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A Polish soldier who was stabbed on the country's border with Belarus in May has died from his injuries, Poland's military announced on Thursday....

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16239452...

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), more money is being invested in solar power than in all other sources of electricity combined....

At least four people were killed when a passenger train collided head on with a freight train in the Czech city of Pardubice, according to rescue services....

China's growing influence appears to have some drawbacks in Latin America. Beijing has targeted countries such as Guatemala and outraged retailers in Brazil....

China's growing influence appears to have some drawbacks in Latin America. Beijing has targeted countries such as Guatemala and outraged retailers in Brazil....

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16189840...

One assailant has been hospitalized after being shot and wounded by the Lebanese army. The embassy said no staff were harmed in the incident....

The world has never had so many rich people, according to the World Wealth Report. And they are richer than ever, thanks to their investments in the stock market boom....

A group of eight Holocaust survivors drew parallels between the current political climate and that of Germany in the 1930s. Some of them condemned the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD)....

Politicians and figures linked to the far-right Alternative for Germany party use TikTok as a "parallel universe" to spread extremism, a study says. Meanwhile, other parties show "weak performance" on the platform....

Prime Minister Luis Montenegro has vowed to put an end to the "wide-open doors" policy with new limitations on one of Europe's most open immigration regimes....

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16155245...

Germany wants to be climate neutral by 2045. But a panel of government climate advisers says it's already in danger of missing a key target to cut planet-heating emissions by the end of the decade....

The number of people traveling by plane is set to hit a new high this year, as the airline industry bounces back from the COVID-19 pandemic with record revenues for airlines, an industry group has said....

Germany is feeling one of the first consequences of climate change - regular catastrophic floodings. One of the last floodings was the one in Ahrtal - here's a report about that one: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/13/floods-then-and-now-photographs-germany-ahr-valley-flooding-disaster-july-2021...

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/16572873...

- At least 853 people were executed in Iran last year. Human rights activists suspect the number was actually much higher. According to Amnesty International, Iran is among the countries with the highest number of executions, second only to China--...

Inflation in the 20-nation eurozone has risen faster than expected in May. But the European Central Bank is still expected to cut interest rates at a June 6 meeting....

At Asia's largest defense summit, the president of the Philippines discussed maritime tensions with Beijing over the South China Sea. Meanwhile, top US and Chinese defense officials held a rare meeting on the sidelines....

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced a new arms package for Ukraine focusing on air defense and including 1 million rounds of small arms ammunition....

Migration policy is at the center of election campaigning in the European Union. Migration researchers warn of an erosion of international asylum standards and say refugee children are particularly at risk....

Videos published by local media show a person approaching Alfredo Cabrera before shooting him several times. Two other candidates were shot the day before the latest attack....