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The U.N. aid agency serving Palestinians in Gaza faced more funding cuts Monday amid accusations that 12 of its employees were involved in the Oct. 7 attack that sparked the Israel-Hamas war. The allegations over the weekend triggered a wave of funding cuts by major donors, including the U.S., Britain and France. UNRWA employs roughly 13,000 Palestinians in Gaza and says it will be forced to halt operations within weeks if funding isn’t restored. The Palestinian Health Ministry said the boy was killed near the Israeli settlement of Tekoa. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said that Israeli forces opened fire after clashing with Palestinians from the area.

Persons: Austria, — Biden, Jordan — Israel, Washington, Sebastian Fischer, Jordan, ” Fischer, Wafa, —, ’, Israel, “, Bassem, Awadi, Magen David Adom, ”, Austria “, Israel ” Organizations: The Associated Press, UNRWA, Ministry, US, UN, JORDAN BERLIN —, Foreign, U.S, BANK, West Bank —, West Bank, Palestinian Health Ministry, EU, BRUSSELS, The European Union, European Commission, BAGHDAD, Government, Hamas, JERUSALEM, BERLIN —, Foreign Ministry, Japanese Foreign Ministry Locations: Gaza, Israel, U.S, Britain, France, Hamas, Iran, Jordan, Qatar, Egypt, israel, GERMANY, JORDAN BERLIN — Germany, Tehran, BANK RAMALLAH, West, Tekoa, West Bank, Dura, Hebron, Silwad, Yamoun, Jenin, IRAQ, Syrian, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Haifa, Tel Aviv, AUSTRIA, BERLIN — Austria, Vienna, Austria, JAPAN, GAZA TOKYO, Japan

☆ No European country more than Germany is going further in clamping down on Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Adding to a complex picture, Germany has the largest Palestinian diaspora in Europe, estimated at 300,000. J'rg Carstensen/picture-alliance/dpa/APThere are thought to be around 450 Hamas members in Germany and, like the rest of the European Union, Germany considers Hamas a terrorist organization. There were also reports of people celebrating the Hamas attacks on the streets of Berlin. Spreading propagandaOn November 2, Germany took the step of banning Hamas and all activities linked to the group. Police stand outside a building that houses a synagogue following a pre-dawn attack on October 18 in Berlin, Germany.

Persons: Friedrich Merz, “, Molotov, Jakon Schindler, Schindler, ”, Uli Deck, Der Spiegel, Matthew Levitt, Maja Hitij, Yossi Mekelberg, ’, Germany we’re, Lamya Kaddor, Nadine Schmidt, Sophie Tanno Organizations: CNN, Nazi, Christian Democratic Union, ZDF, Palestine, European Union, Federal Office, Protection, Counter Extremism, Hamas, Police, Brandenburg’s, Act, George Washington University, Israel, Washington Institute for Near East, U.S ., EU, Atlantic Council, IDF, Israel Defensce Forces, Chatham House, West Bank, Reuters, Rights Watch Locations: Israel, Gaza, Germany, Berlin, Europe, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, German, Potsdam, Karlsruhe, Israel American, U.S, Austria, Hamas, East, Africa, Chatham, Palestine, London

☆ Lise Meitner helped discover nuclear fission but never won a Nobel Prize for her brilliance despite 49 nominations
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Adam Barnes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In 1944, Hahn won a Nobel prize for the discovery. It led to the atomic bomb , nuclear power, and a Nobel Prize in 1944 for German chemist Otto Hahn. ullstein bild Dtl./Getty ImagesMeitner was well respected by other physicists — Einstein called her "our Marie Curie" — comparing her to the trail-blazing, two-time Nobel Prize winner. Left to right: Otto Hahn, Dr. Hartmann, Lise Meitner, Werner Heisenberg, and Theodor Heuss. AdvertisementOverlooked for the Nobel PrizeHahn was awarded the 1944 Nobel Prize in chemistry for the discovery of nuclear fission.

