The American plumbing industry, an essential component of the nation’s infrastructure, consistently demands skilled and trained professionals to ensure the smooth running of our day-to-day lives. A career as a plumber offers an excellent blend of independence, job security, and financial stability. Furthermore, it provides the opportunity to engage in practical, hands-on work that delivers …
Spain’s King Emeritus Juan Carlos will pause his self-exile in Abu Dhabi to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. Juan Carlos and his wife have communicated their intention to accept the invitation of the British Foreign Office to attend the funeral on September 19, the Spanish Royal House reported on Monday. Juan Carlos left Spain in …
Queen Elizabeth’s funeral will take place in London on Monday, September 19, and will be attended by numerous world leaders, royals and other dignitaries. The following heads of state and government have said they will come to London. – Joe Biden and Jill Biden, President and First Lady of the United States – Alexander Van …
Three Premier League games scheduled for this weekend have been postponed because of Queen Elizabeth’s funeral next Monday, including Chelsea’s home game against Liverpool on Sunday, the body said. Manchester United’s game against Leeds United on Sunday has also been postponed, as has Brighton & Hove Albion’s game against Crystal Palace on Saturday, the league …
Legendary urban life and fashion photographer William Klein has died in Paris at the age of 96, his son told the French news agency AFP on Monday. A New York-born American who made his name photographing scenes of urban life in the world’s largest cities, Klein studied painting with Fernand Leger but found fame as …
Carolina Herrera lavished flowers at New York Fashion Week with a collection that plays on the fresh colors of a messy garden. “I like this idea of creating a garden for a spring collection,” said creative director Wes Gordon, who drew inspiration from his favorite childhood book, Frances Hodgson Burnett’s “The Secret Garden,” as well …
Queen Elizabeth’s coffin will be flown to London on Tuesday, after 24 hours of repose in Edinburgh’s historic cathedral, where her son King Charles and his three brothers held a silent vigil. Carlos was accompanied by his sister Ana and his brothers Andrés and Eduardo at the 10-minute vigil that took place on Monday in …
An airstrike hit the capital of Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray on Tuesday, a hospital official said. The airstrike came days after the Tigray regional government said it was prepared for a ceasefire and would accept an African Union-led peace process in its war with the central government that erupted in November 2020. Kibrom Gebreselassie, …
Armenia said on Tuesday that at least 49 of its soldiers had been killed in clashes along the border with Azerbaijan, following an escalation in hostilities that led Russia and the United States to call for containment. The renewed escalation of the conflict, dating back decades, between the countries of the South Caucasus has fueled …
Indigenous representatives from the nine Amazon Basin countries, meeting this week in the Peruvian capital Lima, have pressed world leaders to adopt a global pact protecting 80% of the Amazon rainforest by 2025. The call comes at a time when the world’s largest tropical rainforest – a key tool in the fight against climate change …
A draft resolution that diplomats say Poland and Canada have prepared ahead of next week’s meeting of the Board of Governors of the UN nuclear watchdog calls on Russia to cease all actions at Ukraine’s nuclear facilities, according to the text seen by Reuters. The draft text says that the 35-country board of the International …
The Russian invasion caused more than $97 billion in direct damage to Ukraine through June 1, but the country could cost nearly $350 billion to rebuild, according to a report released on Friday by the World Bank. , the Ukrainian government and the European Commission. According to the report, Ukraine also suffered $252 billion worth …
Diego Costa’s reputation as ‘The Beast’ precedes him on his return to the Premier League with Wolverhampton Wanderers, but even the imposing striker admitted he was ‘scared to death’ holding wolves on a leash on his club presentation video The 33-year-old, a figure to reckon with during his time at Chelsea, where he was the …
Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann will not decide until shortly before the game which central defenders will face Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski on his return to Munich for their Group C match in the Champions League on Tuesday. The Polish striker, who scored 344 goals for Bayern in 375 appearances during his eight years at …
Commentators on Russian state television have been forced off script by the rapid advance of Ukrainian forces into the country’s Kharkiv region and swift withdrawal from Moscow. Since the start of what Russia calls its “special military operation”, belligerent guests on state television talk shows have often tried to outdo each other by supporting President …
