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Two communications cables in the Baltic Sea have been cut in quick succession. Investigators suspect sabotage. It wouldn’t be the first time the region was targeted. How dangerous are attacks on critical infrastructure? Deutsche Welle

In September, Olaf Scholz brushed aside a journalist’s question about his legacy. “I think you should be wary of politicians who think about that before their term in office has ended,” he told Berlin’s Tagesspiegel newspaper in response to the question of what he hoped would one day be written in the history books about his time in office. Two months later, following the collapse of his center-left three-way coalition, he may be beginning to ponder that question. So far, the leadership of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) is publicly demonstrating support for Scholz as their top candidate for the upcoming election on February 23, 2025. But with Scholz’s low popularity ratings and the election campaign already heating up, calls in the party came up to replace Scholz with 64-year-old Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, who has been Germany’s most popular politician in polls for months. If, as predicted, the center-right bloc of the Christian Democratic Union...

Billionaire businessman Gautam Adani, chairman of Indian conglomerate Adani Group, was indicted in the US on Thursday, charged with paying over $250 million (€237.5 million) in bribes to secure contracts in India’s energy sector. The bribes were allegedly offered to Indian government officials to secure “lucrative solar energy supply contracts” with state-owned electricity distribution companies. Adani, a powerful force in India’s economy “As alleged, the defendants orchestrated an elaborate scheme to bribe Indian government officials to secure contracts worth billions of dollars,” Breon Peace, US attorney for the New York district, said in a statement. The indictment has rekindled scrutiny of the Adani Group, already under pressure from earlier allegations of stock manipulation by the short-selling firm Hindenburg Research in January 2023. At the time, Hindenburg Research released a scathing report outlining allegations of accounting fraud and market manipulation at Adani Group, which contributed to a dramatic loss of over...

DIRECTOR and Associate Producer Armando A. Reyes said that Efren Reyes Jr. knows what he is doing as a director, and that is very vital in order to have a successful film. Efren Reyes Jr. is the director-writer of “Idol: The April Boy Regino Story,” based on the life story of singer-songwriter April Bariso Regino (not Dennis Magloyuan Regino as what is mistakenly posted in Wikipedia) who passed away on November 29, 2020, and known for his songs “Di Ko Kayang Tanggapin,” “Umiiyak ang Puso,” and “Sana’y Laging Magkapiling.” Left photo shows (from left) John Arcenas, Armando Reyes, Marynette Gamboa and Efren Reyes Jr.; Right photo shows (seated, from left) Madelyn Regino, April Boy Regino, Marynette Gamboa, Efren Reyes Jr. and (standing, from left) Obette Serrano and Lyn Madrigal. The father of Efren Jr. was Efren Ongpin Reyes Sr., the original Pedro Penduko in the film with the same title. The grandfather of Efren...

Euforie stuwt bitcoin richting $100.000: zit er nog meer in het vat voor de cryptobelegger? De Telegraaf

Le Conseil d’Etat a jugé « irrecevable » le recours de la chaîne C8 contre la perte prochaine de sa fréquence télé, car il a été déposé avant la finalisation de la procédure par l’Arcom, le régulateur de l’audiovisuel, a-t-il annoncé, vendredi 22 novembre. Ce raisonnement s’applique également aux chaînes NRJ12 et Le Média, qui contestent elles aussi la présélection établie par l’Arcom pour l’attribution des fréquences. Toutes trois pourront déposer un nouveau recours quand le régulateur aura annoncé sa liste définitive en décembre. Le Conseil d’Etat juge les demandes de C8, NRJ12 et Le Média « irrecevables car prématurées », a-t-il précisé dans un communiqué. Pour la réattribution de 15 fréquences de télévision en 2025, l’Arcom avait dévoilé une présélection fin juillet. L’autorité indépendante de régulation avait écarté le renouvellement des fréquences de NRJ12 et de C8, dont le bail arrive à échéance fin février, et n’avait pas retenu la webtélé de gauche radicale Le Média. Lire...

Enquanto no Parlamento arrancava a discussão sobre o Orçamento do Estado na especialidade, o Governo ia deixando avisos à navegação. No final do Conselho de Ministros desta sexta-feira, coube ao ministro da Presidência, António Leitão Amaro, comentar as propostas de alteração que a oposição apresentou, para lembrar que o excedente é “limitado” e registar a “cumplicidade” entre PS e Chega. Para já, o Governo é um “espectador” e está a “observar”, começou por sentenciar, antes de entrar nos alertas dirigidos à oposição. “Os portugueses não querem ver o país regressar a défices de má memória do final dos anos 2000”, frisou, pedindo que o excedente seja “preservado”. Depois, passou a atacar PS e Chega pela promessa de aprovação do aumento das pensões contra a vontade do Governo: “Registamos mais uma cumplicidade e aliança de voto entre o segundo e terceiro maiores partidos. Os seus eleitores dirão se votaram para essa...

O Ministério da Cultura e Turismo deMoçambiquequeixou-se que, por causa dos protestos pós-eleitorais no país, mais de 8.100 reservas turísticas foram canceladas em duas províncias moçambicanas –Inhambane e Maputo. Os prejuízos seriam na ordem dos 2,9 milhões de meticais (mais de 43 mil euros). Contactados pela DW, os empresários em Maputo dizem que sim, sentiram o impacto da onda de manifestações. Já em Inhambane não terá sido bem assim. Como foi em Maputo? Os protestos violentos pós-eleitorais têm sido maus para oturismo em Moçambique, constaram o Ministério da Cultura e Turismoe também a Confederação das Associações Económicas (CTA) em Maputo. Na sequência das manifestações convocadas pelo candidato presidencial Venâncio Mondlane em repúdio aos resultados divulgados pela Comissão Nacional de Eleições (CNE), que atribuem à FRELIMO a vitória naseleiçõesgerais de outubro, tem também havido pilhagens, vandalização de lojas e bens públicos. E isso afasta os turistas, afirma Mahommad Abdullah, presidente do pelouro...