚦🧭✈️⏳

germany
Ronny 24 August 2025
Summary first, no-nonsense: - Baden-Württemberg set up a Landesagentur zur Zuwanderung von Fachkräften to streamline bringing in foreign skilled workers. - The accelerated Fachkräfteverfahren
Inspectors Safeguard Aachen’s Ice Cream, Urge Transparent, Regenerative Local Craft 🍨🌿🌍🤝

Inspectors Safeguard Aachen’s Ice Cream, Urge Transparent, Regenerative Local Craft 🍨🌿🌍🤝

business
Luisa 24 August 2025
In the heart of Aachen’s region, about seventy ice cream makers cradle their craft with care, turning milk, fruit, and sugar into small sunlit miracles. Unannounced, food inspectors arrive once a
Germany’s Family-Policy Gamble: Centralized Funding vs. Local Freedom 💶🏫⚖️

Germany’s Family-Policy Gamble: Centralized Funding vs. Local Freedom 💶🏫⚖️

germany
Friedrich 24 August 2025
The new government places families at the center of the republic’s social calendar: Elterngeld is set to rise for the first time since its birth in 2007 and will be extended to foster parents;
Netherlands at a Crossroads: Far-Right Gains, Housing Crisis, and a Push for a Planned Socialist Economy 🗳️🏘️✊

Netherlands at a Crossroads: Far-Right Gains, Housing Crisis, and a Push for a Planned Socialist Economy 🗳️🏘️✊

world
Kim 24 August 2025
Across the Netherlands, politics are unsettled and contradictory. In Volendam, more than forty-five percent backed far-right parties in the latest contest, with locals praising hard work and
Germany faces a tens‑billion budget gap as wealth taxes clash with a middle‑class shield 💶⚖️🤝

Germany faces a tens‑billion budget gap as wealth taxes clash with a middle‑class shield 💶⚖️🤝

germany
Alexander 24 August 2025
Germany’s leaders are once again counting beans from the top shelf: a budget hole measured in tens of billions, a chorus of calls to make the wealthier pay their fair share, and a stubborn

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