2023-09-04 14:36:50 25 percent “tip”? In the USA this is now a completely normal requirement. Customers are being pressured into paying more. The “Tipflation” angers many consumers – but is it even okay to give less? The Fresh Baguette saleswoman in Washington suddenly turns the touch screen to face the customer to confirm the amount. … Read more
2023-09-01 15:49:37 Paris (AP) – In France, President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reform came into force after months of protests, some of which were violent. There were no major rallies at the start of the reform, which would gradually raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. At a meeting a few days ago, the … Read more
2023-08-31 05:50:23 © dpa Florida faces storm damage from Idalia Directly from the dpa video channel The fear of “Idalia” was great: the storm hit the coast of the US state of Florida as a severe hurricane, but weakened quickly and, according to initial estimates, left less destruction in its wake than feared. However, the … Read more
2023-08-28 00:12:28 Shortly before their cabinet meeting at Meseberg Castle, the traffic light government agreed on the controversial issue of basic child security. After hours of negotiations, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), Family Minister Lisa Paus (Greens) and Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) agreed on Sunday evening the key points for the new family benefit. This … Read more
2023-08-26 08:36:00 It was a long night, Gordon Herbert said on Saturday afternoon in Japan, and seemed visibly more relaxed than the night before. The national basketball coach was supposed to answer questions about Franz Wagner’s condition and didn’t really know how. The 21-year-old NBA professional twisted his ankle in the last quarter of the … Read more
2023-08-25 14:29:29 In the meantime it was alarmingly quiet in the arena in Okinawa, although Dennis Schröder had warned the evening before “the 18,000 spectators” in the chic hall, the captain of the German national basketball team had expected a “dogfight”, a tough fight against the co-host Japan. Not that many people fit into the … Read more
2023-08-15 00:02:23 A group of young plaintiffs has achieved historic success in Montana: the US state violated the plaintiffs’ constitutional right to a “clean and healthy environment,” Judge Kathy Seeley ruled. She declared a state law unconstitutional, according to which authorities do not have to consider the effects of greenhouse gases when examining permit applications … Read more
2023-08-03 13:27:21 Music style currently played at the Wacken Festival, but not beneficial for everyone, with legendary beginnings. Legendary genre: Even where the name comes from is not definitively secured. In the 1960s, the term “heavy metal” appeared in novels by William S. Burroughs as a metaphor for drugs. In the 1968 song “Born to … Read more