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Polish man dies after Strasbourg attack A Polish man who was critically wounded during aterror attack at a Christmas marketin the French city of Strasbourg died from his injuries on Sunday. Barto Orent-Niedzielski was the fifth fatality from last weekʼs mass shooting. "My brother Barto Pedro Orent-Niedzielski has just passed away. He thanks you for the love and strength you have given him," the brother of the 36-year-old Polish-born victim wrote on Facebook. Orent-Niedzielski and his Italian friend Antonio Megalizzi had blocked the attacker from entering a concert venue during Tuesdayʼs assault. When they saw the attacker, they reportedly rushed to stop him. Megalizzi, 28, died from his injuries on Friday. Orent-Niedzielski and Megalizzi have been credited with preventing a massacre on the scale of the 2015 Paris attackwhen 90 people lost their lives at the Bataclan.
United Nations refugee compact: What you need to know After two years of intense negotiations, the United Nations General Assembly is due on Monday to adopt a new refugee accord in an attempt to better manage those seeking international refuge in the wake of the 2015/2016 European migrant crisis. The UN refugee compact contains a set of measures to help host nations, whose public services and infrastructure often struggle to cope with the increased burden of supporting people displaced by conflict, persecution and natural disasters. The nonbinding compact also encourages solutions that help refugees become self-reliant in their host countries, and that improve conditions in countries of origin to allow their safe and dignified return.
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Saudi Arabia slams US resolution blaming crown prince for Khashoggi murder Riyadh has accused Washington of undermining its sovereignty
Saudi Arabia has rejected a resolution by the US Senate directly blaming Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the murder of dissident Jamal Khashoggi.
Greeceʼs debt crisis leaves nation hungry and children malnourished Freed from the strict orders of international creditors, Greece is now witnessing a financial recovery. But years of biting budget cuts have left the country scarred and many Greeks starving. Itʼs nearly noon and the main fish shop in the city of Marathon is empty. "No one has set foot inside," says Maria Hasiotou, sitting and smoking by the till. "If they havenʼt come in so far, they probably wonʼt come at all." "Itʼs probably another day of beans or pasta," she huffs, strutting to a sprawling stand in the front of her shop covering three containers of fresh fish, mainly sardines and sea breams. Hardship in Greece is surfac-
ing in ways that few would have ever foreseen. And, hunger and undernourishment are now part of that specter. A study released recently by the Amsterdam-based Transnational Institute has sent shock waves across the country, showing that children have been hit hardest by the eightyear financial crisis that has wrecked Greece, leaving 25 percent of the working population here without a job. Thatʼs four times more than before the onset of the crisis in 2009, when Greeceʼs economy skid off the fiscal cliff ,forcing the country to sign up to a string of international bailouts— the biggest and toughest in financial history.
Largest David Lynch retrospective to date on show in Maastricht Most people associate the name David Lynch with bizarre movies that dive deeper into the subconscious than many might be comfortable with. Award-winning films like Wild at Heart and Blue Velvet or the cult TV series Twin Peaks have become synonymous with the director, epitomizing his unmistakably disturbing style exploring what lurks underneath the surface of American society. Still David Lynch is not only a film director but
also an accomplished artist, whose paintings, sketches, sculptures, photographs, video installations and mixed media works have been shown around the world. The Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht now brings Lynchʼs work as an artist to The Netherlands for the first time. The works shown at the exhibition "David Lynch: Someone is in my house" span from Lynchʼs childhood in the 1950s to his most recent work from 2018.
British kingpin drug smuggler Robert Dawes on trial in Paris The record drugs haul at Parisʼ Charles de Gaulle airport in September 2013 was the start of a combined operation by French, Spanish and British police which led to the arrest of 46-year-old Dawes at his home on the Costa del Sol in Spain in November 2015. He was then extradited to France for trial. Dawesʼ trial began at the Cour dʼAssises (Assizes Court) in the French capital last week where he is appearing with two other Britons and three Italians. They face up to 30 years in prison and fines of €7.5 million ($8.4 million) if convicted. Spanish police have accused Dawes of leading the biggest criminal organization in Europe devoted to drug trafficking, money laundering and murder. Testifying at the trial last week, Robert Hickinbottom of Britainʼs National Crime Agency said Dawes was suspected of being involved in the 2002 murder of a teacher in the Netherlands, of money-laundering in the United Arab Emirates and Switzerland, and dealings with Colombian drug cartels.
German police shoot dead 74-year-old man Police in Bochum fatally shot a 74year-old man on Sunday in a rare instance where law enforcement officers discharged their firearms. Police were called to an apartment building on the southern side of the city at 7:50 p.m. local time (1850 UTC), a spokesman for the Bochum police told DW, but said the original reason police were called to the scene is not yet known.
