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The German parliament has passed a new law to ease immigration rules for foreign skilled workers. Presenting the bill on Friday, Nancy Faeser, interior minister, said the draft law will secure prosperity in Germany. “It’s unacceptable that you have to fill in 17 different applications to bring a new care...

“Titanic” director and renowned deep-sea explorer James Cameron said many warnings were ignored about the safety of the tourist submersible that imploded near the famous shipwreck, killing five people. Cameron said the sub had been the source of widespread concern in the close-knit ocean exploration community, and drew parallels to...

At least 31 people were killed when a gas explosion ripped through a barbecue restaurant in the northwestern Chinese city of Yinchuan, state media said Thursday. The Wednesday night blast occurred on the eve of the three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday, when many in China go out and socialise with...

Two of the most well-known technology billionaires and social media titans, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, have agreed to face each other in a cage fight. Musk, who took control of Twitter in October, had on Wednesday tweeted, “I’m up for a cage match if he is. lol” Zuckerberg, who...

A woman, Sarah de Lagarde, from Camden, North London, has become the world’s first person to use an Artificial Intelligence bionic arm that can read her mind. In September 2022, Lagarde was returning home from work when she lost her footing and fell down the gap between the train and...

A German citizen has been arrested at the entrance to the United States Embassy in Paraguay’s capital, Asunción, the Police said. According to the police, the man drove up to the embassy in an SUV on Tuesday afternoon, wearing a bullet proof vest. Several firearms and drugs including marijuana were...

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has promised to pledge further help to modernise Ukraine’s military at the defence alliance’s July summit in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius. Stoltenberg on Wednesday said that the allies will adopt a multi-year aid package at the summit that will bring Ukraine up to NATO standards....

Customs officers found no fewer than 90 reptiles in the luggage of a passenger at Vienna Airport, Austria. The 85 geckos, two snakes, and two scorpions had a total retail value of 47,000 euros (51,400 US dollars), the Ministry of Finance reported on Tuesday. The 50-year-old had flown from the...

Hunter Biden, US President Joe Biden’s son, is expected to plead guilty to two tax crimes according to a court filing on Tuesday. Hunter is also reportedly striking a deal with federal prosecutors regarding a separate felony gun charge while he was a drug user. The 53-year-old has previously worked...

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry met Pope Francis on Monday, says the pontiff “in great spirits and in great form”. Kerry is the first official to have a private audience with the pontiff since his discharge from hospital. Francis, 86, left Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Friday, nine days after surgery...