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Donald Trump: China ʼnot helpfulʼ with North Korea Trump praised his relationship with Kim Jong-Un as a very good and warm one

President Donald Trump said China was applying "tremendous pressure" on North Korea due to its trade disputes with the US. Trump praised his relationship with Kim Jong-Un as "a very good and warm one."

Journalist Deniz Yücel to sue Turkey over imprisonment

EU Mediterranean migrant mission at risk of collapse

In a short message on Twitter, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders announced Wednesday that GermanTurkish journalist Deniz Yücel will sue Turkish authorities for detaining him "unlawfully." The Turkish branch of the Paris-based organization said that Yücel is demanding one million Turkish liras (€130,000, $152,000) in damages for his detention. The correspondent for German daily Die Welt will be represented by his lawyer, Veysel Ok. The hearing is set for September 25 in Istanbul.

Italy is expected to use a meeting of European defense and foreign ministers in Vienna on Thursday to ask other members of the bloc to take in migrants rescued at sea under the EUʼs "Sophia" mission. With little immediate sign of a compromise in sight, the row could jeopardize the EUʼs anti-trafficking mission in the Mediterranean. Operation Sophia was launched in 2015 after a series of fatal shipwrecks in the Mediterranean involving migrants from North Africa and the Middle East.

US President Donald Trump ruled out on Wednesday that his administration was planning future military exercises with South Korea, but also warned that he could "instantly" relaunch them and that if he did, they would be "far bigger than ever before." He also called China out for putting pressure on North Korea, criticizing the Chinese governmentʼs role in the crisis. The presidentʼs statement came a day after his Defense Secretary James Mattishinted that the military drills could resumeand days afterSecretary of State Mike Pompeo canceled a planned visit to North Korea, citing insufficient progress in denuclearization talks. Trump had announced the suspension of military drills with South Korea in June, as an overture to Pyongyang, which saw the exercises as preparations for an invasion. But Trumpʼs statement on Wednesday did not mention any setbacks and hailed his personal relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un as "a very good and warm one." At their June summit in Singapore, both leaders agreed broadly to work toward the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. But North Korea has yet to prove a willingness to give up its nuclear weapons program unilaterally, as the White House demanded. US intelligence and defense officials have repeatedly expressed deep doubts that Pyongyang is serious about denuclearization. Read more: Is North Korea defying the US in expanding weapons production? Trump calls out China Trumpʼs statement focused on Chinaʼs role in efforts to get North Korea to denuclearize. He said he be-

lieved Pyongyang was under "tremendous pressure" from China, due to its ongoing trade dispute with the US, and that Beijing was also supplying the North Korean regime with "considerable aid," including fuel, fertilizer and commodities. "This is not helpful!" he said. China, North Koreaʼs traditional ally and main trading partner, joined the US in adopting tough international sanctions against Pyongyang in 2017, which the Chinese government says it is still enforcing. Trump did not level any threats against China, but said that trade disputes and other "differences" would be eventually be resolved between him and President Xi Jinping. "Their relationship and bond remain very strong," the statement read. Trumpʼs statement focused on Chinaʼs role in efforts to get North Korea to denuclearize. He said he believed Pyongyang was under "tremendous pressure" from China, due to its ongoing trade dispute with the US, and that Beijing was also supplying the North Korean regime with "considerable aid," including fuel, fertilizer and commodities. "This is not helpful!" he said. China, North Koreaʼs traditional ally and main trading partner, joined the US in adopting tough international sanctions against Pyongyang in 2017, which the Chinese government says it is still enforcing. Trump did not level any threats against China, but said that trade disputes and other "differences" would be eventually be resolved between him and President Xi Jinping. "Their relationship and bond remain very strong," the statement read.

PEGIDA protester leaves police after reporter row

Women increasingly drawn to right-wing populist parties

The far-right PEGIDA protesterat the center of a scandal involving police and journalists in the eastern German city of Dresden no longer works for the investigative arm of Saxonyʼs state police, the LKA, officials announced on Thursday. Starting on September 3, the man will have "another adequate role outside of the Saxon Police force," authorities said in a statement. The decision was made following discussions with the man and his lawyer where he had the opportunity "to present his perspective on the situation," the statement read.

Aggressive far-right protesterstook to the streets of Chemnitzthis week demanding authorities take a tougher stance on migrants in Germany. Most of those in attendance were male, but a few women could occasionally be spotted in the crowd. Indeed, most people tend to picture the prototypical supporter of Germanyʼs far-right PEGIDA movement and right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as angry white men.