Persons: Lise Meitner, Otto Hahn, Hahn, Meitner, —, Hahn's, Marissa Moss, Meitner's, Moss, — Einstein, Marie Curie, Nazi Germany Meitner, Hartmann, Werner Heisenberg, Theodor Heuss, Hitler, " Moss, Fritz Strassman, Amanda Macias, Strassman, wasn't, Otto Frisch, Frisch, Strassmann, Enrico Fermi Organizations: Service, Business, Kaiser Wilhelm Institute, Physics Locations: Berlin, Austria, Nazi Germany, Germany, Sweden, Ba

☆ A Gustav Klimt painting valued at up to $54 million was rediscovered after being missing for nearly a century
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Gustav Klimt's painting "Portrait of Fräulein Lieser" was rediscovered after nearly 100 years. The painting is set to be auctioned in April and is valued at up to $54 million. AdvertisementA long-lost painting by the Austrian modernist Gustav Klimt has been rediscovered after nearly a century. Related storiesAfter being exhibited globally, the portrait will be auctioned in Vienna in April, with an estimated value of up to €50 million, or around $54 million, the auction house said. According to the auction house, the painting appears to have been acquired by "a legal predecessor of the consignor in the 1960s and passed to the current owner in three inheritances."

Persons: Gustav Klimt's, —, Gustav Klimt, Klimt, It's, Adolf, Henriette Lieser, Klimt's Organizations: Service, Observer, Washington, Nazi Locations: Austrian, Vienna, Austria, Europe

☆ Klimt portrait missing for nearly a century could sell for $54 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —A portrait by Gustav Klimt that was unseen for almost a century is expected to fetch millions when it goes up for auction this spring. However, new research by the auction house suggests Justus’ wife, Lilly, hired him to paint one of their two daughters. A cape richly decorated with flowers is draped around her shoulders,” the auction house said. Its exact fate after 1925 is “unclear,” according to the auction house. The last portrait completed by Klimt became the most expensive artwork ever to sell at a European auction, when it fetched a staggering £85.3 million ($108.4 million) in London last year.

Persons: Gustav Klimt, Fräulein, ”, Roland Schlager, Klimt, Adolf, Justus Lieser, Margarethe Constance, Justus ’, Lilly, “, “ Adolf, Henriette Lieser, Claudia Mörth, Fächer ”, Paul G, Allen Organizations: CNN, Austrian, Getty, Washington, Nazi, Microsoft Locations: Vienna, Austrian, Austro, Washington, Austria, Central Europe, Switzerland, Germany, Britain, Hong Kong, London, Birch, ”

Its 18-month investigation found that Petr “Gara” Garabik had engaged in repeated sexual harassment and unwanted sexual contact with Reid. “New women on the team were warned about him,” Reid told the AP. Garabik told the AP in an email that the case against him was "complete nonsense from the start." By that I mean other team members.”Last May, six months after SafeSport concluded its investigation, U.S. Biathlon retroactively changed the criteria for being pre-qualified for the World Cup team — and Reid was bumped off. During the SafeSport investigation Reid underwent hours of questioning, a process that retraumatized her, she said.

Persons: Joanne Reid, Deedra Irwin, Reid, ” Irwin, Petr “ Gara ” Garabik, Wax, ”, Larry Nassar, Garabik “, “, Beth, Heiden, Eric Heiden, ” Reid, Garabik, SafeSport, —, Jack Gierhart, ” Gierhart, “ We’re, pats, Bernd Eisenbichler, Irwin, Lowell Bailey, Bailey, ’, Ju’Riese Colón, there's Organizations: Biathlon, Army National Guard, U.S . Center, SafeSport, The Associated Press, U.S, AP, World, U.S . Locations: Czech, U.S, Slovenia, ’ ”, Garabik, Austria

☆ World first IVF rhino pregnancy could save northern white rhinos from extinction, scientists say
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Jessie Gretener | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A world first in rhinoceros reproductive health could save northern white rhinos from extinction, scientists said Wednesday. The team at the BioRescue project successfully impregnated a southern white rhino via in vitro fertilization (IVF), according to a press release, creating a possible path for restoring the northern white rhino species. Northern white rhinos are critically endangered and the only two remaining rhinos, Najin and Fatu, are infertile females that live under constant surveillance in Kenya. However, there are living cells from 12 different northern white rhinos stored in liquid nitrogen in Italy and Germany. Female northern white rhinos Fatu, left, and Najin, right, the last two northern white rhinos on the planet, graze in their enclosure at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya on Aug. 23, 2019.

