The number of known cases of sexual abuse of children and adolescents increased in Germany last year, according to a police report published on Monday. However, as the police assume that there is a large number of unreported cases of this type of offence, this alone is not an alarming finding, the report states. In 2023, the police were notified of 16,375 cases of children being sexually abused - an increase of 5.5% compared to the previous year. In the same period, 1,200 offences were also recorded in which young people were sexually abused. The number of cases involving depictions of the sex...
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The surprising outcome in the second round of the French parliamentary elections on Sunday came as a relief for the national team players ahead of the Euro 2024 semi-final against Spain. The left-wing New Popular Front (NFP) pulled off a surprise and came out on top, with the far-right National Rally party, which was leading after the first round, falling to third place. "Long live diversity, long live the Republic, long live France," forward Marcus Thuram wrote on Instagram. He congratulated everyone who "responded to the threat that had loomed over our beautiful country" and ended his messag...
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Marston's, a British pub and hotel operator, announced Monday a binding agreement to sell the whole of its 40% interest in brewing joint venture, Carlsberg Marston's Limited or CMBC, to a subsidiary of Carlsberg for £206 million ($263 million) in cash. With the sale of its remaining non-core brewing assets, the company now will be a pure play hospitality business entirely focused on pubs. The Board of Marston's has unanimously approved the deal, which is expected to be completed before the end of September 2024. Marston's plans to use the net proceeds to de-leverage, including paying down the ...
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Danish brewery group Carlsberg and Britvic, a British producer of soft drinks, on Monday said they have agreed on the terms whereby Carlsberg's unit Carlsberg UK Holdings Limited will acquire Britvic for an enterprise value of about £4.1 billion ($5.2 billion) to be paid in cash. The acquisition values at nearly £3.3 billion on a fully diluted basis. Carlsberg plans to create a single beverage company in the UK, to be named Carlsberg Britvic. The company intends to take advantage of the highly synergistic relationship between beer and soft drinks, including within the areas of procurement, pro...
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Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius arrived in Alaska on Sunday ahead of a NATO summit in Washington to learn about the progress of Arctic Defender, a German-led multinational military exercise. "We Europeans are taking responsibility within the NATO alliance for the security and defence of Europe," Pistorius said. Arctic Defender, he said, was a clear signal, in particular from Germany, intended to demonstrate awareness for the threats facing not just Europe but the Arctic as well, a region of growing geostrategic importance when it comes to dealing with Russia. Arctic Defender involve...
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A Brazilian biologist used an unusual method to study the biting behaviour of venomous snakes. João Miguel Alves-Nunes from the Butantan Research Centre in São Paulo, Brazil lightly kicked Jararaca lance snakes - a widespread and highly venomous viper species in south-eastern Brazil - over 40,000 times using a specially made protective boot. His findings, published in the journal Scientific Reports, reveal crucial insights into snake bite incidents in the region, which account for a significant portion of the 20,000 poisonings reported annually in Brazil. The snakes were not harmed during the ...
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They are the prized bounty of Haiti’s hard-fought struggle for freedom, taken in battle from European powers and then placed on top of the country’s most revered monument, Citadelle Henry, to guard against French occupation. National treasures, the 18th century cannons are priceless and come in various weights and dimensions. The largest of them, cast in iron, flank the mountaintop fortress outside of the northern city of Cap-Haïtien in the rural town of Milot. Smaller ones, cast in bronze with intricate markings hinting at their origins, have been safely tucked away behind locked doors in a m...
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Günther Krabbenhöft, a 79-year-old Berlin native, embodies the adage "age is just a number" in his viral videos as he dances to techno beats alongside much younger crowds in Berlin, sporting an elegant ensemble complete with a Panama hat and tailored waistcoat. Krabbenhöft, a grandfather to two, proudly tells dpa about his journey to amassing over 300,000 Instagram followers. His personal expression takes precedence - he dances for himself, dresses for himself, and pays little heed to trends, he says. Granfluencers: A global phenomenon The notion that social media platforms like Instagram and ...
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Since the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago, Republicans on Capitol Hill and conservative justices have regularly cited European laws barring abortion after the first trimester of pregnancy to argue for similar policy in the United States. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. both cited European abortion limits in their opinions in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case. More recently, South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, who has called for a national ban on abortion after 15 weeks of gestation, told reporters on Capitol...
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Last month was hotter than any June ever recorded, marking the 13th consecutive month in which the global average temperature reached a record value for the respective month, the EU's climate change service Copernicus said on Monday. Temperatures in June were also 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, marking the 12th consecutive month in which the 1.5-degree-Celsius mark was met or surpassed, according to the monthly report. At the 2015 climate conference in Paris, the global community set itself the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees compared to pre-industrial levels. ...
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