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Zimbabwe voters go to the polls in close presidential election Zimbabweans flocked to the polls in large numbers on Monday, in the first elections since Robert Mugabe was removed from the presidency, a post he had occupied for nearly 40 years. The winner will not be determined for several days, as the results of the presidential, parliamentary and local elections are due by August 4. A candidate must reach the 50 percent vote threshold to win, otherwise the contest will move to a runoff on September 8. Zimbabweʼs electoral commission chair Priscilla Chigumba said there was an estimated voter turnout of 75 percent. The figure would be larger than the last election of 2013. "It is our view that the high voter turnout is indicative of a sound voter education and publicity conducted on a receptive electorate," Chigumba told reporters in Harare. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who had replaced Mugabe and is the presumed front-runner in the race, urged citizens to have patience, as the nation waits anxiously for the preliminary results five days from now.
Viral video of Paris woman assaulted after confronting sexual harassment triggers investigation French prosecutors are investigating after a video went viral, showing a young woman being assaulted for confronting an alleged sexual harasser, local media reported on Monday. Security camera footage shows 22-year-old student Marie Laguerre walking outside a Paris cafe in broad daylight. In a Facebook post she said a man made lewd comments towards her — "not the first time it had happened to me that day."
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Grace Mugabeʼs diplomatic immunity was unconstitutional South African court rules
The former first lady of Zimbabwe was allowed to flee after allegedly beating a young woman with a cable. Lawyers have called for Mugabe to now be extradited.
Berlin sets aside €2.4 billion for national internet boost The German government has approved the creation of a billion euro digital infrastructure fund to help boost internet connectivity throughout the country. Better late than never, critics say. The German Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bill to create a special ʼDigital Infrastructureʼ fund with an initial €2.4 billion ($2.8 billion), financed by the auction of new 5G mobile licenses and an unexpected bump in tax receipts in May. "The draft bill lays the groundwork for making effective digital infrastructure in
schools, living rooms and businesses a reality," the finance ministry said in a statement. Read more: Germany aims for faster internet, digital progress with new digital affairs minister The plan is to use the fund to further broadband expansion and help states and municipalities improve the digital infrastructure in schools. Before becoming law MPs will need to refer to Germanyʼs constitution, which at present stipulates central funds cannot be disbursed to schools, as education is run by the countryʼs 16 states.
Hunting the leopard at the Locarno Film Festival As they do with Cannes, Berlin and Venice, filmmakers and film fans worldwide flock to Locarno every year. In the evenings on the impressive Piazza Grande, the lovely little city in the Italian speaking region of southern Switzerland boasts spectacular open-air screenings with 8,000 spectators watching one of the worldʼs biggest movie screens. This
year 17 films are scheduled at that central square. Nine are world premieres and thus in contention for the prestigious audience prize. Fifteen movies and documentaries from various countries compete for the Golden Leopard, the festivalʼs top prize, whose jury is chaired by Jia Zhangke, director of the film Still Life.
Germanyʼs Social Democrats still struggling after Andrea Nahlesʼ first 100 days Andrea Nahles is spending her 100th day as the head of Germanyʼs Social Democratic Party (SPD) on the campaign stump in Bavaria ahead of regional elections there this October. Itʼs hardly a glamorous gig: a meeting with a mayor in the town of Dietfurt (population 6,100) and then an appointment with regional SPD candidates at a brewery. But itʼs the sort of legwork Nahles will need to stop the rot in the SPD. While never much of a force in traditionally conservative Bavaria, Social Democrats have slipped as low as 12 percent in polls and risk being overtaken by the Greens on the left and the Alternative for Germany (AfD) Party on the far right.
Munich Airport chaos cost €1 million, airport director says The bill for the consequences of the Munich Airport security breach could total more than €1 million ($1.2 million), the airport chief said on Monday. Passengers suffered from two days of flight cancellations and long delays at the weekend as a result of asecurity scare that forced the evacuation of Terminal 2. About 330 flights were cancelled and more than 32,000 passengers were left stranded from Saturday morning until Sunday afternoon after a woman entered the secure area of the airport without going through security. The entire terminal including departure lounges and its satellite terminal were evacuated, leaving thousands of passengers in the lurch. Flights remained grounded for seven hours on Saturday.
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Germany greenlights controversial migrant transfer centers Speeding up asylum proceedings and bringing them all under one roof — simply put, thatʼs the idea behindGermanyʼs migrant transfer centers, also known as "Anker" centers. The name derives from the German words for arrival, decision and repatriation. Up to 1,500 refugees and migrants can be housed in each center. Arrivals, asylum applications and the decisions on those applications — everything is to take place at the centers,including deportations. In each of the seven locations in Bavaria, which officially began operations as "Anker centers" on August 1, every agency involved in the asylum process will be present on site, the state interior minister for Bavaria, Joachim Herrmann, recently told reporters. The pilot phase for the centers will last around six months, after which initial evaluations are planned. Only after these evaluations are complete will the German federal government have to create a legal basis for the centers — and it would be dependent on the countryʼs 16 states to do so. However, approval for the plans is limited. Apart from the eastern state of Saxony, which is to set up a center of its own in Dresden, only Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia have expressed interest so far.
