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US Fed and UK BoE expected to hike interest rates this week, but how far? Tuesday, September 20th 2022 - 10:18 UTCFull article0 comments Fed's chief Powell and the rest of the rate setting committee, are expected to lift borrowing costs 75 basis points for the third time in a row on Wednesday. Fed's chief Powell and the rest of...

Russia summons 300,000 reserve troops for “partial” mobilization Wednesday, September 21st 2022 - 18:43 UTCFull article0 comments The price of tickets to leave the country has skyrocketed The price of tickets to leave the country has skyrocketed Despite Türkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announcing that Russian leader Vladimir Putin was ”ready to end the war in Ukraine,” Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced...

Falklands and change of monarch: banknotes and coins, and stamps remain legal tender Wednesday, September 21st 2022 - 09:43 UTCFull article0 comments Queen Elizabeth II was the first monarch to have her portrait attached to the new decimalized currency. Queen Elizabeth II was the first monarch to have her portrait attached to the new decimalized currency. Following the death of Her Majesty...

EUROPE Opinion: Putin has to escalate the situation in order to survive Russia's partial mobilization and the hastily ordered "referendums" in eastern Ukraine are signs of weakness. Putin has miscalculated, and thousands of Russians are paying the price with their lives, says Miodrag Soric. A Russian soldier salutes Putin has announced the mobilization of 300,000 reservists There's no going back...

SCIENCE Does smoking weed affect driving? It’s complicated How quickly does THC get into your bloodstream after smoking a joint ― and for how long is evidence of weed consumption detectable in your body? These are crucial factors to consider before getting behind the wheel. Woman smoking a joint on World Cannabis Day in Bangkok in April 2022 As...

SCIENCE Here's why we age Against all evolutionary odds, humans are getting older and older. But why? Photo taken on Aug. 29, 2015 shows the presentation of the evolution stages of human beings in Vietnam National Musuem of Nature in Hanoi, Vietnam. Evolution is not a step-by-step process, but rather a constantly branching tree with many species going extinct...

ASIA How Myanmar's junta is using Chinese facial recognition technology Rights groups warn high-tech surveillance systems will be used to track down and eliminate the junta's opponents. A CCTV camera Myanmar's military is expanding surveillance under the guise of public security Myanmar's junta is expanding its public surveillance capabilities by using facial recognition technology, raising fresh concerns about the safety...

NEWS Facebook parent Meta posts first revenue drop in history Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, among others, is facing several economic constraints. Mark Zuckerberg said he will "get more done with fewer resources." Facebook logo on a broken screen of a mobile phone Facebook is the world's largest social networking platform The parent company of Facebook, Meta Platforms,...

GERMANY What will the internet of the future look like? Companies worldwide are working on the next generation of the internet. The "metaverse" or "web3" could overhaul the web as we know it. But how do you avoid repeating the mistakes of today's internet? A DW illustration shows how the future of the internet, dubbed metaverse or web3,...

BUSINESS Stuck in a neocolonialist past: Is the migration brain drain an outdated concept? The movement of highly skilled labor from developing countries to richer ones is largely seen as a negative trend. But voluntary migration is nuanced and complex. Passengers line up for check-in at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi Specialists leaving their home countries leave a...

NEWS Germany to nationalize gas giant Uniper amid spiraling energy costs The German government is to become the majority shareholder in Uniper. As Germany's largest gas importer, the company has burned through cash reserves after Russia cut off supplies. The Uniper headquarters in Düsseldorf Russian cuts to Germany's gas supply drove up Uniper's import costs The German government will acquire...

NEWS Ukraine: Azovstal commanders among 215 soldiers released in prisoner exchange with Russia Russia and Ukraine exchanged hundreds of prisoners of war after a prisoner exchange was brokered by Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Among them were fighters from the Azovstal plant. Prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine: Ukrainians commanders being released Among those freed were several commanders of...

NEWS Russia: Rush for flights out after Vladimir Putin's military call-up One-way tickets out of Russia were quickly selling out after President Vladimir Putin announced "partial mobilization" for Moscow's war on Ukraine. A flight information display at the Vnukovo International Airport pictured in June 2019 Many Russians have fled since Putin ordered his troops to invade Ukraine in February Flights...

RULE OF LAW Poland's border wall hasn't stopped the flow of migrants from Belarus The world was moved by Poland's solidarity with refugees from Ukraine. Refugees from elsewhere entering from Belarus, however, get a very different reception. Activists and volunteers help where they can. Migrants in a tent camp on the Belarusian-Polish border in November 2021 Human rights activists...