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Amnesty accuses Turkey of ʼturning blind eyeʼ to abuses in Afrin Human rights organization Amnesty International accused Turkey on Thursday of allowing Syrian armed groups to commit a wide range of violations against civilians in Afrin. Turkish forces aided by allied rebelscaptured the northern Syrian townin March from the US-backed Kurdish Peopleʼs Protection Units (YPG), which Ankara considers a terrorist group.According to Amnestyʼs research, scores of displaced residents have since returned to their homes, only to be subjected to rights abuses. Read more:Turkeyʼs military offensive against Kurdish-held Afrin: What you need to know Amnesty interviewed 32 people, both current and former Afrin residents, between May and July 2018, who said: Residents in Afrin are enduring "arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances, confiscation of property and looting."Most of the abuses were "at the hands of Syrian groups that have been equipped and armed by Turkey."Some of the rebel groups and Turkish armed forces had "taken over schools, disrupting the education for thousands of children."

Outcry in Uganda over compulsory HIV test 19-year-old Methia Nalukwago, a student at Makerere University in the capital Kampala, is excited by the proposal to have all students undergo compulsory HIV/AIDS testing. Some students, she says, have been living in denial. "Our friends, we study with them but you look at someone and you are like, ʼare you sure you are not sick or something like that?ʼ Of course you never come out to tell them but you feel it deep down inside you, this person must be sick because of the symptoms that show," Nalukwago told DW. "Compulsory testing for HIV will help us know our HIV status and where we stand." Studies conducted by the Ugandan AIDS Commission show lack of sufficient information among the youth is contributing to an increase of HIV. Jane Were, the head teacher of Forest Hill College in Mukono district located 21 kilometers (13 miles) east of Kampala, said they are grappling with HIV in schools. She said the situation has been made worse by parents who mislead their children on what they are actually suffering from. "We have situations where parents lie to students about these [anti-retroviral] drugs. There are parents who tell children they have other ailments other than HIV," 2

BMWʼs South Korea headquarters raided by police Officers are investigating whether the company covered up vehicle defects

South Korean police have searched German carmaker BMWʼs Seoul headquarters in connection with dozens of engine fires earlier this year. Police in Seoul on Thursday raided the headquarters of BMW Korea as part of an investigation intowhether the German carmaker covered up defects that had led to a series of engine fires this year. A team of 30 officers was sent to search the headquarters, the Yonhap news agency reported. Over 40 BMWs caught fire in South Korea earlier this year, prompting customers to file a complaint to police and seek a criminal investigation into BMW and nine top officials. The South Korean Transport Ministry also launched a probeand told the German carmaker

German politician targeted by haters over climate refugees A member of the Green Youths has received an onslaught of online hate, including rape and death threats, after she publicly put her support behind extending citizenship to asylum seekers fleeing disasters of climate change. Earlier this month, comments made by 24-year-old Ricarda Lang (above), a spokeswoman for the political organization, were published in a number of German regional newspapers and online outlets, including ZDF, and Die Welt. "The EU should offer the citizens of island states that are threatened by climate change European citizenship and enable them to migrate with dignity," Lang told German media. In the 24 hours that followed, Lang

on August 15 to start recalling a total of 106,000 cars for an obligatory safety inspection. Wide range of models affected Over 40 BMW models, all with diesel engines and built between March 2011 and November 2016, are affected. BMW Korea chief Kim Hyo Joon had apologized for the fires, blaming the problem on a defect in the vehiclesʼ exhaust gas recirculation cooler. "We will conduct a thorough investigation to reveal the truth," police said Thursday after confiscating documents and other materials on the ground. saidhate messagesflooded her Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Email. "People threatened my life and commented on my body, and said how they wanted to kill or rape me," she told DW. "The first day was really hard because I kind of felt like I was alone, standing in front of this huge wall of hate."

Refugees in Italy get their hands dirty with own farm Every morning Dembo Cisse, a sturdily-built 21-year old from Guinea, waits for the car to pick him up. He and two others, who live in the same apartment that belongs to Italyʼs privatized migrant reception system, get in the vehicle. The old family car then heads from Oleggio, a small

Germanyʼs family reunification policy can leave young adults in limbo It sounds desperate, but Riham abo Staiti says she would rather die than turn 18. The 17-year-old only leaves her darkened accommodations when absolutely necessary. She lives here in a 30-square-meter (323-square-foot) portable housing unit with her father and three siblings in the Nahr alBared Refugee Camp in northern Lebanon. Yet, one important person is missing: "I just want to be with my mother," Riham says. She only speaks with her mother, who lives in a suburb of Karlsruhe, Germany, on her mobile phone. Her fear is constant when the two talk each day: "I am terrified of being left here on my own," says Riham. She has been waiting for the day she can join her mother for more than three years now. She is in a race against time, for she will likely be barred from family reunification as soon as she turns 18.

