In Short

New YorkThe United Nations General Assembly was unequivocal: With 152 votes to 5, Israel's nuclear arsenal was condemned by a vast majority of countries. Although Tel Aviv has never officially acknowledged its nuclear capability, experts believe it has at least 90 nuclear warheads, and perhaps many more.

ParisOn French public broadcaster France 2, President Emmanuel Macron explained that "at least half of the delinquency observed comes from people who are foreigners" in the capital. But his statement was not correct.

BrusselsIt appears that EU sanctions, which increasingly boomerang against Europeans, have not been not set in stone. While some politicians make a dogma out of it, other EU countries counteract the Brussels edicts.

WashingtonThe midterms in the US on November 8 could be a turning point in the war in Ukraine. Should the Republicans prevail, as current forecasts suggest, this could also have a significant impact on continued support for Ukraine.

In the US, the number of faulty automated emergency calls is currently increasing. The trigger is the function of current mobile phones, which is intended to call the police in the event of serious car accidents if drivers can no longer do this themselves.

BerlinInflation in Germany, the result of the traffic light government's suicidal energy policies, keeps reaching new record highs – and there is no end in sight.

ViennaSince Corona and the beginning of the Ukraine war, the number of Austrians who are skeptical about the EU and are in favor of leaving the Union has increased significantly. It is becoming more and more apparent that the Eurocrats in Brussels are not helping to solve the current problems, but are exacerbating them or even causing them in the first place.

BrusselsThe pension entitlements of EU officials in old age now add up to 122,5 billion euros. This is six billion euros more than at the end of 2020.

KievThe Ukrainian High Court has finally banned all 12 political opposition parties. Curiously, the banned parties were all accused of having acted in accordance with the Minsk Agreements (2015), recognized by the United Nations Security Council (Resolution 2202).

MunichCompared to the overall current picture, the German education disaster looks comparatively harmless. But it is fatal for Germany's future as an industrial nation.