Shop owners in Germany are worried about the upcoming Christmas season, expecting a slump in sales in price-adjusted terms, as double-digit inflation driven by energy prices forced people to shop less in the third quarter, the German Retail Association (HDE) says.

The claimants took issue with the state’s decision to ban transgender girls from playing on female sports teams A group of Democratic-run US states have called on a federal appeals court to uphold a decision by a lower court that allowed a 10-year-old transgender girl in Indiana to play on her school’s girls’ softball team…

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