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US security adviser John Bolton presses Russia about election meddling President Donald Trumpʼs National Security Advisor John Bolton gave a press interview in Geneva on Thursday between the morning and afternoon sessions of his meetings with his Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev. It was clear the first top-level meeting since theTrump-Putin summit in Helsinkiin July was not going well. In the interview with US news agency AP, Bolton said he had raised the issue of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US elections: "I made it clear that we wouldnʼt tolerate meddling in 2018, and we were prepared to take necessary steps to prevent it from happening." Bolton said the Russian delegates had reacted to his words with stone faces: "They didnʼt respond at all," he said. He said later that the issue of election meddling had prevented the two sides from issuing a joint final statement.
German police fight far-right infiltration claims An incident last week in Dresden, when police detained a TV crew filminga far-right demo against German Chancellor Angela Merkel,has done nothing to quell persistent suspicions about links between the far-right scene and Germanyʼs security forces. Those rumors were only strengthend with the subsequent revelation that the supporter of theanti-migrant PEGIDA movement, who harassed the reporters and complained to the authorities washimself employed by the Saxony state police department. The journalist in question — from public broadcaster ZDF — accused police of effectively acting as the "executive" arm of PEGIDA. The case has generated plenty of political fallout at national level.
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UK warns of red tape, card charges in ʼnodealʼ Brexit The daily lives of British people would see major changes
German churches under scrutiny for violating asylum rules For rejected asylum-seekers in Germany, turning to the church is often their last hope. Many parishes open their doors to delay or preventan imminent deportation. The refugees then live for several weeks or months on the congregationʼs premises, giving them temporary protection from police access. Church asylum makes it possible "to submit individual cases to the authorities for re-examination and thus prevent humanitarian hardships," according to Karl Jüsten.
Italy lets children disembark from Diciotti rescue ship Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab presented the first of a series of technical notices telling businesses and citizens how to prepare for a no-deal exit from the EU.
VW has best ever sales month ahead of new test procedure Volkswagenʼs core brand has reported record sales for July, stating that the number of cars shifted in Germany and Europe as a whole was particularly high. A looming new test procedure has much to do with it. Volkswagen Group reported Thursday that European sales of its core VW brand cars jumped by a staggering 30 percent in July to 163,000 units. The Wolfsburg-based auto manufacturer
said the success was largely due to "special sales initiatives for cars approved under the outgoing NEFZ test procedure. Those carscan currently be bought at a discount and can no longer be sold come September this year. The company increased its VW sales in its home market by 33 percent. Worldwide, a total of 505,900 VW cars left the showrooms in July, making it the best ever month for the companyʼs core brand in terms of sales.
Actor Jimmy Bennett speaks out over Asia Argento assault claim The actor who alleged in legal documents that Italian filmmaker and actor Asia Argento had sexually assaulted him when she was 37 and he was 17 spoke publicly Wednesday for the first time since The New York Times revealed the allegations. "I did not initially speak out about my story because I chose to handle it in private with the
person who wronged me," Jimmy Bennett, now 22, said in a statement released through Attorney Gordon K. Sattro. He went into further detail in an Instagram post, noting that he had great respect for the #MeToo movement and had not previously come forward as he was "afraid and ashamed to be a part of the public narrative."
After spending almost a week on the Italian coast guard ship Diciotti, 27 migrant children were on Thursday allowed to disembark from the vessel at the Sicilian port of Catania, Italian news agencies reported. Aid organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said it had finally met the children; the Italian Interior Ministry said they were all between 14 and 16 years old. A delegation from Italyʼs guarantor of personal rights office also boarded the ship. Read more: Will Italyʼs refugee stance bring down the EU? Italyʼs Interior Minister Matteo Salvini had said on Wednesday that he would allow children to leave the rescue ship, but refused to let the remaining 150 migrants on board off the vessel. "If there are children on board, they can get off now," Salvini said in a Facebook video.
