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Rumours about the health of Ramzan Kadyrov, the ruler of the Chechen Republic, have flared up again in Russia following a media report that he is suffering from an incurable pancreatic disease. The exiled newspaper Novaya Gazeta Europe reported on Monday about the health of Kadyrov, who is loyal to the Kremlin and known for his brutal treatment of dissidents. Kadyrov's power apparatus, which denied similar rumours a few months ago, initially made no official comment on the latest media report. But the usually well-informed newspaper wrote that "the state of health of 47-year-old Ramzan Kadyrov...
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The widow of late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny has warned of the unpredictability of Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying the possibility that he might use nuclear weapons at some point cannot be ruled out. "We don't know what to expect from him," Yulia Navalnaya told dpa. "He probably would do it." She compared the question to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, saying she had not expected Putin to attack back then, given the strong ties between the two countries. "But he decided to do it. He frightens people, keeps them in fear. Nobody knows what Putin is going to do next." Putin launched ...
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The widow of late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny has warned of the unpredictability of Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying the possibility that he might use nuclear weapons at some point cannot be ruled out. "We don't know what to expect from him," Yulia Navalnaya told dpa. "He probably would do it." She compared the question to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, saying she had not expected Putin to attack back then, given the strong ties between the two countries. "But he decided to do it. He frightens people, keeps them in fear. Nobody knows what Putin is going to do next." Putin launched ...
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Oscar-nominated German actress Sandra Hüller, who shot to stardom with recent films "Anatomy of a Fall" and "Zone of Interest," will celebrate her directorial debut at the Neues Theater in the eastern German city of Halle next year. Together with Tom Schneider, Hüller will stage "Penthesile:a:s," a work by the contemporary playwright Marie Dilasser based on Romantic writer Heinrich von Kleist's dramatic epic "Penthesilea." The production was announced by the theatre organization Bühnen Halle on Friday. The production will be the German-language premiere of the play. The play is set to open on ...
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Kristalina Georgieva will lead the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for another five years, the fund's headquarters in Washington announced on Saturday. Georgieva, 70, who has been at the organization's helm since 2019, said in a statement that she was "honoured to continue to lead the IMF as managing director." Her current term of office ends in the autumn. Georgieva, who hails from Bulgaria, was the only candidate in the selection process. Traditionally, Europeans occupy the top post at the IMF, while the United States appoints the leadership of the World Bank. Both organizations were set u...
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Pope Francis plans to travel to South-East Asia in late summer, the Holy See's spokesman said on Friday. The head of the Catholic Church is to visit Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore from September 2-13, it said. During the planned trip, 87-year-old Francis is to visit the capital cities of Jakarta, Port Moresby, Dili and Singapore. In Papua New Guinea, a stopover in the small town of Vanimo is also planned in addition to the visit to Port Moresby. The Holy See intends to announce the exact itinerary at a later date. Francis has mentioned a visit to the East Asia-Pacific re...
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Kiev's Mayor Vitali Klitschko has urgently requested further arms supplies from Ukraine's allies to stave off intensified Russian attacks on the country. "This is a war of resources, and that's why we need support from our partners," said Klitschko on Thursday evening on a programme by German public broadcaster ZDF. Ukraine urgently needs more air defence systems, he said. "We don't have enough," Klitschko said. There are attacks every day and the Russians are ruining the infrastructure. "This is not war, this is terrorism." Russian President Vladimir Putin has started to burn the country so t...
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The late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny and his wife Yulia will receive the "Freedom Prize of the Media" from a leading German forum this year, with Julia Navalnaya set to accept the award in person. The prize is presented each year at the Ludwig Erhard Summit, named after the conservative former chancellor who came to power in the 1960s. It is awarded to public figures who have made a special commitment to freedom of expression, dialogue and democracy. Russian politician and former chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov received the award in 2023, with other past recipients including Ukrainian pr...
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Legally Blonde will return to screens as a spin-off TV series “inspired by the film”, it has been announced. Reese Witherspoon, who starred as pink-obsessed sorority girl Elle Woods in the original 2001 film, is revisiting the story as her production company Hello Sunshine confirmed it was behind the TV remake. While the plot remains under wraps, it is being written by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, who created TV series Gossip Girl starring Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley and Ed Westwick. The duo also created teen drama The OC, starring Mischa Barton, Adam Brody and Olivia W...
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Pope Francis has accused the German prelate Georg Gänswein, the long-time confidant of the late pope Benedict XVI, of a "lack of humanity" and having "used" the former pontiff. Pope Francis, 87, has levelled the accusations in a new book of interviews which will be published in Spanish on Wednesday. In the interviews, Pope Francis takes issue with Gänswein's decision to publish a book immediately after Benedict's death on New Year's Eve 2022. In the interview book "El Sucesor" ("The Successor") by Spanish Vatican correspondent Javier Martínez-Brocal, the pope also accused Gänswein of spreading...
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