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German cities hold rallies in solidarity with Iran protesters
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German cities hold rallies in solidarity with Iran protesters

Protesters hold flags and placards during a demonstration to protest the Iranian authorities violent crackdown on nationwide protests and to express solidarity with demonstrators in Iran.Credit: Siavosh Hosseini/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa The mass anti-government protests in Iran drew demonstrators onto the streets of Berlin and Frankfurt on Saturday. The mass anti-government protests in Iran drew demonstrators onto the streets of Berlin and Frankfurt on Saturday. In Berlin, police said around 1,400 people joined a solidarity march through the city centre, while a further 300 gathered at a nearby square. In Frankfurt, around 1,800 people took to the streets. The rallies reflected the growing international support for the protesters in Iran, where surging inflation and ...
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Germany’s DAX index posts best year since 2019
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Germany’s DAX index posts best year since 2019

Germany's stock market ended the last trading day of the year on a strong note, with its leading index the DAX rising at one point above 24,500 points and closing at 24,490.41 points. This brought the Frankfurt-based index close to its all-time high of 24,771 points set in October. This month, the DAX gained 2.7%, helping it record its best year since 2019 with an overall increase of 23%, performing better than the Eurozone's leading index, the Euro Stoxx, and the Dow Jones Industrial in the US. In shortened trading on Tuesday, its books for this year were already closed at 2 pm (1300 GMT). Many investors stayed away from the stock market between Christmas and New Year, which led to low trading volumes and resultant stronger price fluctuations for some individual stoc...
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German, French foreign ministers meet with Syria’s HTS
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German, French foreign ministers meet with Syria’s HTS

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (l) meets with the new Syrian ruler Ahmed al-Sharaa (M), on the right her French counterpart Jean-Noël Barrot.Credit: Jörg Blank/dpa Syria's new de facto ruler and leader of the Islamist militant group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) received an EU delegation led by German Foreign Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Friday. Ahmed al-Sharaa hosted the ministers in the former palace of toppled long-time Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad in the capital Damascus. Al-Sharaa's HTS led a coalition of armed groups who drove al-Assad from power around four weeks ago. Al-Sharaa received Baerbock and Barrot at the entrance to the palace. The hard-line Islamist did not greet Baerbock with a handshake, a ge...
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German partner to UNHCR puts global refugees at 122 million
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German partner to UNHCR puts global refugees at 122 million

Refugee women sit in front of a UNHCR tent in the Gorom refugee settlement in South Sudan.Credit: Michael Kappeler/dpa The German partner of the UN's refugee body, the UNHCR, on Sunday put the number of refugees worldwide in 2024 at more than 122 million, up from 117.4 million last year. Bonn-based UNO-Flüchtlingshilfe described the figures as "shocking" and noted that the numbers referred to people hoping for protection, security and a future. "It is our joint task to offer these people protection and a future," the organization's head, Peter Ruhenstroth-Bauer, said in a statement. Ruhenstroth-Bauer noted that Sudan was a major cause, with refugees fleeing the civil war that broke out in April 2023, displacing more than 11.8 million people. The situation in the Democratic R...
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