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Meet the New York Stock Exchangeʼs only female trader
Technology that helps us fall asleep
On the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, men in expensive suits are staring hard at computer screens. Men call out the numbers. Men run frantically from one stock trading booth to the next, headsets in ear. Even the cleaner here is a man. Almost inconspicuous amid the commotion, Lauren Simmons sits at the trading stand of the investment house Rosenblatt Securities. At just under 1.60 meters tall, dressed in a short skirt and high heels, sheʼs the only female trader on the floor. "I think my story is so unique, because Iʼm not only the youngest on the floor, but also a woman and a minority," says the 23-year-old. Lauren moved from a small town in the state of Georgia to the Big Apple.
If you have trouble sleeping, Julian Jagtenberg and his colleagues might have something for you: the worldʼs first sleep robot. "Itʼs like a huggable teddy bear," Jagtenberg, a robotics engineer, says while taking the robot into his arms. Its name isSomnox. Itʼs nothing more than a peanut-shaped pillow – but heavy and with a lot of technology stuffed inside. You can cuddle it; it plays meditative mu-
Werner back as RB Leipzig face Universitatea Craiovia
Scientists say they have found the remains of a prehistoric female with a Neanderthal mother and whose father was one of the Denisovans.
Timo Werner will be back in action for the Red Bulls as they face the first leg of the tournamentʼs final qualifying round. Leipzig coach Ralf Rangnick wants his team to strike early and give themselves a cushion. RB Leipzig heads into the last phase of qualification at the Europa League this Thursday in Romania before returning to Germany for the second leg on August 16. The meeting marks the first ever meeting of the sides. Leipzig is looking for a win, on the heels of their last Europa League match against Swedish club Häcken thatended in a 1-1 draw that helped them through after a comfortable first leg win. Leipzig is expected to have Timo Werner back in the starting lineup for the first time this season. The 22-year-old forward is back from a long break after the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Werner missed the game against Häcken, but was back training with Leipzig the following day. Despite the strength up front, with Werner back in the lineup, Leipzig may have some difficulties at the back, as it will be missing defenders Konrad Laimer and Dayot Upamecano.
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sic; when you turn it on, it says ‘good nightʼ in Dutch; and most importantly, it breathes - just like a cat lying beside you. The pillowʼs surface rises and falls as if it is alive - this is an essential feature, Jagtenberg told DW. "It makes you synchronize subconsciously to the breathing rhythm of the robot. And we can have you breathing like a Buddhist monk in, like, a minute.”
Fossil femaleʼs mom was Neanderthal, but dad was Denisovan
A group of scientists said on Wednesday that a 90,000-year-old bone fragment found in Siberia shows signs of interbreeding between Neanderthals and another prehistoric group ofhuman relatives known as Denisovans. While past genetic studies have shown signs of interbreeding between
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the two groups, as well as with homo sapiens, Wednesdayʼs study is the first to identify afirst-generation child with Neanderthaland Denisovan parents. Scientists nicknamed the interspecies love child Denny, after her Denisovan father. "Itʼs fascinating to find direct evidence of this mixing going on," said Svante Paabo, a geneticist at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and one of the studyʼs lead authors.
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ʼJunkʼ art stash may yield multimillion dollar masterpieces New York gallery owner David Killen believes he has uncovered six paintings by Dutch-American abstract master Willem de Kooning, which — if verified — could be worth tens of millions of dollars. The works were part of a stash of artworks that languished in a storage locker in New Jersey until the dealer offered $15,000 for the lot. Killen is confident that a painting by legendary Swiss modernist Paul Klee is also among the artistic flotsam. A worthwhile investment A de Kooning canvas, "Untitled XXV" (pictured top), soldfor a record $66.3 million (€56.7 million) at Christieʼs in 2016, while another sold privately for a reported $300 million in 2015 — as part of a $500 million sale that include a Jackson Pollock painting. Killen estimates the discovered works could sell for between $10,000 and $10 million when they are auctioned late this year and early the next. while another sold privately for a reported $300 million in 2015 — as part of a $500 million sale that include a Jackson Pollock painting.