town in the northern Italian region of Piedmont, to an agricultural field nearby. But Dembo and his companions are not off to work in the food supply chain, dominated by largescale distributors who require ever lower prices and therefore cheap labor — which many of their fellow Africans provide for lack of better options. Read more: Italy tells refugees: Donʼt risk the journey The carʼs driver is Raffaele DʼAcunto, known as Lello, the areaʼs first organic farmer, now retired, who decided to set up a small-scale agricultural company to make organic produce and sell it on the local market. Lello, Dembo and four others from Mali, Senegal and Nigeria — the youngest of whom is just 19 — are to become equal partners in the budding business they have aptly named Zappa Ar‐ cobaleno, Italian for Rainbow Hoe. The company is currently caught up in the bureaucratic process awaiting official registration.

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Air guitarists compete for world title (and world peace) in Finland The elite among the international air guitar scene donʼt just gather each year in the Finnish city of Oulu to shake their long hair and jump around on stage, but also to strive for loftier humanitarian goals. According to the ideology of the Air Guitar World Championships, as stated on the official website, "wars would end, climate change stop and all bad things disappear, if all the people in the world played the air guitar." Contestants from six countries are gearing up for the final of the air guitar world championships on Friday, organizers said. Contestants are judged on their ability to pretend to strum rock or heavy metal electric guitar solos — minus the instrument. Invisible acoustic guitars are also allowed. The final features 15 contestants, including the American Matt Burns (top photo), who was crowned world champion at the 22nd edition of the annual event last year.

Szimpla Fashion - Budapest designers pop up Szimpla Kert The aim of this event is to provide a platform for Hungarian designers to present their brands and sell their products. The range is extensive, including clothes and bags as well as jewellery, beauty products, paintings and ceramics. Come and find something matching your style or take home unique souvenirs while supporting independent artists and designers.

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Michael Jackson: A pop iconʼs legacy On what would have been his 60th birthday, we look back at Michael Jacksonʼs legacy

Fans pay their last respects to Aretha Franklin A public viewing is underway in Franklinʼs home town Detroit ahead of the soul legendʼs funeral on Friday. Fans traveled from all over the country to say goodbye. Fans in the United States are paying their last respects to soul singer Aretha Franklin,who died on August 16 at the age of 76. On Tuesday Franklinʼs body, dressed in a red outfit and red high heels, lay in a casket surrounded by pink and purple roses at the Charles Wright Museum of American History in Detroit.

Franklinʼs powerful vocals sounded from loudspeakers as fans — some weeping, some singing along — lined up to say goodbye. The Delta Sigma Theta sorority, of which Franklin was an honorary member, held a private ceremony in her honor in the museum on Tuesday evening before a second day of public viewing began on Wednesday morning. A fitting sendoff Franklinʼs niece Sabrina Owens said those who had organized the public viewing wanted to give Franklin a send-off that "would match her legacy."

The King of Pop had numerous hit singles and iconic music videos under his belt before his death at the age of 50 shocked the world. Where were you when news of Michael Jacksonʼs death broke? June 25 2009 is one of those dates that will have stuck in the minds of music fans the world over. His many hit songs — from "Billie Jean" to "Black or White" — have gone down in music history, and Jackson himself is remembered as one of the worldʼs greatest pop icons. And yet in the years before his death, Jacksonʼs public image had begun to suffer thanks to his ever

more extreme experimentation with plastic surgery and of course allegations of child sexual abuse, earning him the nickname "Wacko Jacko" in the tabloid press. MJ the musician There is no question that Michael Jackson earned the title "King of Pop." The most fruitful period for him was during his collaboration with producer Quincy Jones, which gave us the landmark albums Off the Wall (1979), Thriller (1982) and Bad (1987).