Liverpool have identified their flaws since their Champions League loss to Napoli and must again find consistency in their performances if they are to beat Ajax Amsterdam in their second group game, he said on Monday his coach, Juergen Klopp. Klopp said the 4-1 defeat at Napoli last week was the “worst game we’ve played …
Ukrainian forces pushed into territory seized from fleeing Russian soldiers on Monday, as joyful residents returned to former frontline towns and Moscow grappled with the fallout from the collapse of its occupying force in northeastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian General Staff said early Monday that its soldiers had recaptured more than 20 towns and villages in …
Germany regretted on Monday that Tehran had not responded positively to European proposals to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, highlighting the slim prospects of reaching one soon, as Israel urged action to prevent Iran from become a nuclear weapons state. After European powers expressed frustration at Tehran’s claims over the deal, Iran said Monday it …
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump said on Monday they oppose the U.S. Justice Department’s request to continue reviewing classified documents seized by the FBI at his Florida estate last month in an ongoing criminal investigation. In a court filing, his attorneys also asked U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to order an independent arbitrator, called …
Six Palestinians, including a leader of a rising militant group, were killed on Tuesday after Israeli forces raided the West Bank city of Nablus, sparking one of the biggest shootings in weeks, Palestinian officials said. The forces, which included snipers, soldiers with portable rocket launchers and Shin Bet intelligence agents, fanned out across Nablus, fighting …
Norwegian police detained a suspected Russian spy in the Arctic city of Tromsø on Monday, public broadcaster NRK reported on Tuesday, citing the Nordic country’s PST security service. The man, who worked as a scientist at the University of Tromsø, had been posing as a Brazilian citizen, but police believe his real identity is Russian, …
Tens of thousands of protesters marched towards Sudan’s presidential palace in Khartoum on Tuesday marking the first anniversary of a coup that halted the country’s transition to democracy. Internet services were blocked, according to the Netblocks watchdog group. Protesters burned tires on major highways, chanting “power belongs to the people, the military must be in the …
A Russian court on Tuesday dismissed American WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal against a nine-year sentence for possession and smuggling of vape cartridges containing cannabis oil. Griner and his lawyers had sought an acquittal or at least a reduction in his sentence, which they consider disproportionate in relation to the crime and contrary to …
Qatari police stopped a solo protest by British LGBT+ activist Peter Tatchell outside the national museum of the Arabian Gulf state that is hosting next month’s World Cup soccer World Cup on Tuesday. Tatchell, who had staged a similar protest before the 2018 World Cup in Russia, stood for more than an hour wearing a …
Gangs operating inside Ecuador’s prisons are taking advantage of the abandonment of the state to expand their power, which has led to extortion of other inmates to access services, families of the inmates said. prisoners and human rights groups. The South American country’s prison system has faced structural problems for decades, but prison violence has …
Futbol Club Barcelona will be eager to prove to everyone that they are better than rivals Bayern Munich when the two teams meet in their Champions League matchup on Wednesday, the Blaugrana coach said Xavi Hernandez. Barcelona were beaten 2-0 by Bayern in the match between the teams last month, a result that Xavi said …
An Ipespe poll on the second round of the presidential elections released on Tuesday showed former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with 50% of the voters’ preferences for Sunday’s election, while the current president and candidate for re-election Jair Bolsonaro has 44%, both with an increase of 1 percentage point compared to the previous …
RB Leipzig took a big step towards the Champions League round of 16 by beating Real Madrid 3-2 at home on Tuesday, thanks to goals from Josko Gvardiol, Christopher Nkunku and Timo Werner. The German team is second in Group F, with nine points, one less than leaders Real Madrid and three more than Shakhtar …
Germany is tightening entry restrictions on individuals from Iran, beyond what is stipulated in an already announced EU sanctions package in response to the human rights situation in the country, the Wednesday, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in a statement. In future, national visas will only be issued to service and diplomatic passport holders when …
The United States, Japan and South Korea warned on Wednesday that an “unprecedented” scale of response would be warranted if North Korea carries out a seventh nuclear bomb test. Washington and its allies believe that North Korea may be about to resume nuclear bomb tests for the first time since 2017. “We agreed that an …
