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At Irish border, Brexit evokes history of violence The light is declining on an October evening in Clogher, County Tyrone, six miles (10 kilometers) from the Irish-Northern Irish border on the northern side. From the dimly lit hallway of his elegant farmhouse, Jack Johnston points towards a hill across the valley. "There was a British Army camp up there. See, the big shed in the trees," he says, pointing to an innocuous-looking farm building. "There was one occasion when gunfire from the camp hit this house. The IRA [the Provisional Irish Republican Army, an outlawed paramilitary group] ambushed the camp from the corner of that field down there and set up rocket launchers at the wee corner of that lane. Then of course the soldiers and the regiment in the camp started firing back at them and a few stray bullets came all the way up and banged off our walls." Johnston, 73, has lived on this farm all his life. Hismemories of the "troubles,"the 1969-1998 conflict in the region which claimed more than 3,500 lives, are clear.

German GDP drops for first time since 2015 Germanyʼs gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 0.2 percent in the third quarter of 2018. It is the first time the German economy has seen a contraction in more than three years. The Federal Statistics Office in Wiesbaden announced the contraction on Wednesday. The drop was slightly bigger than the expectation of economists polled by Reuters, who had predicted a 0.1 percent drop. In the second quarter the GDP of Europeʼs biggest economy had grown 0.5 percent. "This is the first drop compared to the previous quarter to occur since the first trimester of 2015," said the Federal Statistics office. Just last week, Germanyʼs Council of Economic Experts lowered the growth forecast for 2018to 1.6 percent instead of the 2.3 percent predicted last March.

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EU warns Romania over ʼreversedʼ progress in democratic reforms Romania has come under increased scrutiny as it will take over the EUʼs presidency in January

The EU criticized Romaniaʼs judicial reforms, saying that Bucharest isnʼt following through on its rule of law commitments.

International Energy Agency sees crunch on oil consumption An oil crunch is looming on the horizon in the absence of government intervention and unprecedented output increases, the IEA said. One scenario anticipates peak oil in 2040. Global demand for oil will continue to increase until 2040, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Tuesday, but peak oil could be reached around 2020 if there were serious government interventions to address climate change. Without major government policy interventions and investment in oil supplies, there is likely to be a supply crunch in coming years. Oil demand is expected to increase to 106 million barrels per day (mbd) by 2040, 11 mbd more

than today, according to the IEAʼs flagship publicationWorld Energy Outlook 2018. Demand will be driven by developing economies led by China and India, although this may be offset by more advanced economies reducing consumption up to 2040 due to the increasing use of renewables and implementation of other efficiencies, as well as more electric cars on the road. Still, oil consumption will continue to grow in coming decades, due to rising petrochemicals, trucking and aviation demand. The forecasts were part of a New Policies Scenario, which takes into account faster economic growth and changes to fuel efficiency policies in the United States.

We need ʼa new coalition of decencyʼ against populism Former Governor General of Canada Adrienne Clarkson and author John Ralston Saul are the co-founders of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship. The foundation hosts a series of talks called "6 Degrees Citizen Space," which focus on citizenship and cultural diversity. They are now holding a "6 Degrees" event in Berlin, taking place on November 12, and hope to establish a regular European series. DW met them while they were in the German capital to plan the project. John Ralston Saul: We started the Institute for Canadian Citizenship a

dozen years ago on the basis that there were thousands of volunteer organizations working with refugees and immigrants, but nobody was working with new citizens. There was a sort of assumption that on the day of your citizenship ceremony, you were transformed and could just move on and become involved. Some people can, but many people donʼt know how to do it. So the idea was to create an institution that would create grassroots programs across the country and that would help people become involved.

Gaza ceasefire holds after IsraelHamas violence A fragile ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian factions held early Wednesday following aflare-up in violence that threatened to unleash war in Gaza. Gazaʼs rulers Hamas said they would abide by an Egyptian and UN-brokered ceasefire agreement so long as Israel did the same. "The Palestinian resistance has defended the Palestinian people against the Israeli aggression. Once again, the Palestinians have embraced the option of resistance with patience and pride," Hamas chief Ismail Hanyia said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended his decision to agree to a ceasefire after coming under pressure from right-wing members of his coalition.

