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Thailand to introduce facial and fingerprint scans for SIM cards nationwide In a bid to combat electronic fraud, Thailand is making biometric checks mandatory for all those obtaining new SIM cards. Authorities say the data will be kept "private and safe." People in Thailand who want to obtain a new SIM card will be required to undergo facial or fingerprint scans as of December 15, the countryʼs telecoms regulator said on Monday. The nationwide rollout of the system follows a successful trial run since June in the capital, Bangkok, and Thailandʼs restive south, where separatist insurgents have carried out many bomb attacks using mobile phones to trigger the explosive devices, the regulator said. However, regulatory official Takorn Tantasith said biometric registration was being introduced nationwide mainly to enhance mobile banking security. "This is not aimed at tracking users, but enhancing security, especially in the case of mobile payments, " Takorn said.
Sicily elects governor in bellwether vote ahead of Italyʼs national election Sicilyʼs regional vote is showing a tight race between the center-right backed by Silvio Berlusconi and the populist Five Star Movement. The election is seen as a rehearsal ahead of Italyʼs national election in 2018. Italyʼs center-right looked set to narrowly win over the countryʼs populist party in Sicilyʼs regional election on Sunday, in a vote viewed as a barometer ahead of a general election next May. Centerright candidate Nello Musumeci looked to have taken around 38 percent of the vote, while Giancarlo Cancelleri of the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement looked to have garnered 36 percent, midday projections showed on Monday. Voter turnout was low at just under 47 percent.
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US, Japan agree that ʼall optionsʼ are on the table North Korea:
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has welcomed US President Donald Trumpʼs North Korea policy. The two leaders agreed the "era of strategic patience" with North Korea was over and that "all options" were on the table. At a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo, US President Donald Trump called North Korea a "menace" and said that Japan and said US had to work together to counter the "dangerous aggressions" of the North. The Northʼs nuclear program was "a threat to the civilized world and international peace and stability," he told reporters. He added that "some say my rhetoric is strong, but look whatʼs happened with weak rhetoric over the last 25 years." He reiterated his bullish stance that the "era of strategic patience" was over and that "all options are on the table." A similarly hawkish Abe welcomed the USʼs policy, saying that the two countries agreed "100 percent" on North Korea and that it was now crucial to exert maximum pressure on the repressive regime. Earlier on Monday, President Trump told American and Japanese business leaders that Japan had been "winning" the trade relationship with the US "for the last many decades."
"The US has suffered massive trade deficits with Japan," he said, adding that current trade arrangements were "not fair and not open." Trump praised Japan for buying US military hardware but lamented that while "many millions of cars are sold by Japan into the United States ... virtually no cars go from the United States into Japan." Trump also said he expects Japan to purchase "massive amounts" of military equipment from the United States. Japan will be able to shoot missiles from North Korea "out of the sky" with that equipment. Abe replied that Japan would only shoot down missiles if absolutely necessary. The US leader said he wanted to reshape the two nationsʼ economic ties, and despite abandoning the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) — which the US had negotiated with several Asian and North and South American countries — Trump said he wanted "more trade than anyone ever thought under TPP."
Saudi-led coalition blames Iran for Houthi missile attack Saudi Arabia has blamed Iran for committing a possible "act of war" after a missile fired by Yemenʼs Houthi rebels targeted Riyadh. The rivalry between Iran and Saudi Arabia is heating up across the Middle East. The Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen accused Iran on Monday of supplying the ballistic missile that targeted Riyadh, saying it could be considered an act of war. Saturdayʼs missile launchis considered "a blatant act of military aggression by the Iranian regime, and could rise to be considered as an act of war against the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia," the coalition said in a statementon the official Saudi Press Agency. The statement said the kingdom "reserves its right to respond to Iran in the appropriate time and manner." On Saturday evening, Saudi Arabiaʼs air defense forces intercepted a variant of the Volcano-1 ballistic missile fired from Yemen toward the King Khalid International Airport near the capital. No casualties or damage was reported.
Venezuelan opposition leader takes refuge in Chilean embassy Leading opposition figure Freddy Guevara has sought refuge in the Chilean embassy after being blamed by Venezuelaʼs government of fomenting violence. A UN report blames the government for the scores of protester deaths. A leading member of Venezuelaʼs opposition has sought refuge in the Chilean embassy after being threatened with arrest by the countryʼs high court.
