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covering breaking news in Berlin for Reuters // talk to me about birds
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🔴 #RSFIndex2025 | In 2025, a red line has been crossed. For the first time in the history of the RSF World Press Freedom Index, the conditions for practising journalism are bad in half of the world’s countries.
#WPFD2025 #WorldPressFreedomDay
#WPFD2025 #WorldPressFreedomDay
RSF World Press Freedom Index 2025: economic fragility a leading threat to press freedom
Although physical attacks against journalists are the most visible violations of press freedom, economic pressure is also a major, more insidious problem. The economic indicator on the RSF World Press...
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May 2, 2025 at 4:05 AM
🔴 #RSFIndex2025 | In 2025, a red line has been crossed. For the first time in the history of the RSF World Press Freedom Index, the conditions for practising journalism are bad in half of the world’s countries.
#WPFD2025 #WorldPressFreedomDay
#WPFD2025 #WorldPressFreedomDay
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Apple loses German antitrust appeal, opening door for greater controls
Apple lost an appeal on Tuesday against a regulatory assessment that opens the iPhone maker up to stricter controls in Germany, the Federal Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday, following years of debate over the company's market position.
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March 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Anyone on here put off by Trump and postponing travel plans to the United States as a result? My DMs are open!
March 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Anyone on here put off by Trump and postponing travel plans to the United States as a result? My DMs are open!
Talking ageing fleets and delivery problems with Emirates' Tim Clark this morning: www.reuters.com/business/aer...
Emirates airline to spend $5 billion on refitting aircraft, president says
Dubai-based carrier Emirates will spend around 5 billion dollars on refitting 220 of its aircraft in order to sustain its network, President Tim Clark said on Wednesday, as the industry struggles with delivery delays for newer jets.
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March 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Talking ageing fleets and delivery problems with Emirates' Tim Clark this morning: www.reuters.com/business/aer...
Nice change of scenery this morning 💅
March 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Nice change of scenery this morning 💅
All eyes on Die Linke for debt brake reform 👀
The far-right Alternative for Germany and Germany's Left party jointly secured one third of seats in the new parliament that is required to block changes to the constitution, including a loosening of the country's debt brake reut.rs/4hWqz4X
February 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
All eyes on Die Linke for debt brake reform 👀
Super proud to have worked with such a talented group of people on this election coverage <3
German Election results live: Conservative victor Merz faces battle to form coalition as far-right AfD waits in wings reut.rs/4bdIiCh
German Election results: Conservative victor Merz faces battle to form coalition as far-right AfD waits in wings
The far-right AfD and the Left jointly secured the one third of seats needed to block constitutional changes. Both oppose military aid to Ukraine.
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February 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Super proud to have worked with such a talented group of people on this election coverage <3
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German business morale unexpectedly stagnated in February, a survey showed, dealing a difficult hand to a future government following a national election in which parties promised to lift Europe's top economy from perpetual downturn reut.rs/3Defe0T
German business morale stagnates in February ahead of election
Business morale in Germany unexpectedly stagnated in February, a survey showed on Monday, dealing a tough hand to a future government after Sunday's election in which parties promised to lift Europe's top economy out of a perpetual downturn.
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February 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
German business morale unexpectedly stagnated in February, a survey showed, dealing a difficult hand to a future government following a national election in which parties promised to lift Europe's top economy from perpetual downturn reut.rs/3Defe0T
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German conservatives under Friedrich Merz vowed to quickly form a government after winning a national election but face tricky coalition talks and the prospect of an obstructive parliament after far-right and far-left parties surged reut.rs/4ka7Rs6
Merz faces hard road to government after German election win
German conservatives under Friedrich Merz vowed to quickly form a government after winning a national election but face tricky coalition talks and the prospect of an obstructive parliament after far-right and far-left parties surged.
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February 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
German conservatives under Friedrich Merz vowed to quickly form a government after winning a national election but face tricky coalition talks and the prospect of an obstructive parliament after far-right and far-left parties surged reut.rs/4ka7Rs6
Came here looking for exactly this clip
February 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Came here looking for exactly this clip
Week of big decisions for Germany
Birkenstock sandals, which have evolved from a symbol of counterculture to a trendy fashion item, do not qualify as art and are therefore not protected by copyright, Germany's highest civil court ruled reut.rs/416Njbd
Birkenstock sandals are pieces of design, not art, court finds
Birkenstock sandals, which have evolved from a symbol of counterculture to a trendy fashion item, do not qualify as art and are therefore not protected by copyright, Germany's highest civil court ruled on Thursday.