European champions England will face Copa América winners Brazil in the first women’s Finalissima at Wembley Stadium on April 6 next year, UEFA announced on Wednesday. England beat Germany to win the European Championship for the first time in July, while Brazil sealed its eighth continental crown in nine years with a victory over Colombia. …
French defender Raphael Varane will not play for Manchester United until after the World Cup, his manager Erik ten Hag said on Wednesday, adding that striker Cristiano Ronaldo will feature in the Europa League match against him Sheriff Tiraspol. The central Varane, 29, injured an ankle in the second half of the game against Chelsea …
Officials from Venezuela’s telecommunications regulator entered the Moda 105.1 FM radio station in the northwestern state of Cojedes in July, accompanied by members of the national guard and demanding to see all their licenses. Hours later the station stopped broadcasting, making Moda one of at least 50 stations in the interior of Venezuela that have …
The hometown of Swiss tennis great Roger Federer will not name a street after him, at least for now. Basel officials and politicians have begun discussing how to honor the 20-time Grand Slam winner, who withdrew from the ATP tour last month. However, surveyor Paul Haffner has ruled out the possibility of Federer having his …
The European Union on Wednesday proposed stricter legal limits for unhealthy dirty air and rules forcing pharmaceutical companies to pay to clean up wastewater contaminated by their products. The European Commission proposed three laws against air and water pollution that harm health and the environment. Among them is a requirement that, by 2030, EU countries …
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met in Paris with smiles and a handshake on Wednesday but ignored questions about their faltering relationship as they headed to the Palace. of the Elysee. Scholz flew to the French capital for a hastily scheduled working lunch to find common ground after the French leader …
The share of immigrants in Canada’s population has reached its highest point in the G-7 country’s 150-year history, new census data released by the statistics agency showed on Wednesday. 23% of Canadians were immigrants in 2021, according to the census, and Statistics Canada projects the proportion to reach between 29% and 34% by 2041. The …
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s lead over President Jair Bolsonaro has widened slightly to 6 percentage points, with less than a week to go until the second round in Brazil, two polls showed on Wednesday. Both were conducted between Sunday and Tuesday, and the results may have been influenced by the incident on Sunday in …
Germany on Wednesday laid out plans to legalize cannabis, a move that the government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz said would make the country one of the first in Europe to do so. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach presented an initial document on planned legislation to regulate the controlled distribution and consumption of cannabis for recreational purposes …
World Cup host Qatar has removed the requirement that visitors get a negative COVID-19 test before leaving for the Persian Gulf state, its health ministry said on Wednesday. Qatar had previously told fans attending the World Cup that they must show a negative COVID-19 test, regardless of their vaccination status, before leaving by air or …
President Joe Biden, meeting with his top military advisers, said on Wednesday that the United States does not seek conflict with China and that Chinese President Xi Jinping knows this. Biden maintained that the United States will continue to lead on a range of issues, from Russia’s aggression in Ukraine to climate change and the …
Inter Milan qualified for the Champions League round of 16 after Edin Dzeko’s brace gave them a 4-0 home win against Viktoria Plzen in Group C on Wednesday , a result that eliminated Barcelona and left it relegated to the Europa League. The Italian side have 10 points, six more than Barca, who host Bayern …
People with severely weakened immune systems, such as those infected with HIV, can experience severe symptoms and even die from a monkeypox infection, according to a US study published on Wednesday. The study analyzed the cases of 57 US patients hospitalized with severe complications of monkeypox. Almost all (83%) had severely weakened immune systems, in …
A 41-year-old Spanish soccer fan, who set out to walk to Qatar for the World Cup in November, has disappeared in Iran, a country where strong protests have erupted in the weeks, confirmed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain. The last time Santiago Sánchez was heard from was on October 1, when he sent …
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday the country needs to speed up decision-making regarding the military campaign in Ukraine. Speaking at the first meeting of a new coordination council to manage the government’s work on the domestic front, Putin said that greater coordination of government structures and regions is needed.
