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Commission approves €3 billion Austrian state aid scheme to support companies facing increased energy costs in the context of Russia's war against Ukraine

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:11 GMT

The European Commission has approved an approximately €3 billion Austrian scheme to support companies facing increased energy costs in the context of Russia's war against Ukraine. The scheme was approved under the State Aid Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework. The scheme consists of two measures: (i) limited amounts of aid to compensate companies for the cost increase of various energy sources; and (ii) aid for additional costs due to exceptional natural gas and electricity price increases. Under both measures, the aid will take the form of direct grants. The measure will be open to companies of all sizes and sectors, with the exception of credit and financial institutions among other sectors.   The Commission concluded that the Austrian scheme is necessary, appropriate and proportionate to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of a member state, in line with Article 107(3)(b) TFEU and the conditions set out in the Temporary Crisis and Transition Fram...

How Iran is establishing a global terrorist network against Israel

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:11 GMT

The Jewish state is not only under attack from its neighbours but also from many countries - writes Christine Kensche in De WELT.WELT has received information from the secret services which proves that there is a trail up to the Sahara. A militia is being trained there against Israel - and its leaders are discussing dreadful plans over the phone.Since the start of the Gaza war, Israel's enemies have competed with threats and fantasies of extermination - and some are actively involved in supporting Hamas. The Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah fires rockets toward and into Israel almost daily, and terrorists have attempted to infiltrate the country through the northern border. Israeli communities near the border with Lebanon had to be evacuated.Syrian activists have reportedly come forward to support the fight against Israel. The Huthi in Yemen officially declared war on Israel and targeted southern Israel with long-range missiles and drones, which were, however, shot down by ...

Mbappé has reached 300 career goals faster than Messi or Ronaldo. Thierry Henry is impressed.

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:11 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Kylian Mbappé has scored 300 career goals faster than Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Former France great Thierry Henry has nothing but admiration.Mbappé achieved the feat over the weekend in a 14-0 rout of Gibraltar at the age of 24 years and 333 days. Both Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the game’s two biggest stars in the 21st century, were older when they reached the milestone. “What this kid is doing is really out of this world,” said Henry, who is now in charge of leading the new generation of France’s players as coach of the Under-21 team. “It’s just unbelievable.”Mbappé was often compared to Henry earlier in his career. Both attended France’s Clairefontaine academy before playing as left wingers at Monaco, where each won the French league titles as a teenager. Mbappé then replicated another of Henry’s accomplishments when he won the 2018 World Cup in his first major tournament with France. Henry won the 1998 tournament.Mbappé has also been com...

Dozens gather for 1-year remembrance of the Club Q shooting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:11 GMT

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KDVR) — Outside the main doors of Club Q, a former LGBTQ+ club in Colorado Springs, many gathered Sunday to honor those killed in a mass shooting one year ago Sunday. "Nov. 19, 2022, was no different than any other of the 1,042 Saturday nights Club Q was open," said Matthew Haynes, the owner of Club Q, on Sunday. Colorado public figures, organizations remember Club Q victims The club is remembered as a safe space for people in the LGBTQ+ community. But on Nov. 19, 2022, the safe space was attacked when a gunman came in shooting, killing five people and injuring several others. "We need to remember these names: Daniel Aston, Derrick Rump, Ashley Paugh, Kelly Loving and Raymond Green Vance," Michael Anderson, a survivor of the shooting, said. At the remembrance, several state leaders spoke including Sen. John Hickenlooper, Governor Jared Polis, former Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers and current Mayor Yemi Mobolade."It is the week of Thanksgiving; i...

Denver weather: Early shower, flurry before breezy afternoon

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:11 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Cloudy skies will linger all day Monday with a few spotty showers and flurries falling in the morning. Winds will be breezy by the afternoon with below-average highs in the Denver weather forecast.Weather today: Cloudy and breezy afternoonDenver will see mainly cloudy skies most of Monday with below-average highs in the middle 40s. Littleton mother prepares to honor her son with 22,000-foot climb There is a chance for the Front Range and the high country to see some morning showers and light snow. Winds pick up through the afternoon out of the north at 15-25+ mph.Pinpoint Weather: Daily forecast on Nov. 20 Weather tonight: Slow clearingEarly clouds will gradually clear Monday night as lows dip to seasonal temperatures in the upper 20s. The brisk wind from the day will decrease overnight, becoming light out of the southwest.Pinpoint Weather: Overnight forecast on Nov. 20 Looking ahead: Mild midweek, Friday snowTuesday brings back mainly sunny skies to the forecast w...