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February 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Week of big decisions for Germany
Can’t stop thinking about the teens of Berlin and Brandenburg - a few Sbahn stops away but worlds apart
Bei der U18-Wahl zeigen sich in #Berlin und #Brandenburg große Unterschiede. Während in Berlin die Linke bei Jugendlichen die meisten Stimmen bekommen würde, wäre es in Brandenburg die AfD. Wichtig: diese Abstimmung ist nicht repräsentativ. Mehr zu den Ergebnissen gibt es hier: rbburl.de/u18wahl2025
February 18, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Can’t stop thinking about the teens of Berlin and Brandenburg - a few Sbahn stops away but worlds apart
Start of a big week. Stay cool, everyone!
February 17, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Start of a big week. Stay cool, everyone!
Haven’t seen a diplomatic retort this spicy since Prime Minister Hugh Grant told President Billy Bob Thornton to do one in Love Actually
Boris Pistorius reagiert spontan auf die Rede von Vance: "Das ist nicht akzeptabel." Lange Applaus.
February 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Haven’t seen a diplomatic retort this spicy since Prime Minister Hugh Grant told President Billy Bob Thornton to do one in Love Actually
Would love to be the barn owl but guess I’m the blue tit
February 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Would love to be the barn owl but guess I’m the blue tit
Sharing this in anticipation of another meltdown over „Ausländerkriminalität“
February 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Sharing this in anticipation of another meltdown over „Ausländerkriminalität“
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The German army's battle-readiness is less than when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, military officials, lawmakers and defence experts told Reuters.
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"50% battle-ready": Germany misses military targets despite Scholz's overhaul
The German army's battle-readiness is less than when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, military officials, lawmakers and defence experts told Reuters.
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February 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The German army's battle-readiness is less than when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, military officials, lawmakers and defence experts told Reuters.
Story by @sasilink.bsky.social:
Story by @sasilink.bsky.social:
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German regulator charges Apple with abuse of power over app tracking tool
The German antitrust authority has charged Apple with abusing its market power through its app tracking tool and giving itself preferential treatment in a move that could result in daily fines for the iPhone maker if it fails to change its business practices.
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February 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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A record number of journalists was killed around the world last year, and Israel was responsible for nearly 70% of the deaths, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. The Israeli military said it takes all operationally feasible measures to mitigate harm to reporters and civilians reut.rs/3X0CeHE
February 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A record number of journalists was killed around the world last year, and Israel was responsible for nearly 70% of the deaths, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. The Israeli military said it takes all operationally feasible measures to mitigate harm to reporters and civilians reut.rs/3X0CeHE
Picked quite a day to escape the office!
February 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Picked quite a day to escape the office!
Today‘s Tiergarten bird haul: great and middle spotted woodpeckers, chaffinches, woodpigeons, great and blue tits, blackbirds, jays, grey heron, moorhens, sparrowhawk, goshawk, buzzard, mandarin ducks, mallards, robins
January 31, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Today‘s Tiergarten bird haul: great and middle spotted woodpeckers, chaffinches, woodpigeons, great and blue tits, blackbirds, jays, grey heron, moorhens, sparrowhawk, goshawk, buzzard, mandarin ducks, mallards, robins
Spoke on the phone today to 99-year-old Albrecht Weinberg, who‘s returning his German order of merit over the far-right‘s breakthrough in parliament yesterday.
January 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Spoke on the phone today to 99-year-old Albrecht Weinberg, who‘s returning his German order of merit over the far-right‘s breakthrough in parliament yesterday.
Holocaust survivor, 99, to return German award over far-right role in parliamentary vote - www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Holocaust survivor, 99, to return German award over far-right role in parliamentary vote
A 99-year-old Holocaust survivor said on Thursday he would return his federal order of merit award to the German state in protest over a parliamentary vote in which support from the far-right was used for the first time to secure a majority.
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January 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Holocaust survivor, 99, to return German award over far-right role in parliamentary vote - www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Can’t believe what I just saw in the Bundestag: far-right celebrating, everyone else silent - including Merz
January 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Can’t believe what I just saw in the Bundestag: far-right celebrating, everyone else silent - including Merz