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We look at how some concerning economic indicators as well as the ongoing war in Iran might affect the midterm elections. Transcript SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The midterm elections are a month away. Voters have a lot to consider between economic news, ongoing trade wars and over seven months of an actual war with Iran. NPR’s … Read more
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Whether it’s just over the border in Denmark or the other side of the world in your home country, for non-Germans getting married is often easier literally anywhere but Germany, writes The Local editor Paul Krantz. This week I’m freshly back at my desk after a couple weeks off during which I flew around 8,500 … Read more
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has warned that Germany’s democracy is once again being challenged. The 70-year-old used his final German Unity Day speech as president to reflect on more than three decades of political change. “I thought everyone had learned the lesson from history, and now I see supporters of right-wing extremism seeking to erase … Read more
National’s Mt Roskill MP says his election signage has been deliberately set on fire, after already being vandalised. “This is not harmless behaviour. It is dangerous, reckless and completely unacceptable,” Cheung wrote on social media, sharing a picture of the signage on fire. “Deliberately setting fire to signage can put people, property and the wider … Read more
Donald Trump on Saturday put pressure on the US senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas to support a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, urging Americans to call what appeared to be the personal cellphone number of his fellow Republican and the chair of the Senate intelligence committee. The Sunshine Protection Act passed the House … Read more
The Emmy Award-winning “CBS News Sunday Morning” is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. “Sunday Morning” also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it here.) Hosted by Jane Pauley COVER STORY: Letting go: Why holding onto grudges can be damagingStudies have shown that people who hold … Read more
US authorities are searching for six people after a medical plane bound for Boston, Massachusetts, went missing early Saturday morning. The Federal Aviation Administration told the BBC that it lost contact with the Gulfstream G-100 plane and put out a search-and-rescue notice just after 1:00 local time (6:00 GMT). An air and water search is … Read more
A murder investigation has been launched after a 40-year-old man was shot dead in a “senseless act of violence” as up to 50 people – including children – gathered for a memorial service in west London. The Met Police said it was called to the scene at 19:47 GMT on Friday after multiple shots had … Read more
When the Reserve Bank of Australia lifted its cash rate on Tuesday, with more rate rises in the pipeline, it did so ostensibly to combat an inflation rate swollen by petrol prices and gas bills, not by avaricious wage claims. Apart from a few beneficiaries, among them Pauline Hanson, the RBA’s move amounts to an … Read more