Persons: Ben Curtis, Athos, Thomas Hildebrandt, It’s, Curra, Hildebrandt, Fatu Organizations: CNN, Pejeta Conservancy, Zoo Salzburg, Conservancy Locations: Kenya, Italy, Germany, Pejeta, Austria, Elenore, Belgium, Ol

☆ Snowy Peaks, Rushing Rivers and Schnapps to Warm Your Soul
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Aishvarya Kavi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When winter arrives in western Austria and the sun disappears all too quickly behind the snow-capped Alps, you can stand in bare orchards and still taste the sun-ripened fruit that the trees once bore — just sip a glass of schnapps. For centuries, farmers in the Tyrol region have mashed, fermented and distilled apples, plums, apricots and other fruit into schnapps, a strong spirit enjoyed most commonly as a digestif. It is sometimes infused with local herbs and plants, like fruit from the Austrian stone pine. Not only does this elixir warm the soul; it also provides a strong dose of a deep local tradition. In Austria, especially in the mountains of Tyrol, “schnapps is both,” she said.

Persons: Ischgl, ”, Monika Unterholzner, “ schnapps Locations: Austria, Tyrol, schnapps, Tyrolean, “

☆ Israeli, Palestinian Ministers to Attend Meeting Where EU Will Push for Peace
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

By Andrew GrayBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Israeli and Palestinian foreign ministers are to meet their European Union counterparts on Monday as the EU considers potential steps toward a comprehensive peace between the two sides even as the war in Gaza rages on. Israel's Israel Katz and Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki will take part separately in a regular meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels largely devoted to the Middle East but also taking stock of the war in Ukraine. But both parties would be consulted at every step of the talks as delegates sought to draw up a peace plan, the document suggests. The internal document, seen by multiple news organisations including Reuters, makes clear one key goal of a peace plan should be the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, "living side by side with Israel in peace and security". EU officials acknowledge Israeli officials and diplomats currently display no interest in the so-called two-state solution but insist it is the only option for long-term peace.

Persons: Andrew Gray BRUSSELS, Israel's Israel Katz, Riyad al, Maliki, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Joe Biden, Andrew Gray, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: European Union, EU, Palestinian, League of Arab, Hamas, League of, United Nations, Reuters, U.S Locations: Gaza, Brussels, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Palestinian, EU, League of Arab, United States, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary

☆ Milan-Ljubljana train route to be revived after over 100 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Julia Buckley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Now, a new route opening up fast, direct access between two European countries will spin passengers back more than a century to the times of the Habsburg empire. It is thought that this is the first train from Milan to Ljubljana since the empire was dissolved in 1918. It’s also picking up the route of a night train from Budapest to Venice, which passed through Ljubljana, but finished in 2011. Since 2018, there has been a regional train from Trieste to Ljubljana, but train staff of the two operators switch at the border at Villa Opicina station. “Trieste and Ljubljana were first connected by train in 1857, when both cities were part of the Habsburg Empire.

