189/2018 • 18 AUGUST, 2018 WEEKEND ISSUE
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Croatia police accused of abusing refugees A middle-aged man steps out of a line of refugees. They are waiting for food at a makeshift camp in the northwest of Bosnia-Herzegovina. He removes his t-shirt to reveal welts and dried blood across his back. It is becoming a familiar image, one similar to those shared on social media several days ago, which also blame Croatian police. The refugees near the Bosnian village of Velika Kladusa have tried to reach Croatia, an EU member state; the border is not far from here.
OAS condemns Nicaraguaʼs government over wave of violence The Organization of American States (OAS) adopted a resolution on Wednesday calling for early elections in Nicaragua and urging for an end to the wave of political violence that has gripped the Central American nation for three months. The regional bloc expressed its "energetic condemnation and serious concern over all the acts of violence, repression, human rights violations and abuse, including those committed by police, parapolice groups." Of the 34 members of the OAS Permanent Council, 21 voted in favor of the resolution, while three rejected it, seven countries abstained and three were absent from the meeting in Washington, DC. Nicaragua, Venezuela and the Caribbean nation of St Vincent and the Grenadines were the three countries who voted "no" on the resolution. The OAS document urged the government of President Daniel Ortega to "support an electoral calendar" that had been proposed by the Nicaraguan opposition alliance in the most recent peace talks. The opposition has asked to have to move the 2021 elections to March 31, 2019, a request that the government has repeatedly rejected.
ʼIslamic Stateʼ youth fighters keep the faith in prison As one of the first foreign journalists, Judit Neurink visited Irbilʼs juvenile prison
Iraqi youngsters are doing time for their roles in the "Islamic State" terror group. Some will leave jail even more radicalized.
Anti-Semitic online harassment in Germany on the rise, study finds Yorai Feinberg has gotten used to hearing from "Ludwig Fischer." Every few days the Berlin restaurant owner receives emails from a man who writes under the pseudonym of one of Hitlerʼs most notorious SA henchmen. He calls Feinberg a "filthy rat," says the Holocaust is just a "scam" and rants that all Jews will land in the gas chamber. Feinberg has collected some 60 pages of hate mail from Ludwig Fischer alone. "I donʼt take it so personally anymore. I donʼt take it too seriously," says Feinberg. Threshold getting lower The Israeli says that when he came to Berlin six
years ago, he felt at home right away: "I was immediately welcomed in Berlin." Feinberg lived in Vienna before moving to Berlin, where he says the mood toward Jews and Israelis was less relaxed than in Germany. But he adds: "Things have gotten a bit worse meanwhile." The last few months have seenseveral high-profile attacks on Jews in Germany. Just last week a Jewish-American professor was attacked by a young German of Palestinian descent in the city of Bonn. In April, an attack on a yarmulke-wearing man in Berlin made international headlines.
Alexander beats Mischa in first ATP battle of Germanyʼs Zverev brothers Alexander Zverev has come out on top in his first match against older brother Mischa in an ATP Tour event. The younger German brother won 6-3, 7-5 to advance to the quarterfinals for the Citi Open in Washington. Alexander Zverev, 21, broke Mischa Zverev, 30,three times on his his way to a victory that sets up a quarterfinal matchup with Kei Nishikori, who dispatched Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov 7-6(1) 6-3. Despite Thursdayʼs defeat, Mischa said it was a match he would always remember. "After the coin toss I had tears in my eyes because it felt so special," he said. More sports Alexander beats
Mischa in first ATP battle of Germanyʼs Zverev brothers Alexander Zverev has come out on top in his first match against older brother Mischa in an ATP Tour event. The younger German brother won 6-3, 7-5 to advance to the quarterfinals for the Citi Open in Washington. Alexander Zverev, 21, broke Mischa Zverev, 30,three times on his his way to a victory that sets up a quarterfinal matchup with Kei Nishikori, who dispatched Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov 7-6(1) 6-3. Despite Thursdayʼs defeat, Mischa said it was a match he would always remember. "After the coin toss I had tears in my eyes because it felt so special," he said.
Man pepper sprays hairdresser after bad haircut A 34-year-old man in Germany was so upset by the quality of his haircut that he attacked a hairdresser with pepper spray, police said on Thursday. The unnamed man had his hair cut at a hairdressing salon in the north German city of Bremen on Wednesday. He was unhappy with the haircut but reluctantly settled the bill, police said. He returned a short time later and attacked the 52-year-old hairdresser with pepper spray, according to the police report. He then pulled the middle finger and fled the scene. The unnamed man had his hair cut at a hairdressing salon in the north German city of Bremen on Wednesday. He was unhappy with the haircut but reluctantly settled the bill, police said. He returned a short time later and attacked the 52-year-old hairdresser with pepper spray, according to the police report. He then pulled the middle finger and fled the scene.
Turkey arrests another German citizen Another German citizen has been arrested by Turkish police on charges of terrorism after criticizing the Turkish government online, his lawyer said on Thursday. Ilhami A., 46, was arrested on Tuesday morning while visiting his mother in the town of Saribasak in a largely Kurdish region of eastern Turkey, public broadcaster ARD reported. His Turkish lawyer, Ercan Yildirim, told ARD Ilhami A. was accused of "terror propaganda" because he had criticized the Turkish government on social media.
