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Federal Office for Civil Protection recommends stocks for 10 days

Everyone should have this at home: Drinking water, non-perishable food and a crank radio. Only one in three Germans is prepared for a supply failure.

By Nana Brink

Lithuania: Government crisis in Vilnius intensifies

Lithuania’s President Gitas Nausėda has criticized the coalition with the right-wing populist party Nemunas Dawn from the outset. Now the government of Social Democratic Prime Minister Inga Ruginienė could collapse in the dispute over the right-wing populists.

By Aleksandra Fedorska and Gabriela Masztafiak

France: New government in place

By Redaktion Table

Arms deliveries: Die Linke demands adherence to restrictions against Israel

Easing export restrictions on arms deliveries to Israel would be “a fatal signal,” says Lea Reisner from Die Linke (the Left Party).

By Gabriel Bub

Study: How European decision-makers should deal with Trump’s narcissism

Approaches from psychology should provide European decision-makers with guidance on how to deal with the unpredictable nature of US foreign policy.

By Gabriel Bub

North Korea: Xi Jinping wants to strengthen relations

China is willing to expand its relations with North Korea in order to strengthen strategic cooperation in international and regional affairs. China’s head of state and party leader Xi Jinping wrote this in a letter to Kim Jong Un.

By Ning Wang

Ship collision: Increased tensions between China and the Philippines

A Philippine ship has been rammed by a Chinese ship in the Spratly Islands. Both sides blame each other.

By Ning Wang

Wahaha inheritance dispute: Heiress Zong Fuli resigns

After a bitter inheritance dispute over the legacy of one of the richest Chinese, Zong Fuli, the daughter who was long considered the sole heir, has unexpectedly resigned. The case casts a gloomy picture of China’s business elite and shows what lies behind the image of patriotic entrepreneurs.

By Ning Wang

NRW: Schulministerin widerspricht Sparvorwürfen

In nordrhein-westfälischen Landtag wurde am Donnerstag über die Höhe der Bildungsausgaben debattiert. Der Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund DGB bemängelt in einer Studie, das Land investiere zu wenig. Die Bildungsministerin widersprach.

By Kirstin von Elm

Votes of no confidence: Right and left clearly fail

Three votes of no confidence in Ursula von der Leyen within three months. Influential parliamentarians want to raise the hurdles for requesting the vote.

By Markus Grabitz