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Police arrest farright ʼvigilantesʼ in Chemnitz Just two weeks after far-right riots rocked the city of Chemnitz, members of a group of self-described "vigilantes" were taken into custody for targeting foreigners in the eastern German city. The group of about 15 men was accused of disturbing the peace and causing bodily harm, prosecutors said on Saturday. The detentions were based on events that took place on Friday after a large far-right rally, in which as many as 3,500 people gathered under the cityʼs iconic monument to Karl Marx and marched through the town center. Read more: Crossing Germanyʼs divide — encounters with far-right protesters According to authorities, the men allegedly set out to harass foreigners in a city park on Friday night. They first targeted a birthday celebration, ordering anyone they deemed did not look German to show their identification papers. The partygoers, who were said to be young people of foreign descent, fled the scene and called the police.
German police arrest Hambach Forest activists German police on Saturday arrested 30 environmentalists protestingplans to destroy Hambach Forestin the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. An Aachen police spokesperson said dozens of people were ordered to leave the area asan operation to clear out protestersentered its fourth day on Sunday. Firefighters had to pump fresh air into a tunnel after at least five activists attempted to defy authorities by hiding out there. Firefighters said the makeshift tunnel was 5 meters (16.5 feet) beneath the ground. Read more: Hambach Forest: Battleground for climate action ʼJeopardizes suppliesʼ The area is owned by German energy company RWE. The company wants to clear the forest to mine brown coal, whichit says is necessary to guarantee fuel for coal-powered energy plants.
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London Mayor Sadiq Khan joins call for second Brexit referendum His call comes amid a deepening split over the governmentʼs Brexit proposals
One of the opposition Labour Partyʼs senior members, Khan joins a growing list of politicians in favor of a second vote on EU membership.
Amazon chief to launch philanthropic fund Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon, has committed $2 billion to support schools in low-income areas and help homeless families. This only months after the company resisted a similar effort by the city of Seattle. Jeff Bezos, Amazonʼs founder and currently the worldʼs richest person, announced on Thursday that he will give $2 billion (€1.7 billion) to a new philanthropic effort called the Bezos Day One Fund, the name a nod to his management philosophy that organizations must view every day with the fervor of a new start. According to a post on Bezosʼ Twitter account, the
fund will "focus on two areas: funding existing non-profits that help homeless families, and creating a network of new, non-profit, tier-one preschools in low-income communities." Read more: Is the Amazon effect behind low inflation? Bezos hinted earlier this year that he would take on a new major philanthropic project after asking his Twitter followers for ideas on how to give away his fortune. While he has financially supported cancer research and scholarships for immigrants, among other causes, Bezos has primarily devoted his fortune to his Blue Origin space exploration company and buying The Washington Post.
The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remainsʼ in Dortmund shows bandʼs artistic evolution Pink Floyd formed during a time of upheaval in the 1960s. Now theyʼre the focus of an exhibition at the Dortmunder U. DW found out how their album covers were made and what they have to do with a French chemistry book. "The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains" is set to open this weekend at the Dortmunder U center for arts, after a run in London in Rome. Back in 2017 when the exhibition opened at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, DW spoke with Victoria Broackes, senior curator, and
Aubrey "Po" Powell, creative director for Pink Floyd. Together with his partner, the late Storm Thorgerson, Powell founded the creative team Hipgnosis in 1968, designing many of Pink Floydʼs legendary album covers. Itʼs a journey across some 50 years, more or less. The beginning to the end is quite a lot of years to cover. We start in psychedelic London in the swinging ʼ60s and the impact that the music from London and the UK was having on the rest of the world. And Pink Floyd really presented this sort of very arty edge of it.
Germany: Hundreds race up massive Rottweil elevator test tower Although the eyes of the running world were turned toBerlinʼs world record-breaking marathonon Saturday, another feat of stamina also took place in the southwestern German town of Rottweil. Some 700 people signed up to take part in a race up the stairs ofThyssenKruppʼs elevator testing tower. Runners faced the daunting task of dashing up 1,390 steps from the base of the tower to the observation deck — which is located some 232 meters up.
Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge breaks world record at Berlin marathon Eliud Kipchoge raised the bar for marathon runners across the globe on Sunday, setting an extraordinary time of 2:01:39 and beating a 2014 world record by compatriot Dennis Kimetto, which was also set in Germanyʼs capital. The 33-year-old Kipchoge, regarded as one of the greatest longdistance runners of his generation, won in Berlin in 2015 and 2017, positing times of 2:04:00 and 2:03:32 respectively. "I lack words to describe this day," said Kipchoge, a former world champion over 5,000 meters who alsowon a gold medal running the marathon for the Brazil Olympic Gamesin 2016 . "I am really grateful, happy to smash the world record."