The Ukrainian film up for next year’s Oscars, a drama about a family living in an occupied town in the eastern part of the country, opened to a packed kyiv cinema despite fears of power outages and air sirens as Russia’s war enters its ninth month. Many uniformed Ukrainian servicemen were among the nearly 400 …
Pope Francis, who compared the current world situation to the Cuban missile crisis 60 years ago, led an appeal for peace on Tuesday for politicians to avoid the threat of nuclear war for Ukraine joined by religious leaders from around the world. Francis presided over the closing ceremony at the Colosseum in Rome of a …
The coach of the Mexican soccer team, Gerardo Martino, said he hopes to win over the fans with a good performance at the World Cup in Qatar, despite a series of poor results before it starts the tournament. Mexico, which has only won seven of 15 games in 2022, has come under heavy criticism from …
Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez has recovered from injury and is ready to play in Wednesday’s Champions League game against Ajax in Amsterdam, manager Jürgen Klopp said on the eve of the game. Núñez, who is on Uruguay’s World Cup squad in Qatar, missed his club’s 1-0 Premier League loss to Nottingham Forest at the weekend …
Canada’s separatist Quebec party called on Tuesday for the federal government to break ties with the British monarchy, saying the recent handover of the crown to King Charles was an opportunity to do so. Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet has tabled a parliamentary motion, unlikely to pass, saying loyalty to a foreign sovereign is not …
World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will trade gloves for a microphone with the release of his first single, a new version of Neil’s “Sweet Caroline.” Diamond, for charity. The 34-year-old British boxer, who has already sung in fights and duetted with Robbie Williams, will release the track, a crowd favorite at sporting …
Russia has notified the United States of its plans to carry out exercises by its nuclear forces, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, without providing further details on exercises expected to include test launches of ballistic missiles. . “The United States was notified, and as we have noted before, this is a routine annual Russian exercise,” …
Antarctica’s emperor penguin is at risk of extinction due to rising global temperatures and loss of sea ice, the U.S. government said on Tuesday. The US Fish and Wildlife Service said emperor penguins should be protected by law as the birds build colonies and raise their young on Antarctic ice threatened by climate change. The …
An art exhibition in Madrid aims to highlight breast cancer and the physical and psychological scars left behind by mastectomies. The Museo Nacional de Arte Thyssen-Bornemisza exhibition, titled “From Skin to Canvas: Another Look at Breast Cancer,” features digital copies of works by Francisco de Goya, Peter Paul Reubens, and Hans Baldung Grien that have …
Aston Villa manager Steven Gerrard has supported attacking midfielder Philippe Coutinho to get his rhythm back, saying the Brazil international needs “a bit of luck” just like his team. Coutinho has not scored or provided an assist in his 11 games this season for Villa, who sit two places above the Premier League relegation zone …
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned today after her tax cut plan failed, an announcement that rocked financial markets, weakened sterling and sent down the price of UK bonds. UK or gilts. The news will be key in the performance of the market today. “We set out a vision for a high growth, low tax …
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday that there is “very narrow margin to avoid genocide” in his home region of Tigray in northern Ethiopia. . Tedros, who was previously Ethiopia’s Minister of Health and Foreign Affairs, has been a harsh critic of the Ethiopian authorities during the two years of the …
The French Agriculture Ministry announced on Wednesday that it would strengthen prevention measures after new cases of bird flu were detected on farms in the western Brittany and Pays de la Loire regions. According to the ministry, 17 cases of bird flu had been detected in both regions as of Friday, so more controls were …
Iran and Saudi Arabia must reopen their embassies to facilitate rapprochement, a top adviser to the Islamic republic’s supreme leader said on Wednesday, amid efforts by Tehran and Riyadh to revive ties. The main Shiite and Sunni Muslim powers in the Middle East, Tehran and Riyadh, severed ties in 2016 with both sides backing opposing …
The eight most recent Ebola cases reported during the outbreak in Uganda have no known links to current patients, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, raising concern over the spread of the disease. In a briefing note, the WHO said that initial investigations of the cases by the Ugandan Ministry of Health had shown …