Andre Schürrle hoping to find form in Fulham While Mario Götze scored the only goal of the game in Borussia Dortmundʼs win over Manchester City in Chicago, Andre Schürrle was negotiating a move away from the club. After being told he was free to leave the club, Schürrle left BVBʼs US Tour before it had really even started to join Fulham on a two-year loan deal. Schürrle returns to London, where he used to play in the blue of Chelsea.
The German farmers who moan until the cows come home
First and foremost, I have great respect for the work of farmers in this country. They do not know what a vacation is, their daily routine is set by the weather, the ripeness of the grain or the cow that decides to calve on a Sunday morning at five oʼclock. But I also respect those who make cars on assembly lines in Wolfsburg, Zuffenhausen and everywhere in between. Not to mention the countless small, often unknown, companies, which day in, day out make all sorts of products that you and I rely on. This is the way that an
economy really works — with resourceful entrepreneurs not afraid to take risks, who find creative solutions in bad times. Unperturbed by bureaucracy they say: Weʼll handle it! Read more:Climate change already affecting German farmers And in most cases German farmers are just such types and are handling it! But they also have four natural enemies: spring, summer, fall and winter. And theyʼre already getting a lot of money from taxpayers for their daily battles against these enemies — heat, bad weather, snow, frost or endless rain.
Viagra in pregnancy study stopped after 11 babies die Dutch researchers thought the erectile dysfunction drug could help underdeveloped fetuses, but it appears to have led to fatal consequences. Dutch doctors and researchers announced Monday that a study involving Viagra and pregnant women had been halted with immediate effect after 11 infants died due to lung conditions possibly linked to the drug. The study, carried out at the Amsterdam Universityʼs Academic Medical Center (AMC) in conjunction with 11 Dutch hospitals, involved administering the drug sildenafil, more commonly known by its
brand name Viagra, to pregnant mothers whose babies were severely undeveloped in the womb. Read more: Why researching drugs in pregnancy is an urgent womenʼs health issue Viagra increases blood flow, and previous studies had showed the drug to improve the functioning of the placenta, the AMC said in a statement. Doctors wanted to see whether the drug could "stimulate the growth of the unborn child" who faced a negative prognosis. "The first results of the current study showed that there may be adverse effects for the baby after birth," the centerʼs statement continued.
Brussels Jazz Orchestra at Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music The 1960s was a decade of struggle for civil rights. Martin Luther King, the symbol of this era, was assassinated 50 years ago in 1968. This tragedy inspired Frank Vaganée and Tutu Puoane, who as a South African lived through the injustices of the apartheid system herself, to put together a special jazz programme themed on human rights.
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Trump to propose 25 percent tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods US President Donald Trump is now considering a 25 percent tariff on up to $200 billion (€171 billion) worth of Chinese imports, according to media reports in the US. Sources close to the internal US deliberations told both Bloomberg and the Washington Post that the Trump administration is consideringwhat would be a significant escalation of the current tariff regime against China, which currently stands at 25 percent on $34 billion worth of primarily industrial goods, in place since early July. In June, Trump directed the US Trade Representative to prepare fresh tariffs on an additional $200 billion worth of Chinese imports, with a rate of 10 percent touted.This wave of tariffs would include a wide range of products, from dog food to furniture, bicycles to beauty products.
Italy threatens to scupper EUCanada free trade deal The new government in Rome is walking in the footsteps of Donald Trumpʼs trade protectionism, as it has threatened to torpedo the CETA trade agreement because it doesnʼt protect Italyʼs farmers and their products. Italyʼs new agriculture minister Gian Marco Centinaio said on Thursday that the government wouldnʼt ratify theComprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada— the EUʼs first major free trade deal since 2011. In an interview with Italyʼs daily La Stampa, Centinaio said CETA didnʼt ensure sufficient protection for the countryʼs speciality foods. "We will not ratify the free trade treaty with Canada because it protects only a small part of our PDO [Protected Designation of Origin] and PGI [Protected Geographical Indication] products," Centinaio told the newspaper. "Doubts over this agreement are shared by many of my European colleagues," he added. The treaty did enter in force on a provisional basis in September 2017, doing away with tariffs on a large number of goods and widening access to Canadian beef in Europe and EU cheese and wine in Canada.