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The pause in fighting between Israel and the terrorist organization Hamas will be extended until tomorrow. This is what Israeli military authorities said today. The agreement on the extension was decided shortly before the end of today’s break in fighting. Yesterday, the terrorist organization Hamas released 16 kidnapped Israelis. Israel released 30 Palestinian prisoners.
There are warning strikes by Austrian retail workers until the end of the week. At the
Warning strikes mean that people don’t work for a limited time. There was no agreement on a new collective agreement. The collective agreement regulates, among other things, working hours or salary amounts. Company representatives are offering commercial employees 6% more salary and a one-time payment. The “GPA” union demands 9.4% more salary.
Henry Kissinger, the former US Secretary of State, died yesterday at the age of 100. He was born in Germany to Jewish parents and later fled to the US with his family to escape the National Socialists. From 1973 to 1977, Republican Henry Kissinger was Minister of Foreign Affairs. Among other things, he was controversial because he was partially responsible for the US bombing of neutral Cambodia. A neutral state is a country that is not part of any military alliance.