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Thomas Strässle

Thomas Strässle

Swiss musician and germanist

  • Jun 28

    Lena Schätte wins 50th Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for story of two obese girls

    The 32-year-old German author and psychiatric nurse took the €30,000 main prize and the audience award at the jubilee edition of the prestigious German-language literary competition in Klagenfurt, Austria.

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Hormuz tolls and Spanish ashes

Trump escalates in Hormuz as Europe hardens defences and heat exposes brittle systems

The Gulf moved from danger to outright economic coercion, with American strikes, Iranian retaliation claims and a proposed fee on the world's most sensitive oil lane. Europe, meanwhile, answered insecurity with missile plans, cyber protests and more rules for technology at home.

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The US under Trump: second term

The Trump administration proposed new double-digit tariffs on imports from the EU and other major trading partners, signaling an expansion of its transactional trade policy.

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