58/2019 • 9 MARCH, 2019 WEEKEND ISSUE
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Berlin marks first official Womenʼs Day holiday This year, for the first time, March 8 is a public holiday in the city-state of Berlin. But the concept of Womenʼs Day in Germany is a centurylong work in progress. It was in 1910 at the Conference of Socialist Women — held that year in Copenhagen — that German womenʼs rights activist Clara Zetkin first suggested the idea for International Womenʼs Day. A year later, along with Austria, Switzerland and Denmark, Germany celebrated Womenʼs Day for the first time on March 19. Demonstrations demanding womenʼs suffrage — a right that was finally handed to German women in 1918 — dominated the day.
Two ships collide in Mediterranean near Corsica The collision between the Tunisian and Cypriot ships spilled a trail of pollution stretching 4 kilometers across the water. Italy and France have sent ships to assist with cleanup efforts. Two cargo ships collided in the Mediterranean Sea near the island of Corsica on Sunday, causing an oil spill, coastal authorities said. The Ulysse, operated by the Tunisian operator CTN, ran into the Cyprus-based CLS Virgina while it was anchored about 30 kilometres (20 miles) off the northern tip of the island at around 7:30 a.m. local time, the regional naval authority said in a statement. Read more: Time to clean up the ocean garbage dump No one was injured but "the collision caused considerable damage, with an opening several meters long in the CLS Virginiaʼs hull," the statement said. The spill created a trail of pollution 4 kilometers long and several hundred meters wide, heading away from Corsica to the northwest, toward the French and Italian mainland, the statement continued.
Theresa May to EU: Please help me get Brexit deal over the line The UK is set to leave the EU in just over three weeks and both sides still havenʼt agreed on a deal
British Prime Minister Theresa May is set to call on Brussels to make concessions at a speech in northern England.
Vietnamʼs dog meat culture clashes with modern tastes Hoang has been eating dog meat since he was young. He canʼt imagine there will be a time that he wonʼt be eating it at least twice a month. However, Vietnamese officials announced in September that dog and cat meat should no longer be served in the inner districts of the capital city Hanoi because itʼs offensive to tourists and can spread diseases like rabies. Read more: Illegal dog meat trade raises moral questions Dog meat lovers and restaurant owners fear that the government will try to expand the ban and decide to officially forbid eating
dog and cat meat entirely. "I donʼt see how they can ban it. The demand is just too high," Hoang said at a restaurant in Vietnamʼs largest metropolis, Ho Chi Minh City. In a small alley in Ho Chi Minh City, at least four restaurants serve dog meat, or Thịt chó. People gather around small tables to dine on the canine meat, complementing it with rice wine or beer. Hoang, who declined to give his full name, is sitting at a table with three good friends. "For us itʼs a tradition to eat dog meat. Itʼs just as normal as eating seafood or chicken," he told DW.
Martina Navratilova under fire over transgender athlete comments Wimbledon champion and gay rights campaigner Martina Navratilova has been removed from the advisory board of an LGBT sports group after saying that allowing transgender women to compete in the womenʼs category was "insane" and "cheating." The 18-time Grand Slam Champion made the comments in an article penned for The Sun‐
Finlandʼs government resigns Finlandʼs Prime Minister Juha Sipila officially offered his governmentʼs resignation to the president on Friday morning and was accepted, the presidentʼs office said. President Sauli Niinisto has asked the government to continue as a transition Cabinet until a new administration is appointed, the office said. According to the head of Sipilaʼs Centre Party parliamentary group, the prime minister stepped down after a reform of the health care system failed. Finlandʼs Prime Minister Juha Sipila officially offered his governmentʼs resignation to the president on Friday morning and was accepted, the presidentʼs office said. President Sauli Niinisto has asked the government to continue as a transition Cabinet until a new administration is appointed, the office said. According to the head of Sipilaʼs Centre Party parliamentary group, the prime minister stepped down after a reform of the health care system failed.
Germany wonʼt ban Huawei from 5G auction Speaking on a ZDF television talk show, Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said the government does not plan to bar Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies from an upcoming 5G auction due to concerns over the global market leaderʼs ties to the Chinese government. "No, we will not want to exclude any company," Altmaier said. Instead, Germany plans to increase security requirements for all vendors as outlined by a government policy announced earlier Thursday.
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Athletes Reward Cheats and Punish the Innocent." In it, she argued that transgender women have unfair physical advantages over cis women. "A man builds up muscle and bone density, as well as a greater number of oxygen-carrying red blood cells, from childhood," Navratilova wrote.
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