German initiative 'Just Swap It' introduces a deposit system and coffee cups made out of bamboo. It's an effort to get people to reuse their coffee cups. The idea is for people to buy a sustainable cup made of bamboo and leave a cash deposit which they get back when they return the cup.
8:5A Haaretz investigation alleges that UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu roughly 10 days before the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack, warning that Yahya Sinwar was planning a major operation.
8:7German police launched a major security operation after suspected improvised rocket-launch devices were reportedly discovered near a power substation close to the Weisweiler power plant in western Germany.