Author: Deutsche Presse-Agentur - Dpa
Jannik Sinner sealed a stellar season by leading Italy to a second consecutive Davis Cup title on Sunday. The world No. 1 clinched the decisive win in Malaga, beating Tallon Griekspoor 7-6 (7-2), 6-2, securing a 2-0 victory for the defending champions over the Netherlands. Earlier, Matteo Berrettini played his part with a commanding 6-4, 6-2 win over Botic van de Zandschulp, following his dramatic victory over Thanasi Kokkinakis in Italy’s semifinal triumph over Australia. With the Davis Cup added to his 2024 trophy haul, Sinner now boasts the Australian Open, US Open, ATP Finals and three Masters 1000 titles.…
Jannik Sinner sealed a stellar season by leading Italy to a second consecutive Davis Cup title on Sunday. The world No. 1 clinched the decisive win in Malaga, beating Tallon Griekspoor 7-6 (7-2), 6-2, securing a 2-0 victory for the defending champions over the Netherlands. Earlier, Matteo Berrettini played his part with a commanding 6-4, 6-2 win over Botic van de Zandschulp, following his dramatic victory over Thanasi Kokkinakis in Italy’s semifinal triumph over Australia. With the Davis Cup added to his 2024 trophy haul, Sinner now boasts the Australian Open, US Open, ATP Finals and three Masters 1000 titles.…
Germany has made mistakes in its effort to support Ukraine, including sending badly needed weapons “too late” to the country after Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Sunday. Germany has “always been too late” with its weapons deliveries, Habeck told the German public broadcaster ARD’s talk show “Miosga.” He lamented the delayed shipments of Leopard tanks and said this strategy is now repeating itself over the delivery of the Taurus cruise missiles, which Chancellor Olaf Scholz staunchly opposes. Habeck supports sending Kiev the Taurus systems but noted that caution and a cool head are…
Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) are meeting in Italy on Monday. The two-day conference will take place in the small town of Fiuggi, about 80 kilometres outside of Rome, and is the last scheduled meeting of the G7 foreign ministers this year. The wars in the Middle East and Ukraine are likely to be among the main topics, along with the implications of Donald Trump’s re-election as US president for the international order. A recent arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged war crimes in the Gaza war…
Around 51,100 girls and women were killed by relatives or intimate partners worldwide last year, according to a United Nations study released on Monday. However, the overall extent of the crime is even greater, the report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the organization UN Women stressed. This is because there is insufficient data available on homicides outside the private sphere. The study focussed on femicides, or the deliberate killing in which the female gender of the victim is a motive. In 2023, Africa had the highest rate of femicides in which the victim and perpetrator…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could face arrest if he travels to Germany, according to the country’s top diplomat. “The German government abides by the law, because nobody is above the law,” Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Monday on the sidelines of a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Fiuggi, Italy. On Thursday, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and the recently dismissed Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. State parties to the ICC, which includes Germany, are obliged to execute arrest warrants issued by the…
Sirens sounded across Israel and multiple people were injured on Sunday in rocket strikes from Lebanon, the Israeli military said, as the Lebanese Army recorded another fatality from an Israeli attack. It said roughly 165 rockets were fired by the Iran-aligned Hezbollah movement, forcing civilians to shelter across central and northern Israel, including in Tel Aviv. According to the military, around 30 missiles were fired at the coastal city of Haifa and the western Galilee region within minutes, some of which were intercepted. Several people were reportedly injured in the attacks. The attacks came one day after an Israeli airstrike…
Thousands of people have taken part in nationwide protests in France demanding better protection of women amid a high-profile rape case currently awaiting a verdict in court. The CGT trade union spoke of 100,000 participants at the rallies on Saturday, including 80,000 in Paris. Police estimated the number of demonstrators nationwide at 20,000, the broadcaster France Info reported, with more rallies planned for Monday. The protests are linked to a prominent trial in the south of France, which is due to end in the next few days. The main defendant is Dominique Pelicot, who, according to the indictment, drugged and…
UK Labour Secretary Liz Kendall on Sunday said NATO countries are involved in a “hidden cyber war” with Russia. Her colleague Pat McFadden will warn in a major speech next week that Russia is prepared to launch a series of cyberattacks on Britain and other NATO members as it seeks to weaken support for Ukraine. Speaking to broadcaster Sky News, Kendall said McFadden was right to say “there is not only the open military war with Russia as the aggressor, but there is also a hidden cyber war and that Russia will do everything in its power to destabilize not…
The humanitarian crisis in Sudan is worse than Ukraine, Gaza and Somalia – combined, the head of the Norwegian Refugee Council charged. “There are 24 million lives at stake here in Sudan,” noted Jan Egeland, NRC’s secretary general, in an interview with dpa following a trip he made to western Dafur and other areas. “We’re looking at a relentless countdown to famine and despair and collapse for an entire civilization.” Conflicts such as those in Ukraine and the Middle East, he asserted, should not distract from the suffering of the people in Sudan. “If we all agree that human life…