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From college dropout to the Queen of Pop Everyone knows who the Queen of Pop is: Madonna - style icon, headline-grabber, entrepreneur and mother. For her 60th birthday, we look back on the career of the most successful woman in music history. Madonna approached her 60th birthday in typically mocking style. She appeared in a photo on Twitter earlier this week, dressed to the nines, with half-eaten piece of cake in her mouth. "Three more days... Letʼs all have cake!" she wrote, apparently having temporarily lost her manners. It seems the Queen of Pop — Madonna Louise Ciccone — born August 16, 1958 in Bay City, Michigan, has no plans to ignore what for many is a day they dread. With some 335 million records sold and a fortune estimated at more than $1 billion (€880 million), Madonna is the music businessʼ most successful woman. Even more importantly, sheʼs become the first woman to dominate the male world of pop.
Kovacʼs ruthless Bayern exact revenge on Frankfurt They say revenge is a dish best served cold, and Bayern Munich were merciless as they laid theghost of Berlinto rest in ruthless fashion. Robert Lewandowski,Frankfurtʼs tormentorin-chief at the Commerzbank Arena, celebrated each of his quickfire first half double in front of the same group of agitated Frankfurt fans, pouring cold water over the pre-match optimism that had consumed Frankfurt on this balmy summerʼs evening. The Poleʼs clinical third provided a strong indication that the Bavarians, even under new management, are going to need to implode in dramatic fashion if theyʼre not to waltz to an seventh consecutive Bundesliga title next year.
Ilkay Gündogan keen to win more titles with Germany The Manchester City midfielder might have only played 59 minutes in the 2018 World Cup, but it seems he is keen to collect a few more at the next big tournament in two years time. Ilkay Gündogan is set to continue to play for Germany after the 27-year-old Manchester City midfielder hinted about future glory with the national team on an Instagram Q&A. On Thursday evening one of Gündoganʼs fans asked what he wanted to achieve in football, and the midfielder replied: "Win the Champions League and at least one title with Germany." After taking photos with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before the
World Cup, both Gündogan and Mesut Özil had come under heavy criticism. Özil waited three weeks after Germanyʼs World Cup exit to speak (and step back from the Germany team), citing racism and a lack of respect as a reason. Gündogan, however, made a statement before the tournament began but was nevertheless, booed by fans in Germanyʼs friendly against Saudia Arabia in Leverkusen before the tournament began and was emotionally affected.
Orangutan conservation bears fruit on Borneo The Malaysian state of Sarawak is home to some of the largest but most at-risk populations of orangutans in the world. Warden Nor Emel Farnida Biniti Jaddil ranges through theSemenggoh Wildlife Center, surveying the treetops. Located in Sarawak, in Malaysian Borneo, this is one of just four orangutan rehabilitation centers in the world. Jaddil picks up some fallen wild fruits that the orangutans like to eat. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, the parkʼs famous alpha male orangutan — Ritchie (pictured above) — appears only me-
ters away. From a safe distance, she throws a pineapple and a coconut, and the ape reaches down to pick up the fruit. Ritchie came to Semenggoh in 1989 as a youth of 30 kilograms (66 pounds), and now weighs around 140 kilograms (308 pounds). He was originally discovered in the Batang Ai area by author James Ritchie, up for sale, squeezed into an 18-inch square cage. They rescued the orangutan and brought him to the wildlife center, where the ape bearing his name now lives peacefully. Despite Ritchieʼs safety, the future of the species is by no means secure.
Help the planet with a strawfree August in Budapest It’s the last straw for bars and cafés in Budapest. A planet-friendly campaign is launching this weekend, requesting guests to skip the plastic straws when ordering drinks. The event kicks off at 3pm on Sunday, August 5th with a straw-free toast on Liberty Bridge, closed to traffic for one of its weekend summer picnics.
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The special ʼzombie geneʼ that protects elephants from cancer The reason for this is that they have revived a special, usually sleeping, pseudogene that kills off damaged cells. Approximately 17 percent of people worldwide die of cancer. The figure for elephants is only five percent, although on average they live to about the same age as humans - just under 70 years. This is all the more surprising because the number of cells that can potentially turn into cancer is much higher in elephants than in humans - about a hundred times as many. A team led by an expert in human genetics, Vincent Lynch, who teaches at the University of Chicago and researchers from the University of Utah suspect it might have something to do with the tumour suppression gene p53. This gene is present in humans and in almost all mammals in one copy. Its specialty is to recognise damaged DNA and drive it into programmed cell death, also called autophagy (meaning: "self digestion"). It functions like the bodyʼs garbage disposal system.
Neo-Nazi terrorist helper Ralf Wohlleben walks free in Germany A German court on Wednesday deemed that Ralf Wohlleben, the man who supplieda neo-Nazi terrorist cellwith the gun that was used to murder nine people, had served enough of his 10-year prison sentence before his conviction last week. The 43-year-old, who was freed on bail, was found guilty of being an accessory to murder and supporting the National Socialist Underground (NSU), a neo-Nazi group that committed a decadelong killing and bombing spree that resulted in one of the most complex, and most important, trials in reunified German history. The Munich court decided that Wohlleben, who has spent six years and eight months in detention since his arrest in November 2011, no longer had enough temptation to flee while his appeal is pending, because he only has a maximum of three years and four months left to serve.