Persons: we’ll, Stanley Tucci, Francesca Volpi, Slovenia’s, Habsburg, It’s, “, It'll, ”, Giovanni Vale, Markus Mainka, Trenitalia Organizations: CNN, intel, Slovenian Railways, Bloomberg, Getty, Spanish Riding, Austro, Croatian Railways, South Railway Company, Deutsche Bahn Locations: Habsburg, Italy, Slovenia, Slovenian, Milano Centrale, Milan, Ljubljana, Venice, Trieste, Postojna, Skocjan, Budapest, Villa, Rijeka, “ Trieste, Vienna, Zagreb, Belgrade, Balkans, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Munich

☆ Opinion: Germany’s far right is surging. Banning it would backfire
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Opinion Paul Hockenos | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

But today, Germany is staring at a surging far right – and the country’s mainstream politicians and democratic citizens, still by far the lion’s share of the population, are understandably rattled. Since then it has veered steadily to the far right, where its members tout barely veiled racism and Islamophobia. But studies show that time and again the accommodation of radical right positions benefits the hard right – and not its imitators. Moreover, democrats of all stripes should expose the far right’s populist arguments for what they are: exaggerations, falsehoods and demagoguery. Germany’s ascendent far right shows that all of Europe – and beyond, including the US – could be at a tipping point.

Persons: Paul Hockenos, ”, Paul Hockenos Hayyan, Adolf Hitler’s, Reich, Alice Weidel, –, Ulrich Perrey, Holstein Daniel Günther, Vladimir Putin’s, Austria –, Germany’s Organizations: CNN, Berlin CNN, Parliament, Research, Brandeis University Locations: Berlin, New Berlin, Hungary, Italy, Finland, Germany, Schwerin, Schleswig, Vladimir Putin’s Russia, Ukraine, Sweden, Austria, Europe

☆ Arnold Schwarzenegger’s undeclared watch fetches $294K at climate auction
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Morayo Ogunbayo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The wristwatch that landed Arnold Schwarzenegger in detainment at Munich Airport on Wednesday raised €270,000 ($294,000) after being sold at a dinner in Austria for his charity, the Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative. The event, which raised €1.31m in total, was attended by US Climate Envoy John Kerry along with many other climate action visionaries. Meister said the former California governor and “Terminator” star was released and traveled on after being held for over two hours. The ATM they brought him to had a limit that was too low, and the bank was closed. When he returned, a new officer brought a new credit card machine that worked, the source added.

Persons: Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Kerry, ” Schwarzenegger, “, Thomas Meister, Meister, CNN’s Elizabeth Wagmeister, Chris Stern, Jorge Engels Organizations: CNN, Airport, Schwarzenegger, Initiative, US Climate, Munich Customs Locations: Austria, Munich, Los Angeles, California

INNSBRUCK, Austria (AP) — Downhill racer Aleksander Aamodt Kilde is having a second operation Thursday five days after his shocking crash and airlifted exit from Switzerland’s signature World Cup event. The first surgery Saturday in the Swiss capital Bern was urgent to repair a severe cut and nerve damage in his right calf. “Considering the impact of the crash and the fact that I went into the net at 120 (kmh, 75 mph) I am doing surprisingly well,” Kilde wrote. “It’s tough, but these opportunities show us what we’re made of,” said Kilde, a two-time Olympic medalist and winner of the season-long World Cup downhill title for the past two years. Kilde will miss skiing’s most feared and prized downhill Saturday at Kitzbühel, Austria, which he won in each of the past two years.

Persons: Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, Mikaela Shiffrin, ” Kilde, “, we’re, ”, Kilde, Abba, ” Shiffrin Locations: INNSBRUCK, Austria, Wengen, Switzerland, Swiss, Bern, Innsbruck, Flachau, Kitzbühel

☆ Aleksander Aamodt Kilde recalls horror crash that resulted in emergency surgery
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Matias Grez | Coy Wire | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Aleksander Aamodt Kilde remembers seeing the net along the edge of the ski slope rushing towards him at 120 km/h (74.6 mph). Mikaela Shiffrin was waiting at the hospital when Kilde came out of surgery. The American, widely considered one of the greatest skiers of all time, then traveled to Austria where she earned an emotional victory – her 94th overall World Cup win, the most in men’s or women’s skiing history – in the FIS World Cup women’s slalom. “Really, really proud of this evening,” she said, per the Olympic channel. “She just shows up, the star she is, and for me how much love she brings and how much care she brings into something that’s really, really difficult,” he said.

