Japan on Tuesday approved a major overhaul of defense export rules, ending long-standing restrictions on lethal weapons sales overseas and paving the way for exports of fighter jets, missiles and warships.
Skip next section Archbishop of Munich authorizes blessing of same-sex couples April 21, 2026 Archbishop of Munich authorizes blessing of same-sex couples Cardinal Reinhard Marx, archbishop of Munich and Freising, has said that priests may bless homosexual couples in the diocese.
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South Korean police said on Tuesday they have sought an arrest warrant for Bang Si-hyuk, chairman of the agency behind K-pop sensation BTS, over an investor fraud scheme. Bang is suspected of violating capital market laws by misleading early investors of the HYBE agency in 2019, police said.
"HiPP is the victim of blackmail" — this is what the press release from the major German baby food manufacturer says. Over the weekend, jars of baby food contaminated with rat poison were found in Austria and two neighboring countries.
Skip next section EU looks at buying more aviation fuel from US as shortages loom April 21, 2026 EU looks at buying more aviation fuel from US as shortages loom Germany's Lufthansa Cityline is already keeping some planes on the group amid rising fuel pricesImage: Ardan Fuessmann/IMAGO European Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas said on Tuesday that
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday ordered Blue Origin, the space technology company, to investigate the failure of the second stage of its massive New Glenn rocket. Although the rocket launched successfully from Florida on Sunday, it failed to deploy the AST SpaceMobile communications satellite into the correct orbit.
The conclusion drawn by the human rights organization Amnesty International in its report on last year is bleak: human rights violations are on the rise worldwide, at the hands of both states and non-state actors. And in the majority of cases, those responsible go unpunished.