Families speak out 1 year after Club Q shooting

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:11 GMT

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KDVR) — Sunday marked the first anniversary of the Club Q shooting that killed five people and injured 19 others in Colorado Springs. The shooting occurred on Transgender Day of Remembrance.Kelly Loving, Derrick Rump, Ashley Paugh, Raymond Green Vance and Daniel Aston were honored in Colorado Springs on Sunday with several memorials. Dozens gather for 1-year remembrance of the Club Q shooting The five grieving families were surrounded by love and support at an event at the Industry Video Bar, which drew celebrities, local officials and community groups. “For me, it's just part of my healing journey, just to be with other people that we can relate to what's going on and just to go to help get us through what we're going through’ said Adriana Vance, who lost her son Raymond.Family members told FOX31 the past year has been difficult, especially during the holiday season.“It's been very hard, we take it one day at a time,” said Stephanie Clark, who lost her si...

Deadly crash closes I-70 Sunday morning near Aurora

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:11 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — A deadly crash closed a portion of Interstate 70 between Havana Street and I-225 Sunday morning.According to the Denver Police Department, the crash took place near I-225 on I-70 and involved multiple motorists. Multiple suspects at large in deadly Northglenn shooting One person was pronounced dead at the scene and three more were transported to the hospital.As of 7 a.m., the roadway had partially reopened and the department reported the roadway fully reopened as of 8:15 a.m.

Suki Waterhouse reveals she’s pregnant

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:11 GMT

Actor and singer Suki Waterhouse revealed that she is expecting her first child on Sunday during her performance at the Corona Capital music festival in Mexico City.“I decided to wear something sparkly today because I thought it might distract you from something else going on,” the “Daisy Jones & the Six” star said, going on to show off her belly while on stage, as seen in a video posted to social media from the concert.As the audience cheered her on, she said with a laugh, “I’m not sure if it’s working.”Waterhouse, 31, has been dating “Batman” and “Twilight” star Robert Pattinson, 37, for over five years, but the singer did not mention Pattinson while on stage on Sunday.CNN has reached out to representatives for Waterhouse and Pattinson for comment.The pair have been romantically linked since they were first spotted together in 2018 in London, and have since kept their relationship mostly private.They made their red carpet debut as a couple just last year at the Dior fashion sh...

Rupert Murdoch’s eldest son visits Kyiv, meets Zelenskyy

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:11 GMT

KYIV — Lachlan Murdoch, eldest son of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and current CEO of Fox News Corporation, visited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Monday, Ukraine’s presidential office said in a statement.Murdoch was accompanied by journalists from Fox News (Ben Hall) and The Sun (Jerome Starkey). Before — and occasionally after — the start of the full-scale invasion Fox News coverage of Ukraine was controversial, with former star host Tucker Carlson openly spreading pro-Russian propaganda on his show until he was fired in April 2023.However, Zelenskyy in Kyiv thanked Fox News for its fair news coverage of Russian atrocities in Ukraine despite the security risks and even awarded Hall the Order of Merit for his contribution to supporting Ukraine’s independence and territorial integrity, the president’s office said.  In the spring of 2022, a group of Fox News journalists came under Russian fire in the Kyiv region. Cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and Ukrain...

Women make up more than half of 22 ministers in new Cabinet of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:08:11 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Women will hold 12 of the 22 posts in the new government named Monday by Spain’s recently reelected Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.“The new government is going to have a marked feminist accent with four women deputy prime ministers and more female ministers than male ministers,” Sánchez said. The Cabinet will include nine new ministers while key posts remain unchanged. Nadia Calviño keeps the economy portfolio, José Manuel Albares remains in charge of foreign affairs and Margarita Robles stays at defense. Sánchez’s Socialist party will hold 17 ministries and its leftist Sumar (Joining Forces) coalition partner will have five portfolios. The outgoing government’s former far-left coalition partner, Unidas Podemos (Unite We Can) will have no ministries and the party’s former star Equality Minister Irene Montero will be replaced by Ana Redondo of the Socialist party.Sánchez was reelected prime minister on Thursday with the support of 179 lawmakers in th...