Persons: CNN — Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, ” Kilde, CNN Sport’s Coy Wire, Mikaela Shiffrin, Kilde, Harald Steiner, ”, “, Petra Vlhova, they’ve, Shiffrin, Aleks, …, ’, ” Shiffrin, Giovanni Auletta, that’s, he’s Organizations: CNN, CNN Sport’s, FIS Locations: Norwegian, Wengen, Switzerland, Bern, Kilde, Austria, Innsbruck, men’s

☆ Pushback against Trump plays into the hands of the Chinese, Austria minister says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Karen Gilchrist | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during a campaign rally ahead of the New Hampshire primary election, in Atkinson, New Hampshire, U.S. January 16, 2024. Davos, SWITZERLAND — Liberal pushback against a likely highly divisive U.S. election will play into the hands of the Chinese, Austria's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Alexander Schallenberg, said Thursday. "They treat democracy as a weakness, making us slower, making us more cumbersome. A spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in the U.K. wasn't immediately available for comment when contacted by CNBC. Trump, for his part, was considered highly skeptical of China during his time in office, opting for a protectionist approach.

Persons: Donald Trump, Alexander Schallenberg, Schallenberg, CNBC's Silvia Amaro, Trump, Biden Organizations: New, Liberal, Foreign Affairs, CNBC, Economic, wasn't, Republican Locations: New Hampshire, Atkinson , New Hampshire, U.S, Davos, SWITZERLAND, Switzerland, China

☆ Are you sure you have nothing to declare? Let Arnold Schwarzenegger and his pricey watch be a lesson to us all.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Monica Humphries | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Arnold Schwarzenegger was detained at Munich's airport after bringing a watch he planned to gift. Schwarzenegger had not declared the item, which is required by Germany's customs authority. A luxury travel agent says this is an important rule to keep in mind if you're traveling with gifts. AdvertisementArnold Schwarzenegger was detained for more than two hours at Germany's Munich International Airport after failing to declare a luxury watch, CNN reported. Advertisement"The watch will likely still be auctioned tomorrow, and the Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative will properly report it, as all of Arnold's non-profits do," the source told BI.

Persons: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger, —, Thomas Meister, Meister, Michael Trager Organizations: Service, Germany's, CNN, Germany's Central Customs Authority, EU, Austrian, Schwarzenegger, Initiative, Travelers, Customs Authority's, Customs Authority, TravelZork, Travel Edge Locations: California, Munich, Kitzbuhel, Austria, d3sign, Germany

NEW YORK (AP) — Franz Welser-Möst is back on the Cleveland Orchestra's podium, concentrating again on music instead of his health. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesWelser-Möst had surgery Sept. 1 to remove a cancerous tumor from his bladder and came back to Cleveland to conduct the orchestra's season opener on Sept. 28. Both are very well now, so there’s every reason to be optimistic.”Welser-Möst has been Cleveland's music director since 2002-03 and has appointed 69 musicians, including 52 of the current 105 members. And in those days, of course, I was like: How on earth is he doing that?”Welser-Möst first conducted the Cleveland Orchestra in 1993 and became music director for the 2002-03 season. On the afternoon of his return concert on Jan. 11, he announced he will retire as music director at the end of 2026-27, his 25th season.