British Prime Minister Liz Truss is struggling to stay in power after the collapse of her economic program shattered her authority in just over six weeks in office. The image of Truss sitting expressionlessly in parliament on Monday, while her new Chancellor of the Exchequer scrapped the program of tax cuts and deregulation that secured …
Coaches of World Cup qualified teams are required to submit a preliminary roster of players for the tournament by Friday, as they begin the process of finalizing their squads for the tournament in Qatar. Each of the 32 participating countries must submit a list of a minimum of 35 players to a maximum of 55 …
Israel reopened border crossings with Gaza on Monday, following an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire with the Islamic Jihad militant group that ended the most serious outbreak of fighting around the volatile Palestinian enclave in more than a year. At least 44 people, including 15 children, were killed in 56 hours of violence that began when Israeli airstrikes …
The European Union has presented a “final” text to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, concluding four days of indirect negotiations between U.S. and Iranian representatives in Vienna, a senior U.S. official said. the European Union. The official said no further changes could be made to the text, which has been under negotiation for …
Lech Walesa, a former Polish president and leader of the Solidarity union that played a leading role in the fall of communism, is hospitalized with an infection and will remain for at least a week, his spokesman said on Monday. Walesa, who was an electrician at a shipyard in the port city of Gdansk, became …
Ukraine detained two people working for Russian intelligence services who were planning to assassinate the defense minister and the head of its military intelligence agency, the national security service SBU said on Monday. . The Ukrainian Security Service foiled a plot by the Russian military intelligence agency GRU to carry out three assassinations, including that …
A U.S. judge sentenced Travis McMichael on Monday to life in prison for committing federal hate crimes in the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a black man who was shot jogging through a majority-white neighborhood in Georgia. . Magistrate Lisa Godbey Wood sentenced McMichael, a 36-year-old white former Coast Guard mechanic, in the seaside city …
Serena Williams announced on Tuesday her retirement from the sport after this year’s US Open, which begins on August 29. Here’s a timeline of her rise to the top of women’s sports: 1999: Defeated Martina Hingis in the final of the US Open, becoming the first African-American woman to win a Grand Slam singles title …
Serena Williams said on Tuesday she is “evolving away from tennis” and plans to retire from the sport she dominated with 23 Grand Slam singles titles after the US Open, which begins at the end of the month. On Monday, the 40-year-old American tennis player played just her second “singles” match since returning to the …
Three local witnesses told Reuters on Tuesday they had heard loud explosions and seen black smoke billowing from the direction of a Russian military airbase in Novofedorivka in western Crimea. Videos supposedly captured at the scene, some of them published on social networks, showed a column of smoke in the area. The videos could not be …
For masked gunmen in the Jenin refugee camp, Israel’s unannounced attack on Islamic Jihad in Gaza on Friday cannot come as a surprise after months of clashes have steadily raised the profile. from the Iranian-backed militant group. Firing into the air during a rally late last month to commemorate three youths killed 40 days earlier, …
The Kremlin on Tuesday dismissed as irrational Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s call to ban all Russians from traveling to the West, saying Europe would ultimately have to decide whether it wants to pay the bills of Zelensky’s “whims”. In an interview with The Washington Post, Zelensky called on Western leaders to stop allowing Russians to …
The head of the powerful Lebanese armed movement Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, warned on Tuesday against any Israeli attempt to extend its attacks on Palestinian militants into Lebanon. “Any attack against any human being will not go unpunished, nor will it go unanswered,” Nasrallah said in a televised address on the occasion of Ashura, a …
Huge clouds of steam rose from Cuba’s largest fuel depot in Matanzas on Wednesday as Cuban, Mexican and Venezuelan firefighters, as well as helicopters and ships poured water and foam onto the tanks. still smoldering remains of the largest fire in the island’s history. The situation was similar to a “barbecue” type oven, where black coal is …
Robert Lewandowski is the man of the moment in LaLiga. The Polish striker is one of the new signings of Futbol Club Barcelona to try to dethrone Real Madrid, who added the Champions League title to their triumph in the Spanish soccer league last season. Barcelona have become the team in Europe that has spent the …