Beijing advances ʼcode of conductʼ for South China Sea Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang on Wednesday said Beijing and countries with stakes in the South China Sea are closer than ever before to a "code of conduct" for the strategic thoroughfare. Ahead of a meeting between China andthe 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN), Li said the recent adoption of a draft text for the pact was a major breakthrough. "The single draft negotiating text is not merely a technical term, but an indication that China and ASEAN have reached consensus on ensuring peace and stability, freedom of overflight and navigation in the South China Sea," Li said. "We have found the way to properly manage and defuse differences."

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Climate change reduces male fertility, could help drive extinction Researchers are honing in on a little-studied but significant consequence of climate change: male infertility. Could this potential cause of extinction and biodiversity loss also threaten the human species? Men have long understood the dangers of exposing their reproductive glands to excessive heat. More than a decade ago, celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey publicly admitted that all that time near hot stoves ultimately caused him fertility loss and a low sperm count. "My balls were burning," he said, with typical bluntness. From sitting too long with a laptop, to boiling saunas and hot cellphones in tight jean pockets, burning issues around the midriff have become a pressing fertility enemy for modern men. Recent research is implicating rising heat due to climate change as an extinction threat for certain species — so what about our own? The world warms, births decline While day-today thermal threats to male reproductivity can be combated with common sense, what happens when there is little escape from a world that is warming due to climate change?

Wada to open new bullying probe after Ed Moses criticised response The 24-man German squad was announced on Friday ahead of a friendly against the 2018 World Cup hosts and a Nations League fixture against rivals the Netherlands. Notably absent from the group is Jerome Boateng, while a surging Marco Reus is back in the picture.

Why companies home in on customer experience data German technology giant SAP has agreed to buy Qualtrics International in what will be the companyʼs second-largest acquisition. Qualtrics offers customer experience software — why is that so important for SAP? Europeʼs biggest technology company, SAP, announced Monday it was planning to buy Qualtrics, a subscription software company with coheadquarters in Utah and Washington. SAP Chief Executive Mill McDermott confirmed it would be his companyʼs second-largest deal to date, worth $7.9 billion (€7 billion). With the transaction to close in the first half of 2019, both companies said they were excited about the new partnership. "Tuck-ins

are tuck-ins, but transformative deals are transformative deals," SAPʼs McDermott said in a conference call. "Youʼd have to do a whole lot of tuckins and spend a whole lot of years tucking things in to do what we did here." Qualtrics also appeared to be thrilled. The US company, which says of itself it offers "software to turn customers to fanatics, employees to ambassadors and products to obsessions," said on Twitter it expected great things to happen.

Britainʼs eternal heir to the throne: Prince Charles at 70 Were Prince Charles ever to be crowned king, he would be the oldest monarch to accede to the throne. Rather than taking things easy, heʼs been taking on more royal duties than ever in recent years. "Thereʼs only room for one sovereign at a time, not two," Prince Charles laughs in the new BBC interview and television documentary about his life: Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70. The BBC reporter accompanied the Prince of Wales — lovingly known by his grandkids as "Grandpa Wales" — for a

year. The reporter was able to interview Prince Charlesʼ closest relatives, his friends and those companions in front of the camera. The resulting documentary creates a nuanced picture of the British heir to the throne, one which presents a completely new, never-before-seen side to him. Charles, son of the Queen of England, responds to his role as heir to the throne with a sense of humor, noting that he does not see himself in standby. At the moment, he is simply doing another job and enjoys the freedom, joking that it is not something that would be expected of him as monarch.

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Greek archaeologists locate lost ancient city of Tenea The ruins of a housing settlement and dozens of rare coins have confirmed the location of the ancient city of Tenea, Greeceʼs culture ministry announced on Tuesday. Excavations at a site in the southern Greek region of Peloponnese turned up "proof of the existence of the ancient city," the ministry said in a statement. The city of Tenea is believed to have been founded by Trojans who were taken prisoner during the Trojan War in the 12th or 13th century BCE. Until now, the city had only been mentioned in ancient texts and it was unknown whether it existed. Main excavations in the area started in 2013, the most recent excavations unearthed seven graves dating to the Roman era and Hellenistic period, as well as the remnants of a housing settlement. "It is significant that the remnants of the city, the paved roads, the architectural structure, came to light," lead archaeologist Eleni Korka told Reuters news agency. The dig revealed marble and stone floors of buildings as well as carefully constructed walls. Some 200 rare coins dating from the 4th century BCE were also unearthed as well, indicating that Tenea was very wealthy, Korka said.