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Four boys retrieved in second phase Four more members of a Thai youth football team were brought out of a flooded cave on Monday during phase two of a difficult rescue mission. Television footage showed ambulances leaving the Tham Luang Nang Non cave site in northern Thailand, where 12 boys and their soccer coach had been trapped for more than a fortnight. Five people now remain inside, with eight rescued thus far. "We have helped four more children today," rescue chief Narongsak Osottanakorn said. "The eighth person is out and the operation is done for today," added Sitthichai Klangpattana, flag officer to Thailandʼs navy SEAL commander. Read more: The Thai cave rescue and our longing for clarity On Sunday — the first day of the mission — four boys were rescued from the cave in an operation that involved divers guiding them through narrow, winding passages filled with muddy water and strong currents.
Dominic Raab is UKʼs new Brexit secretary Britainʼs ex-housing minister Domic Raab was named new Brexit Secretary on Monday, as Prime Minister Theresa May sought to reassert control over her cabinet. The move comes afterhis predecessor David Davis resigned, criticizing Mayʼs policy in Brexit talks with the EU. "The Queen has been pleased to approve the appointment of Dominic Raab MP as Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union," Mayʼs Downing Street office said in a statement and on Twitter. News Dominic Raab is UKʼs new Brexit secretary UK Prime Minister Theresa May has appointed a Euroskeptic junior housing minister, Dominic Raab, as Britainʼs new Brexit Secretary. The 44-year old Raab was a prominent Leave campaigner ahead of the Brexit vote in 2016. Britainʼs ex-housing minister Domic Raab was named new Brexit Secretary on Monday, as Prime Minister Theresa May sought to reassert control over her cabinet.
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Second Brexit resignation in 24 hours Boris Johnson quits as UK Foreign Secretary
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has resigned, becoming the latest Brexiteer to quit PM Theresa Mayʼs Cabinet. It follows Mayʼs attempts to strong arm her Cabinet into accepting a so-called "soft Brexit."
No more BMWs or Mercs on Fifth Avenue? Donald Trump doesnʼt want to see any more BMWs or Mercedes on Fifth Avenue in New York. To that end, he has made different, partly contradictory threats and offers in the trade conflict with the EU. Will it work for him? New York Cityʼs Fifth Avenue is known the world over for luxury brands for the rich and the famous, among them the latest high-end vehicles of BMW and Mercedes.But if President Trump has his way, the popular German cars soon wonʼt be driving down the famous avenue anymore. It all started during Trumpʼs election campaign in 2015 and 2016.
Back then, he promised to strengthen the domestic economy by creating jobs and boosting local production. Importing foreign goods, particularly German luxury cars, has been a thorn in his side ever since.Seeing those cars drive by Trump Tower, which is located on Fifth Avenue, was apparently the epitome of everything he does not want. Looking for evidence? In April, Trump reportedly told French President Emmanuel Macron that he will continue the trade war until the day comes when no more Mercedes Benz or BMWs drive by on Fifth Avenue. So how exactly does he intend to achieve his goal?
ʼSolidarity Hoodieʼ: Kippa-capped hoody challenges anti-Semitism The hoody: It is relaxed and sporty, not particularly eye-catching. But the artists behind a new special hooded sweatshirt are putting the comfortable clothing item in a different light. Whether yellow, green, black gray or blue, all their sweatshirts have one thing in common: They all have a kippa on the hood. The so-called "Solidarity Hoodie" has taken the traditional skullcap worn by Jewish men and combined it with one of the most ubiquitous pieces of clothing to create a political fashion statement. The hoodyʼs designers, Berlin gallery owner Johann König and the Frankfurt art collective IGNAZ, have "re-
cycled a religious symbol," said Christoph Pantke, spokesperson from the Berlin König Gallerie, which owns the König Souvenir fashion label that is releasing the product. Pantke told DW that the Solidartiy hoodiesʼ main intention was to react to the"Berlin wears the kippa" rally, which in April saw thousands don a kippa and take to the streets of the German capital to demonstrate solidarity with the victim ofa recent antiSemitic attack in the cityʼs Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood that was caught on video and, more broadly, condemnacts of anti-Semitism against Jews living in Germany.
Trade worries put extra burden on Germany-China talks German Chancellor Angela Merkelʼs meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Berlin on Monday carried more weight than usual, thanks to US President Donald Trumpʼs apparent attemptsto start a trade warwith the rest of the world. The resulting solidarity between two of the worldʼs biggest exporting economies superseded all their differences when the two leaders met during the fifth German-Chinese government consultations. "We are interested in frictionfree trade," Merkel said during a press conference on Monday afternoon, before emphasizing that both Berlin and China are committed to "multilateral order." She also welcomed the fact that Chinaʼs financial markets had been opened to German firms, and that the Chinese firm CATL had announced a plan to open a battery factoryfor electric cars in eastern Germany.
Indiaʼs top court upholds death penalty for gang rapists Indiaʼs Supreme Court on Monday upheld death sentences for three men convicted for thegang rape and murder of a young womanin the capital New Delhi in 2012. "There is no merit in the petitions," said Justice Ashok Bhushan, who read out the judgment. Read more: Is India the worst place in the world to be a woman? Jyoti Singh, a physiotherapy student, was on a bus home from the cinema with a male friend when she was raped and thrown off the bus by a gang of five men and a teenager.
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