There are high expectations for Labour leader Keir Starmer as the British Prime Minister. As a lawyer, he previously advocated for human rights. Whether he can maintain a strong stance on Hong Kong and Xinjiang while in office remains to be seen.
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As Germany's highest-ranking military representative to NATO and the EU in Brussels, Lieutenant General Wolfgang Wien is jointly responsible for the preparations for the NATO summit in Washington. He is hoping for an image of Western strength and unity.
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Hassan Sunny is the goalkeeper of the Singapore national soccer team. Chinese fans don't care about that. After all, he kept China's World Cup dream alive. In return, Chinese fans are now showering him with millions of US dollars.
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Fang Di is an artist – and also works for the Belt and Road Initiative. His day job is also his best cover. Wearing a suit and tie, he discovers controversial topics for his films.
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Renata Alt grew up behind the Iron Curtain in the former Czechoslovakia and experienced the consequences of authoritarian rule as a child. Today, the FDP politician advocates for civil and human rights in the German Bundestag. This is sometimes a balancing act.
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Cornelia Ernst worked for the Left Party in the European Parliament for 15 years – including as head of the delegation. In future, she wants to devote more time to her party work, which currently needs her support the most, she says.
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A one-off in the European Parliament: Green politician Romeo Franz was the first and only German Sinto in the European Parliament. Now he is leaving. He looks back critically on the past five years in European politics.
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Long before the hype for artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning began, Cordelia Schmid was working on image processing. Now she can hope to win the European Inventor Award.
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Inspired by his favorite club, Fortuna Duesseldorf, Robert Gonnella founded the football team Fortuna 94 Beijing in 1994 – and later the largest amateur league in China, which still honors "Raging Rob" to this day with the "Gonnella Cup."
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Klaus-Heiner Lehne became politically active at the age of 17. Today, he works for the European Court of Auditors, checking whether the recipients of EU funding are using it as intended.
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