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Mon, 10/05/2020 - 12:16
According to his doctors, Donald Trump's health has improved since the US president was hospitalized on Friday, shortly after announcing that he and his wife had tested positive. Trump's campaign rallies have been canceled until further notice, leading to speculation about the impact on the election outcome.
Mon, 10/05/2020 - 12:16
Saturday's celebrations marking the 30th anniversary of German reunification were on a far smaller scale than originally planned due to the coronavirus pandemic. "Today we live in the best Germany that has ever existed," President Steinmeier declared in Potsdam. "Our country has become more modern and more open because that was what we wanted." Commentators do not share his euphoria.
Mon, 10/05/2020 - 12:16
Sanctions will be imposed on Belarus but not on Turkey. This is the result of last week's EU special summit. The heads of state and government will simply continue to threaten the country with punitive measures and try to use the prospect of eased trade to coax Ankara into stopping its exploratory gas drilling in the Mediterranean. Disappointment and indignation prevail in the commentary columns.
Mon, 10/05/2020 - 12:16
Irina Slavina, editor-in-chief of the independent Russian news website Koza.Press, has died after setting herself on fire outside the police headquarters in the city of Nizhny Novgorod. The day before all the editorial equipment of the news outlet, which had already been sanctioned several times, had been confiscated. Slavina left a message saying that the Russian Federation was responsible for her death. Commentators say there is certainly some truth to this.
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