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(Adnkronos) – Angela Merkel’s book “Freedom: Memories 1954-2021” – 736 pages in which the former chancellor retraces her political career – has sold over 200,000 copies in just one week, climbing to the top of the year’s best-selling books chart, according to

(Adnkronos) – “The humanitarian catastrophe in Haiti continues to worsen. Every day, Haitians suffer some of the worst abuses and threats to their lives recorded worldwide. Armed groups regularly commit serious violations of children’s rights, including killing and maiming. So far this

(Adnkronos) – US President-elect Donald Trump has announced the appointment of Fiserv CEO Frank Bisignano as head of the Social Security Administration. The tycoon has also appointed University of Maryland finance professor Michael Faulkender as US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and

(Adnkronos) – An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 on the Richter scale struck western Iran this morning. The US Geological Survey located the epicenter about 36 kilometers southwest of Masjed Soleyman, in Khuzestan province, at a depth of 10 kilometers. There are currently

(Adnkronos) – French Prime Minister Michel Barnier is expected to resign today, after his government was brought down by a no-confidence vote just three months after taking office. The prime minister will submit his government’s resignation to President Emmanuel Macron and the

(Adnkronos) – The vote to decide whether to impeach President Yoon will take place on Saturday at 7 pm local time, according to South Korean media reports, citing opposition lawmakers.  Although the opposition has a majority of 192 seats in parliament, for

(Adnkronos) – Georgian opposition leader Nika Gvaramia was beaten and arrested by police in Tbilisi after officers raided the headquarters of his Droa party. The beating and arrest were broadcast by independent television channel Pirveli.  Without a warrant, police searched the offices

(Adnkronos) – Han Dong Hoon, conservative leader of the People Power Party to which President Yoon Suk Yeol belongs, has asked the president to leave the party following the controversy sparked by the passage of the martial law, later revoked by parliament. 

(Adnkronos) – ‘Killer’ liquor has caused a massacre in Istanbul. Authorities have announced that at least 17 people have died after drinking adulterated alcohol in the city on the Bosporus and have confirmed ten arrests in connection with the case.  According to

(Adnkronos) – Florida Sheriff Chad Chronister, who Donald Trump had appointed to the Drug Enforcement Administration, the anti-drug agency, has resigned from his appointment. Chronister himself announced it with a post on X in which, after reflecting “on the relevance of this