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BerlinThe game manufacturer Mattel will also offer a gender tile (*in) for the board game. “With the gender tile in Scrabble, we have the opportunity to provide the impetus for gender-appropriate language. It is a visible sign that the rules of the game have changed in society,” the company said.

One of the latest outgrowths of ideologically deliberate gender confusion was recently demonstrated by the example of a fifty-year-old master painter from Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany: He has come to the conclusion that he is a "lesbian man". 

BerlinThe number of emergency rescue missions of the Berlin fire brigade under the keywords heart complaints as well as strokes has risen sharply in 2021. This is the result of an answer by the Senate's internal administration to a question by SPD member of parliament Robert Schaddach.

LondonThe UK is moving with its plans to process asylum cases outside its borders. Interior Minister Priti Patel is due to sign a corresponding agreement in Rwanda, Africa, on Thursday, the BBC reported. The politician has already arrived in Kigali.

BerlinMajor events over the past two years have raised doubts about the political system in Germany. It is therefore no wonder that despite considerable state propaganda, a clear proportion of citizens remain skeptical according to a recent poll.

WashingtonThe Ukraine war has been leading to some peculiar historical reminiscences: The US Senate has now unanimously reactivated the famous Lend-Lease Act from World War II in order to be able to deliver weapons and other goods faster and more efficiently – this time to the most corrupt country in Europe: Ukraine. A corresponding bill was just passed in the US Senate.

Did middle-aged men, previously described as fit and healthy, drop dead in large numbers before 2020? Since December 2020, many sudden and unexpected deaths of German and Austrian mayors under 60 years old have been noted.

ParisThe first results of the election in France for the first round are in. As was the case five years ago, Macron and Le Pen will face off in the runoff in two weeks time.

BrusselsNATO is laying important groundwork for a dangerous escalation in the Ukraine conflict: Secretary General Stoltenberg announced that the Western military alliance would continue to support Ukraine in the fight against Russia with arms deliveries and a supply of heavy weapons.

ParisToday is the first round of the French presidential elections. Independent candidate, Eric Zemmour, will enter the ring for the first time.