Reasons why you should be happy the holidays are over

Best time of the year? No way! Nearly 20 percent of people aged between 30 and 44 cannot relax while on holiday. This is the conclusion of a Forsa survey. Some people canʼt completely forget work because their boss wants them to be available at all times. Others have stress with their family. The holidays apparently also lead to a few extra pounds. More than 50 percent of all Germans gain weight during their vacation, usually one or two kilos, according to a representative survey by the travel site start.de. All that good food and drink has to go somewhere! More than 50 percent of all Germans gain weight during their vacation, usually one or two kilos, according to a representative survey by the travel site start.de. All that good food and drink has to go somewhere! 4

New Zealand town plans to ban cats

The town of Omaui is trying to go cat-free in order to stop the animals from attacking native species. Cat ownership is increasingly controversial in New Zealand due to conservation concerns. A small town in New Zealand found itself at the center of a national debate

between conservations and cat lovers on Wednesday, when a regional council announced plans to make the town of Omaui in the countryʼs Southland region completely cat-free. The biosecurity plan published by Environment Southland cites specific concerns over bengal cats, which "have the potential to breed with the existing wild population of feral cats to create a more efficient predator," and thus present a significant danger to endemic species. "Weʼre not cat haters, but we want our environment to be wildlife-rich," Omaui Landcare Charitable Trust chairman John Collins, whose organization is pushing for the ban, told the Otago Daily Times. But local cat owners told the newspaper that they would refuse to observe the ban. One resident said the rodent problem on her property was so bad, "if I cannot have a cat, it almost becomes unhealthy for me to live in my house."

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The frozen tears of New Zealandʼs melting glaciers Scientists warn the dramatic seams of ice that have inspired ancient legends

As the planet heats up, scientists warn the dramatic seams of ice that have inspired ancient legends, Victorian explorers and modern tourists alike could all but vanish. Once, there was a goddess called Hine Hukatere who loved to climb the high peaks of New Zealandʼs Southern Alps. But one day she decided to visit the beach, where she fell in love with the warror Wawe. Hine Hukatere invited Wawe to her mountain home. But Wawe couldn’t keep up with the fleet-footed goddess. He stumbled and fell, and an avalanche swept Wawe to his death. Grief-stricken, Hine Hukatere cried and cried. Rangi, the Sky Father, took pity on her and froze her tears, turning them into a river of ice. This Maori legend of the origin of the

glacier they call Ka Roimata o te Hine Hukatere — the Frozen Tears of Hine Hukatere — dates back thousands of years. It was only in 1865 that German explorer Julius von Haast named the glacier Franz Josef in honor of the Emperor of Austria and Hungary. Von Haast was at the vanguard of a flood of travelers who have flocked from afar ever since, to see the dramatic frozen seam and its sister the Fox Glacier, that plunge from the Southern Alps of New Zealand’s South Island, through the lush rainforest below.

European XFEL: First images of the X-ray laser inspire researchers Itʼs barely a year sincethe European XFEL (X-Ray Free-Electron Laser) was launched, with the first scientists getting their "beam time" on, and already an international team has published its first results. The researchers, led by Professor Ilme Schlichting at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg, used the worldʼs largest X-ray laser to describe three different protein molecules in plants. They took thousands of pictures of the mole-

cules. This enabled the scientists to calculate three-dimensional models that were then good enough to allow the scientists to tell the molecules apart. Adrian Manusco, senior scientist at the experimental station at the European XFEL, describes the publication of their resultsin the journal Nature Communicationsas a "milestone." In a next step, Manusco says he wants to use the system to film the molecules in action for so-called "molecular movies."

Procrastination – Not so bad after all? Itʼs Saturday and Iʼm extremely frustrated. Iʼve got a project due on Monday and what am I doing? Iʼm standing in front of my fridge, with the door open, and Iʼm gazing into its depths, completely lost in thought. Iʼm not even looking for anything in particular. Iʼm just … procrastinating. Procrastination is when you canʼt get a job done because youʼre always putting it off. And I get it all the time. So although Iʼm supposed to be finishing my project, Iʼm staring at the inside of an empty fridge, hoping against hope that an idea (or a delicious piece of chocolate) will jump at me. But why? "You experience procrastination when you lose sight of long-term projects and instead focus on more attractive, short-term goals," says Dr. Jana Kühnel, a psychologist at the University of Ulm, Germany. Kühnel says some people are more prone to procrastination than others. Apparently, I belong to the first group.

Leo Budapest Bar - the best panoramic view of the city!