Powerful Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on Iraq’s judiciary on Wednesday to dissolve parliament by the end of next week, threatening vague consequences if it does not do as he says. The populist leader has helped fuel tensions in Iraq over the past two weeks by ordering thousands of supporters to storm and occupy …
The severe political-economic crisis that Argentina is going through has hit not only the pockets of the population but also their state of mind, dominated by hopelessness and sadness, according to a survey carried out by the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). The third largest economy in Latin America faces inflation of more than 90% …
China, which Russia has looked to as an ally since a slew of sanctions was imposed on it by the West over its invasion of Ukraine, has called the United States the “main instigator” of the crisis. In an interview with Russia’s state news agency TASS published on Wednesday, Chinese Ambassador to Moscow Zhang Hanhui …
Using a plastic bowl, Ha In-sik on Wednesday fetched water from his underground apartment in southwestern Seoul’s Sillim low-cost housing district, where flooding caused by the torrential rains forced his family to sleep in a nearby park. The 50-year-old man, along with his wife and daughter, had collected appliances, furniture, books and even cutlery, and …
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he was introducing martial law in four Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine that Moscow last month claimed as its own territory but is having difficulty stopping. Ukrainian advances. In televised remarks to members of his Security Council, Putin also instructed the government to create a special coordination council under …
Foreign ministers from around the world will discuss the protests in Iran during a virtual meeting this week in Canada, Canada’s foreign minister said on Wednesday. Mélanie Joly and her peers will meet on Thursday following the riots sparked by the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini last month while being held by Tehran’s morale police, …
Schools from Scotland, Uganda, Chile, the Philippines and the United States won the inaugural “World’s Best School Awards” on Wednesday for their feats including saving mangroves and expanding classrooms in a war affected area. The five schools shared $250,000 for their support of students and communities, especially during the pandemic, in awards organized by the …
Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi, who caused controversy by competing in an international tournament without a headscarf, has returned to Iran to the cheers of her fans, reiterating in comments to state media that climbed without the hijab inadvertently. Video footage showed Rekabi, 33, scaling a wall without her head covered while competing in South Korea …
Brazilian presidential candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s lead over President Jair Bolsonaro narrowed to five percentage points ahead of the Oct. 30 runoff, a poll showed on Wednesday. Great/Quest. Former President Lula has 47% of voter support, down from 49% last week, while Bolsonaro gained one point, up to 42%. Pollsters were widely criticized …
Artists have painted bright sunflowers on piles of burnt-out cars destroyed in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, upsetting some locals who wonder if it is too soon to beautify the remains of war. The group of Ukrainian-American painters says it plans to sell digital images of the works as non-expendable tokens (NFTs) and raise funds for …
The Tyrannosaurus Rex possessed an astounding bite force with an estimated 3,630 kilograms of force, equivalent to the weight of three small cars. This bite force was aided in T-Rex and other large predatory dinosaurs by an intriguing evolutionary modification to the skull, in which the eye socket – called the orbital bone – became …
Ukraine wants to evacuate two-thirds of residents from areas it controls in the eastern Donetsk region before winter, partly out of concern that people will not be able to access heating due to the war-damaged infrastructure, the deputy prime minister said on Thursday. The government plans to evacuate some 220,000 people out of a population …
Debris prevented Mexican army divers from descending on their first attempt into the depths of a flooded coal mine in northern Mexico where 10 miners have been trapped for a week, it said Defense Minister on Thursday. The miners were trapped in a mine in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila on August 3 when …
Polish and German authorities are working “full steam ahead” to determine the cause of the mass fish die-off in the Oder River, German Environment Minister Steffi Lemke said on Friday. who warned of an environmental catastrophe. Since the end of July, tons of dead fish have been found in the Oder River, which runs along …
Gerhard Schröder, increasingly cornered in Germany for his pro-Russian views, has filed a lawsuit against the lower house of the German Bundestag seeking to restore his privileges as former chancellor, the DPA news agency reported. Schröder, 78, was stripped of his right to public office in May amid growing consternation over his refusal to distance …