MOSCOW (CONVERSEER) – Burkina Faso’s President, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, is forging stronger diplomatic and parliamentary ties with Russia, signaling a deepening partnership between the two nations. The Burkinabe Head of State, during a high-stakes visit to Moscow, met with members of the State Duma, Russia’s national parliament, as part of a series of engagements to…
Katherina Reiche on Friday called for the rapid construction of new gas-fired power plants in the country to support the country’s energy supply when renewable sources are unavailable. By Marco Hadem, dpa “We need flexible gas-fired power plants that can supply electricity when the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining. And we need…
Lviv – German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Friday that Germany would provide Ukraine with an additional €40 million ($45 million) in humanitarian aid as he met with EU foreign ministers in Lviv. “We are showing here that Europe stands with Ukraine and are reminding people that the Nazi regime was also significantly defeated by…
FRANKFURT – German police on Friday said they had shut down a major online platform for cryptocurrency exchanges, seizing €34 million ($38 million) in assets. The eXch platform was taken down in late April, according to a statement from the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and the Frankfurt prosecutor’s office. Authorities confiscated €34 million in cryptocurrencies…
Bayer 04 Leverkusen and head coach Xabi Alonso will part company after more than two and a half years together.
Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann will name his squad for the Nations League Final Four on May 22, five days after the final Bundesliga matchday, the country’s football federation announced on Wednesday.
The day after his dramatic election in parliament as German chancellor, Friedrich Merz set off on the first trip abroad of his administration on Wednesday, heading first for France and then Poland.
VATICAN CITY – All 133 cardinal electors have now arrived in Rome ahead of the papal conclave set to begin on May 7, 2025, the Vatican has confirmed, marking the final phase in preparations to elect the next pope. Speaking to journalists in Rome on Monday, Matteo Bruni, Director of the Holy See Press Office,…
VOLKS WAGEN ARENA – Wolfsburg coach Ralph Hasenhüttl reportedly faces an immediate exit in the wake of a run of eight Bundesliga games without victory. Multiple reports including from Kicker sports magazine said that Hasenhüttl’s days appears to be over and that under-19 team coach Daniel Bauer could take charge for the final two games…
LEIPZIG – Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane will face no sanctions for coming pitch-side shortly before the end of Bayern Munich’s Bundesliga match at RB Leipzig although he was serving a suspension.
