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Exhausted of mockery, Austrian village tweaks its name to Fugging
As of January 1 the village will be called Fugging, the official statement said, adding that the initiative had been brought by the residents of the village. Over the years locals have been exasperated by the constant stealing of street signs with the village's name. For years, it has been the subject of countless jokes, as well as the constant victim of light-fingered tourists, but the Austrian... [Full Article...]
Lawmakers throw pig guts, punches on Taiwan parliament floor
Premier Su Tseng-chang was due to give a regularly scheduled policy report on Friday morning about the pork policy when politicians from the opposing Kuomintang party (KMT) blocked his attempt to speak by dumping bags of pig organs. Su soon withdrew, but later got back up to try and take questions, his words drowned out by KMT lawmakers. It said the ruling Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP ... [Full Article...]
Hungary, Poland in united front
Under the rule-of-law mechanism, a qualified majority of European Union members can approve sanctions, based on the recommendation of the EU's executive commission, to protect the bloc's financial interests. Despite member states being desperate to access crisis-relief cash, there's no indication they'll agree to demands from the eastern European countries to drop the conditionality for now, allow... [Full Article...]
French ski lift ban baffles, angers mayors and winter resort owners
Ski resorts were one of the major sources of contagion in the deadly spring surge of Covid-19. "We can't have Christmas holidays in the mountains in the same way as previous years". Bavaria's state premier Markus Soeder said current infection rates meant "we just can't have the classic ski holidays". Telegraph Travel's ski expert, Lucy Aspden, says a blanket closure of the EU's ski resorts wo... [Full Article...]
Central Intelligence Agency officer killed in combat in Somalia
Reports indicate that the officer succumbed to wounds he sustained in the attack. Washington has some 700 troops deployed in Somalia carrying out training of Somali forces and conducting counter-terrorism raids against the Al-Shabaab militant group, which Washington designated a terrorist movement in 2008. [Full Article...]
UK's Arcadia says working on 'contingency options' to secure future
Arcadia will also follow a number of other major high street brands to collapse in 2020, with department store chain Debenhams calling in administrators in April while the owner of The Edinburgh Woollen Mill, Jaegar and Peacocks has also disintegrated. [Full Article...]
Cher visits Pakistan to save the 'world's loneliest elephant'
During the hearing, animal expert Egyptian veterinarian Dr Amir Khalil and German expert Frank Gortz, who came in Pakistan to transfer Kaavan, appeared before the court. The zoo has already held a leaving party for Kavaan, who keepers say loves music. Animal rights group Four Paws has worked tirelessly behind the scenes to rescue Kavaan from a life of neglect and solitude. [Full Article...]
U.S. mayor ignores his own advice and travels for Thanksgiving
What I did not share, but should have, is that my wife and my daughter have been in MS, where my daughter recently took a job. On Wednesday evening, Hancock released a public apology admitting that he went against his own public guidance. [Full Article...]