Persons: — Franz Welser, “, George Szell, ”, Verdi's, Möst, André Gremillet, Franz Leopold Maria Möst, Baron Andreas von Bennigsen, Herbert von Karajan, Karajan, Albert Moser, Vienna’s, “ I’d, wasn't, “ I’m, Clive Gillinson, he's, Beethoven's, Strauss, “ I’ve, Riccardo Muti, Gustavo Dudamel Organizations: Cleveland, Cleveland's Severance Music Center, Carnegie Hall, Vienna Philharmonic, Vienna State Opera, Salzburg Festival, Cleveland Orchestra’s, Berlin Philharmonic’s, Karajan, Cleveland Orchestra, Carnegie, ” Carnegie Hall, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, “ Locations: Austrian, Austria, New York, Naples, West Palm Beach , Florida, Cleveland, Vienna, Linz, Welser, Liechtenstein, Salzburg, Berlin, York, Weimar Republic, Weimar, Zurich, U.S

☆ Arnold Schwarzenegger Detained Over Pricey Watch at Munich Airport
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Ali Watkins | More About Ali Watkins | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

For two and a half hours on Wednesday, German border officers were up against an unlikely foe: the Terminator. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the movie-star-turned-former-California-governor, found himself on the wrong side of customs at Munich International Airport when a routine inspection unearthed a luxury watch that the action star had failed to declare. Mr. Schwarzenegger was reportedly en route to his native Austria from Los Angeles when customs officers at Munich discovered the watch, which the actor told customs officials was to be sold for charity, according to local news reports and a spokesman for the Munich airport’s customs division. A dinner event and auction for Mr. Schwarzenegger’s Climate Initiative charity was scheduled to be held in Austria on Thursday evening.

Persons: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenegger Organizations: Munich International, Initiative Locations: California, Munich, Austria, Los Angeles, Schwarzenegger’s

CNN —Arnold Schwarzenegger will face criminal tax proceedings after failing to declare an item upon arrival to Germany, a Munich Customs press officer told CNN Wednesday. And this process applies to everyone,” the press officer Thomas Meister said. The source said the item in question was a watch from Swiss luxury brand Audemars Piguet. Schwarzenegger was never asked to fill out a declaration form and he answered “every question from customs officers honestly,” the source said. When he returned, a new officer brought a new credit card machine that worked, the source added.

Persons: CNN — Arnold Schwarzenegger, “, ”, Thomas Meister, Meister, “ Arnold, Schwarzenegger Organizations: CNN, Munich Customs Locations: Germany, Munich, California, Kitzbuhel, Austria

CNN —Josef Fritzl, the infamous Austrian rapist and sex offender, is seeking to be transferred from prison to a nursing home due to his deteriorating health and a recent psychiatric assessment that deemed him to be no longer a danger to society, according to his lawyer. Fritzl’s lawyer Astrid Wagner told CNN that “expert opinion suggests that his illness has reached a point where the likelihood of committing serious offenses with significant consequences has diminished,” citing the assessment. Fritzl kept four of those children captive in the cellar with his daughter, while allowing the others to live upstairs with his wife. Wagner is hoping that Fritzl will be released into an open prison and subsequently a nursing home. A three-judge panel will now decide whether he should be conditionally released to a regular prison.

Persons: CNN — Josef Fritzl, Astrid Wagner, Fritzl, Wagner, ”, Ferdinand Schuster, Krems, Schuster Organizations: CNN, ” CNN Locations: Austria, Fritzl, Krems

☆ Russian Prosecutors Seek to Nationalise Seized Car Dealership, Court Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has filed a lawsuit in a St Petersburg court seeking to nationalise car dealership Rolf, the court said late on Monday, just weeks after Moscow put the asset under the state's temporary management. St Petersburg's Moskovskiy District Court said it had accepted a lawsuit filed by prosecutors, which seeks the seizure of all shares in Rolf, Russia's largest car dealership, and affiliated companies as "property obtained in violation of anti-corruption legislation". Russian businessman Sergei Petrov, who owns Rolf, has long been accused by Russian authorities of illegally moving money abroad, charges he denies, and has had a warrant issued for his arrest. In December 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin placed Rolf under temporary state management, a move the Kremlin said was driven solely by "economic expediency and compliance with current legislation". The court said prosecutors had asked the court to hand over all shares, should they be seized fully, to the state.