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Events Horizon: what’s happening in Budapest – August 2018

Festivals, cool concerts, cultural events and amazing parties – Budapest is always buzzing. Every month, we bring together all of the important happenings taking place in and around Hungary’s capital, so you can plan ahead. In August, the Sziget Festival, WAMP Design Fair and fantastic fireworks are all among the many exciting events you shouldn’t miss. Whether you would like to shake it to the coolest beats, immerse yourself in culture or give in to guilty pleasures, we present a bunch of events for the upcoming weeks. Get out there and enjoy everything that Budapest has to offer! A38 Concerts WAMP Design Fair Rigoletto Liberty Bridge Picnics Jason Derulo Sziget Festival Festival of Folk Arts CityMatiné Saint Stephen’s Day The Budapest Short International Film Festival A38 Concerts WAMP Design Fair Rigoletto Liberty Bridge Picnics Jason Derulo Sziget Festival Festival of Folk Arts CityMatiné Saint Stephen’s Day The Budapest Short International Film Festival

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Red Star, Benfica, PSV win to qualify for Champions League draw

Benfica, PSV Eindhoven and Red Star Belgrade have secured the final spots in the draw for the group stage of the Champions League. Salzburg failed in their 11th attempt to qualify for the group stage. Red Bull Salzburg, who due to UEFA rules are referred to as "FC Salzburg" in European play, blew a 2-0 lead at home to Red Star Belgrade on Wednesday, playing to a 2-2 draw, which saw the 1991 European champions advance on the away-goals rule. This was the 11th time that the Austrians have failed to advance from qualifying for the Champions League — in five of those cases they tripped at the final hurdle.

Serena Williams to play sister Venus in third round

Serena Williams and sister Venus won their US Open second-round matches to set up a 30th career meeting. Sixtime champion Serena, 36, beat German world 101 Carina Witthoft 6-2 6-2, while twice champion Venus saw off Italyʼs Camila Giorgi 6-4 7-5. The last time the Americans played each other at a Grand Slam was in the final of the 2017 Australian Open, which Serena won when eight weeks pregnant. "Weʼd rather have met later," 17th seed Serena said. Serena missed the US Open last year, giving birth to daughter Olympia shortly after the tournament started. She reached the Wimbledon final in July. 6

Aleksandar Kolarovʼs free kick stunner secures Serbia win over Costa Rica A brilliant second half free kick from captain Aleksandar Kolarov led Serbia to a deserved win over Costa Rica. Serbia were wasteful in front of goal but did enough to secure three vital points in Group E. Another World Cup day, another sublime freekick. If Cristiano Ronaldo’s ice-cold effort tosnatch a point against arch-rivals Spain on day two was the current goal of the tournament front-runner, the Portuguese may have just met his match. Aleksandar Kolarov, take a bow. A combination of poor finishing and sublime goalkeeping had kept the scores level until Serbia’s no.11 produced his moment of magic. Kolarov’s powerful left foot is no secret, but few inside the stadium would have expected such a thunderous strike when the Roma defender stood over a free kick midway through the second half. His shot was unstoppable; a side-footed missile which screamed into the top corner of the Costa Rica net. Kaylor Navas, who kept his team in the game with several crucial saves either side of half time, was nowhere near it.

Former national team stars express cautious support for Joachim Löw A number of former German stars have expressed cautious support for the coach

Joachim Löw has received mixed reviews after he presented his analysis as to why Germany crashed out of the World Cup at the group stage. Few, if any German media outlets were particularly impressed by the analysis of what went wrong for Germany at the 2018 World Cup in Russia presented by national team head coach Joachim Löw in Munich on Wednesday. Read more: Opinion: Too little, too late and still too detached The mass circulation newspaper Bild described the self-criticism that Löw expressed at the press conference as "weak," the national broadsheet Die Welt wrote that the Ger-

many coach "lacked the strength to act," while the news magazine Spiegel found that the results of the German Football Associationʼs (DFB) analysis was "not worthy of two months of silence." German football fans will be watching Löw like a hawk when the national team faces World Cup champions France in their first match in the inaugural UEFA Nations League next Thursday, before taking on Peru in an international friendly the following Sunday.

Andy Murray jokes #liarliarpantsonfire in Fernando Verdasco heat break disagreement Andy Murray joked he needs a check-up as he has "started imagining things" after Fernando Verdasco denied he spoke to his coach during the heat break in their US Open second-round tie. Players are not allowed to be coached during breaks for extreme heat. Murray reported Verdasco,who won in four sets,but the Spaniard said: "I donʼt want to say that Andy lied but I didnʼt talk one word with my coach." Murray later posted a response using the hashtag #liarliarpantsonfire. Writing onInstagram,the former world number one

thanked fans for their support and joked: "Iʼm off to get a health check as apparently Iʼve started imagining things." Earlier, following his 7-5 2-6 6-4 6-4 defeat, Murray had said Verdasco and his coaching team "probably werenʼt aware of the rule" about heat breaks. "When I came out of the shower, his coach and one of the Spanish doubles players were in there chatting to him, and youʼre not allowed to speak to your coach," said Murray. "Iʼm not blaming Fernando and his team. They certainly werenʼt trying to break any rules.