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19th Mar 2024

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Germany records €18.5bn surplus

German public finances recorded a budgetary surplus of €18.5 billion in the first semester, according to figures published on Wednesday by the statistical office. "The budgets of central government, state government, local government and social security funds continued to benefit from both a positive development of employment and economy and moderate spending policies," the Statistisches Bundesamt said. General revenues reached €692.9 billion, a 4.2-percent increase year on year.

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Borrell: 'Israel provoking famine', urges more aid access

70 percent of northern Gaza is facing famine, new data shows. There is one shower per 5,500 people, and 888 people per toilet. 'How can you live in these conditions?" asked Natalie Boucly of UNRWA at the European Humanitarian Forum.

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Potential legal avenues to prosecute Navalny's killers

The UN could launch an independent international investigation into Navalny's killing, akin to investigation I conducted on Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, or on Navalny's Novichok poisoning, in my role as special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, writes the secretary-general of Amnesty International.

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