Persons: Rolf, Sergei Petrov, Vladimir Putin, Petrov, Gleb Stolyarov, Alexander Marrow, Jason Neely Organizations: General's, Kremlin, Reuters Locations: MOSCOW, St Petersburg, Moscow, Petersburg's Moskovskiy, Rolf, Russia's, Russian, Austria

With 23% of the vote, Wilders stands a good chance of leading any future governing coalition. In the Netherlands, forming a majority coalition with Wilders' party was considered unthinkable not long ago. "And Wilders took off in the polls.”In December, a member of Wilders' party became president of parliament, marking a breakthrough in political acceptance. There is now a real prospect of his far-right party joining, or even leading, a majority governing coalition. Rather than far-right parties being pulled to the center, the center may veer to the right.

Persons: SINT, ”, Geert Wilders, Wilders, ’ ”, Rem Korteweg, “, Walter de Jong, De Jong, Mark Rutte, Tom Theuns, ” Wilders, Theuns, ” Theuns, Jean, Marie Le Pen, Le Pen’s, —, North Africa —, Mark Rutte's, Frans Timmermans Organizations: Party, Freedom, European Union, EU, Party for Freedom, Rabobank, “, Leiden University, National, Frontex, ”, Pulitzer Center, Crisis Locations: SINT WILLEBRORD, Netherlands, Willebrord, Europe, Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, Austria, The Hague, Hungary, Serbia, Poland, Rucphen, Sint Willebrord, Ukraine, Soviet, Syria, Turkey, Belgium, Dutch, North Africa, EU

☆ Flights over 6 hours aren't worth it to me unless my trip is at least two weeks long
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Joey Hadden | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

I'm a travel reporter who has spent 150 hours on long-haul flights. I've found that trips under two weeks aren't worth enduring the long-haul flights they require. AdvertisementI've spent 150 hours on 22 long-haul flights, starting when I was a kid. It takes three long-haul flights and roughly 24 total hours of travel to get there from my home in NYC. AdvertisementAll that to say, in 2024, I'll make sure my long-haul trips are at least two weeks long so I know they're worth enduring before booking.

Persons: I've, —, Joey Hadden, I Organizations: Service, Business, Environmental Protection Agency Locations: Guam, Europe, Germany, Austria, France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Paris, Barcelona

☆ The Crochet Coral Reef Keeps Spawning, Hyperbolically
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Siobhan Roberts | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Last year, this natural spectacle coincided with the woolly propagation of two new colonies of the Crochet Coral Reef, a long-running craft-science collaborative artwork now inhabiting the Schlossmuseum in Linz, Austria, and the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh. The project also explores mathematical themes, since many living reef organisms biologically approximate the quirky curvature of hyperbolic geometry. By contrast, the surface of a sphere displays constant positive curvature; at all points, the surface bends inward toward itself. And a hyperbolic plane exhibits constant negative curvature; at all points, the surface curves away from itself. Reef life thrives on hyperbolism, so to speak; the curvy surface structure of coral maximizes nutrient intake, and nudibranchs propel through water with frilly flanges.

Organizations: Carnegie Museum of Art Locations: Linz, Austria, Pittsburgh

☆ Possible there will be no rate cuts this year, European Central Bank member says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The European Central Bank may defy market expectations and hold off on starting interest rate cuts during the whole of 2024, the institution's Governing Council member Robert Holzmann said Monday. Asked about those who call for the first rate cut to take place as soon as April, Austria's central bank governor told CNBC, "I'm afraid, leaving Davos, those people will be deeply disappointed." Speaking to CNBC's Steve Sedgwick at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, he added, "I cannot imagine that we'll talk about cuts yet, because we should not talk about it. "Unless we see a clear decline towards 2%, we won't be able to make any announcement at all when we're going to cut," Holzmann said. Correction: This story has been updated to reflect the name of CNBC anchor Steve Sedgwick.

Persons: Robert Holzmann, Steve Sedgwick, Holzmann, Yemen's Organizations: European Central Bank, CNBC, Economic, InTouch Capital Locations: Austria's, Davos, Switzerland, Israel

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