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German intelligence foiled 2016 Islamic State terror attack
Asia faces tough contradictions in dealing with climate change
Three teams of "Islamic State" (IS) terrorists were to have traveled to Germany in 2016 to prepare for and carry out a devastating attack — with the target possibly a music festival. A man, Oguz G., and woman, Marcia M., who traveled to Syria in autumn 2015 to join IS were to have played a central role in the attack. From ISʼ then-de facto capital of Raqqa, Marcia M. — who was herself a convert to Islam — tried to recruit women in northern Germany to marry IS members so that they could be granted permission to enter Germany. However, one of the women who was contacted was an informant for Germanyʼsdomestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), who alerted authorities. Details of the case emerged after an investigation by the German broadcasters ARD and WDR, as well as the Süddeutsche Zeitung and Zeit newspapers. The case was confirmed by the German Federal Prosecutorʼs Office.
As the UN climate conference wraps up, Asiaʼs emissionproducing economic powerhouses have said their growing wealth doesnʼt guarantee they can fully comply with the Paris agreement without assistance.
Dina Asher-Smith named in IAAF Female Athlete of the Year shortlist
"Heisszeit," literally "hot time," is the German Word of the Year 2018, the Association for the German Language announced on Friday. The German expression for "warm age," as opposed to the ice age, which is "Eiszeit" in German, was chosen by the Association for the German Language not only to reflect an extremely hot summer, but also "the most seri-
Britainʼs Dina Asher-Smith has been named in the five-strong shortlist for the 2018 IAAF Female Athlete of the Year award. The triple European champion is joined by fellow sprinter Shaunae Miller-Uibo from the Bahamas. Belgian heptathlete Nafissatou Thiam, Colombian triple jumper Caterine Ibarguen and steeplechaser Beatrice Chepkoech from Kenya complete the list. The award will be presented on 4 December in Monaco.
On Saturday climate change delegates concluded their latest round of negotiations on implementing the Paris agreement at the UN climate conference in Katowice, Poland. The delegates at COP24 worked to agree on a so-called "rule book" for the Paris agreement that spells out a cohesive set of standards and procedures for enacting emissions-reducing policies
to be followed by treaty signatories. A major sticking point in negotiations was hammering outa new set of transparency standards. Negotiators and NGOs representing developing countries at COP24 have said that the rule book would impose new and difficult guidelines on them, while letting developed countries set the rules and ignore the consequences.
Climate change pun ʼHeisszeitʼ is German Word of the Year 2018 Germanyʼs summer was extremely hot in 2018, but the term "Heisszeit," or warm age, also reflects climate change as a whole.
ous global phenomena of the early 21st century, climate change," the association said. The jury added that they picked the expression because it offered an interesting play on words. However, within minutes of the announcement, several German Twitter users noted that it was also the first time they were actually hearing the word. This yearʼs runner-up is "Funklochrepublik," which refers to the fact that there are still many network "dead zones" in Germany, an important political issue in the country this year.
Visit Budapest’s most charming Basilica Advent Fair The Advent Fair by St Stephen’s Basilica is one of the most atmospheric in Budapest. Centrepieced by a towering Christmas tree and a free ice-rink for kids, stalls offer delicious dishes and all things jolly, while special light shows projected onto the façade of the Basilica make every night special. See below for tips on what to eat, drink and buy – and find out what film star Antonio Banderas was up to here last year! Right in the city centre, this Christmas fair has been improving year upon year, offering an enchanted experience for all ages.
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eBay sues Amazon for allegedly poaching its sellers Online retailer eBay filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against its competitor Amazon, accusing the Seattle-based giant of using eBayʼs own messaging system to steal sellers. eBay described Amazonʼs scheme as an "orchestrated, coordinated, worldwide campaign" to "illegally lure eBay sellers." While both eBay and Amazonʼs revenue is boosted by independent sellers, the group has become a greater part of Amazonʼs recent growth. In 2017, more than half the items sold on Amazon came from third-party sellers. In eBayʼs lawsuit, Amazon representatives are accused of creating eBay accounts and then messaging sellers to persuade them to take their goods to Amazon.com instead. eBay argues that the move violated its user agreement. The plaintiff claimed that Amazonʼs "abuse" was systematic and had the sole purpose of harming eBay.
Hungaryʼs university ban on gender studies heats up culture war Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Zsolt Semjen hinted at it during an interview in August: Hungarian universities would no longer offer gender studies as a discipline. According to Semjen, nobody wanted to employ "genderologists," so there was no need to train them. He also called the idea of gender as a social construct "absurd." The subject has now officially been abolished. Last weekend a government decree signed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban came into force, removing gender studies from the list of masterʼs programmes. Degree courses in the discipline that have already begun can be completed. But after that, the subject will be banned at Hungarian universities. A master’s degree in gender studies is currently offered at two Hungarian universities: Budapestʼs state-funded Eotvos Lorand University (ELTE), Hungaryʼs oldest university, and theCentral European University (CEU), a private institution funded by Hungarian-American billionaireGeorge Sorosʼ Open Society Foundation. Around 20 students have taken part in the masters program at each university.