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California and BadenWürttemberg form sister-state relationship The governor of California, Jerry Brown, announced Saturday that his state would join the southwestern German state of Baden-Württemberg in a sister-state relationship with the goal of strengthening climate protection and economic ties between the two. The sister-state agreement comes at the tail end of a global climate summit, organized by Brown, which attracted thousands of politicians, activists, business leaders and others from around the world. The premier of Baden-Württemberg, Winfried Kretschmann, joined Brown at the summit in San Francisco for the signing of the agreement. Previous cooperation on climate change issues led to the sister-state relationship. In 2015, California and BadenWürttemberg, Germanyʼs thirdlargest federal state, launched the Under2 Coalition, an international climate partnership committed to battling global warming. Read more: Climate action made in America — despite Trump "The German connection is alive and well in California," Brown said. "The fact that this little Under2 Coalition has grown shows you that from small beginnings we get very large outcomes, as long as we keep persevering."
Saul ʼCaneloʼ Alvarez beats Gennady Golovkin on points to take WBC and WBA middleweight titles
UK chief banker warns of post-Brexit housing market collapse Bank of England chief Mark Carney has warned a hard Brexit may mean a UK housing price collapse. The usual Brexiteers were united in disparagement, but his words carry weight on the 10th anniversary of the last crash. Bank of England Governor Mark Carney on Thursday reportedly warned UK ministers that the impact of a nodeal (or ʼhardʼ) Brexit could be as bad as the 2008 financial crisis, with house prices falling by up to 35 percent over three years in a worst case scenario. As the UK prepares to leave the EU next March such an exit would lead to higher unemployment, a fall in the pound, drive up inflation and in turn interest rates and many homeowners could be left in negative equity, The Financial Times reported Carney as saying. Read more: Plotting
Conservatives reject Theresa Mayʼs Brexit plan "Our job is to prepare for the worst, not hope for the best," Carney wrote in an opinion piece on Friday for The Daily Mail. "By identifying the risks and coming forward with solutions, the bank is working hard every day to get our financial system in shape for Brexit, whatever form it takes." A no-deal Brexit means a move from seamless trade with the rest of the EU to customs arrangements set by the World Trade Organization for external states with no preferential deals
Lower your risk with sleep and wholegrains In 2017, over 450 million people globally had diabetes. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle can help prevent Type 2 diabetes. Two newly released reports reveal how you can lower your risk of developing the disease. In a study involving mice, researchers at Toho University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan discovered that losing only one night — or six hours — of sleep increases the risk of developingType 2 diabetes. The group of sleepdeprived mice had much higher blood
sugar levels, and the production of triglycerides in the liver also increased. Triglycerides are fats associated with insulin resistance, a hallmark of diabetes. Read more: Myths and facts about di‐ abetes Additionally, sleep deprivation led to changes in liver enzymes that are responsible for regulating the liverʼs metabolism. The researchersʼ resultsshow that sleep deprivation is definitely a risk factor for diabetes. A good sleep routine is therefore important for preventing diabetes in people with an already increased risk.
Saul ʼCaneloʼ Alvarez claimed the WBC and WBA world middleweight titles by inflicting a first career defeat on Gennady Golovkin with a gripping points win in their Las Vegas rematch.
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Turkish lira hits record low as US sanctions bite The Turkish lira fell to a rate of 5.1 against the dollar in early Friday trading, breaking the symbolic resistance threshold of 5 for the first time. The currency has lost 4 percent against the dollar over the last week and is down about 36 percent this year, according to FactSet. The lira plummeted in late July after the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) left interest rates unchanged as inflation continued to rise, with one analyst likening buying the currency to "catching a falling knife." The sense of doom was compounded on August 1 when the US imposed selective sanctions on Turkey over the detainment of an American pastor.
Cocaine worth €30 million seized in northern France French customs officials discovered the massive haul in a container which arrived from South America to the port of Le Havre. Police say that cocaine trafficking to France reached record levels last year. Some €30 million ($35 million) worth of cocaine has been confiscated from a container in the northern French port city of Le Havre. Customs impounded 752 kilograms of the narcotic on Friday, which had arrived on a ship from South America. France 3 TV Normandy cited a customs source as saying the discovery was made during a routine check of containers from abroad. The Agence France-Presse news agency said no arrests have been made yet. French Budget Minister Gerald Darmanin praised customs officials for their "exceptional" haul. Customs at Le Havre seized 3.5 tons (3,175 kilograms) of cocaine last year, according to an annual police report on trafficking. Read more: German police seize 50,000 LSD tabs in record haul against international drugs ring Record year for trafficking The same figures revealed a new record level of cocaine smuggling to France in 2017 of 17 tons, compared with 8.5 tons a year earlier. Production of the drug from South America is increasingly flooding the European market, Franceʼs Europe 1 radio reported, adding that Colombian drug cartels, in particular, have quadrupled production. "Production over the past five years has increased significantly in Latin America," Vincent Le Beguec, the head of the French Office of Narcotics, told the broadcaster.