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Germany recovers from deadly Storm Herwart The second major storm to hit Germany in a month has flooded city streets and caused havoc for transport. Four people were killed when the brutal winds brought down trees in Poland and the Czech Republic. Germany was still reeling from the aftermath ofStorm Herwarton Tuesday after days of train standstills, flooding and traffic chaos that destroyed historic buildings and caused Berlin to declare a state of emergency. In the Czech Republic and Poland, Herwart claimed the lives of four people who were struck by falling trees. On the North Sea island of Langeoog, a freight ship remained stranded on the beach after flood waters receded. The town has called in top salvage experts, who remained stumped two days after the worst of the storm. Over the weekend, the storm wrecked havoc on the nationʼs transport system. The trains in much of northern Germany, including Hannover and Hamburg, came to a complete stop – forcing rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) to send thousands of passengers in cramped taxis, sometimes for hours, to destinations as far away as Berlin. German police detain Syrian for ʼpreparingʼ explosives attack
A 19-year-old Syrian has been detained on suspicion of planning to carry out a terror attack in Germany. The man was ready to carry out the attack using highly explosive materials, according to prosecutors. A Syrian man suspected of planning a terror attack was detained in the northern German city of Schwerin, the Federal Prosecutorʼs Office said on Tuesday in a statement. The suspect, identified as 19-year-old Yamen A., was taken into police custody. Prosecutors said in a statement that the teen is "strongly suspected of having planned an Islamist-motivated attack" that involved "highly explosive" materials. Authorities added that Yamen A. had already "concretely prepared" the attack. In July this year, the suspect made the decision to detonate an explosive device in Germany "in order to kill and injure as many people as possible," the statement read. Yamen A. then began to procure components to make an explosive device, including chemicals. It was not initially clear whether the suspect had selected a location to carry out the attack, prosecutors said. They added that there are no signs that Yamen A. was connected toany terrorist organizations. German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said the suspectʼs arrest prevented a "serious terror attack in Germany." 2
Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont turns himself in to Belgian police They will appear before a judge in the Belgian capital Sunday afternoon
Cataloniaʼs ex-president Carles Puigdemont and four former cabinet members have turned themselves in to police. Sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and four other former ministers have turned themselves in to Belgian police, the prosecutorʼs office in Brussels has confirmed. They are due to appear before a Belgian judge Sunday afternoon. "They were taken into custody at 9:17 a.m. [0817 UTC] - so this morning," said Gilles Dejemeppe, a spokesman for Brusselʼs prosecutorʼs office. "This afternoon, the persons involved will be heard by
Donald Trump to new Fed boss: Youʼre hired! US President Trump is turning the announcement of a new Federal Reserve head into a reality TV experience like his show The Apprentice. But is it just a distraction from other problems? Jens Korte reports from New York. US President Donald Trump is looking for a suitable candidate to take over the US Federal Reserve Bank, which is by many accounts the second most important position in America after the president. But the casting for the job is a throwback to his days on the reality TV show "The Apprentice" when he played himself, Donald Trump, the real estate mogul and businessman. In the show, he selected candidates from a group of
the investigative judge." The judge has 24 hours - from the time of surrender - to decide on how to proceed with regard to fulflling Spainʼs extraditon request. Spanish prosecutors filed charges against Puigdemont and the other former regional leaders of Catalonia for their role in last monthʼs independence referendum, which the Spanish government at the time called illegal - a position that was backed by an independent court ruling. applicants who were then allowed to work for him as an "apprentice." The process was long and accompanied by as much spectacle as possible. As president, Trump is now staging what the political website The Hill mockingly called "Central Bank Apprentice." For months, Trump has been tossing out names — such as Gary Cohn, formerly the number two at the investment bank Goldman Sachs, and who was seen as a favorite for the position for several months — only to drop them unceremoniously.
German job agency seeks minimum wage worker to trawl child porn photos from home
Australia shutters Papua New Guinea detention center Around 600 asylum seekers have refused to leave the facility, citing fears of attacks from locals. Australian lawmakers have warned of a "humanitarian emergency" when authorities in Papua New Guinea shut off the water. Private security staff at a controversial Australian detention center in Papua New Guinea left the facility for the first time in years on Tuesday ahead of its expected closure. The facility formed an integral part ofAustraliaʼs expensive offshore detention programknown as "Sovereign Borders." However, Papua New Guineaʼs Supreme Court ruled that the facility is unconstitutional and needed to be closed. Some 600 asylum seekers residing at the facility have refused to leave, saying the alternatives provided are less secure. Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said the campʼs closure would proceed, and that the asylum seekers have access to temporary residences nearby. "All have been informed for a considerable period of time that there is safe and secure alternate accommodation where health and other services will be maintained," Dutton told Reuters news agency in an emailed statement.
A Bavarian job ad sounded enticing until potential employees were told what it actually involved. Investigators have questioned the practise of unskilled, minimum wage workers sifting child porn collections from home. A German business that posted job ads seeking workers to sift through troves of child pornography images came under scrutiny this week for its questionable handling of child abuse images. A data analysis business in the Bavarian city of Augsburg offered potential employees the chance to work from home in exchange for €450 ($525) a month, as part of a so-calledtax-free Minijob. The job advertisement called for a "forensic image analyzer," according to local news outlets. Applicants needed their own computer and some computer experience. They would be given four to five days of training after which they could work from home.
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Trumpʼs Japan trip a ʼsymbolic show of solidarityʼ Donald Trumpʼs first stop in Japan on his maiden voyage to Asia as US president is an opportunity to underline Washingtonʼs alliance with Japan and reassure US allies on opposing North Korea. An air exercise byUS bombers over the Korean Peninsula on Thursday highlights that when US President Donald Trump arrives in Japan on Sunday, regional security will be at the top of the agenda. Trump is scheduled to begin histhree-day visit to Japan by playing a round of golf with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The meeting with Abe will tee off Trumpʼs 12-day Asian tour - including stops in Seoul, Beijing, Vietnam and meetings with leaders from
Anti-Semitic Anne Frank football stickers appear in Germany Stickers displaying Anne Frank wearing football jerseys have appeared in Germany as an antiSemitic provocation by neo-Nazi fans. Dortmund and Leipzig ultra groups appear to be copying their Italian counterparts. An anti-Semitic campaign by far-right Italian football supporters appears to have spread to Germany, after stickers featuring murdered Jewish child diarist Anne Frank wearing a Schalke 04 football jersey have appeared in social media posts and stuck up around Düsseldorf, near the cities of Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen, where the club Schalke is based. The fake Panini-style stickers were first reported by local blog Ruhrbarone, which published a photo of them it said had been found on the Facebook profile of a neo-Nazi active in the local far-right scene. No one has taken responsibility for creating the image, but the fact that Anne Frank is pictured wearing the jersey of Schalke 04, biggest rival of football club Borussia Dortmund (BVB), seems to corroborate Ruhrbaroneʼs speculation that the neo-Nazis are BVB supporters.
theAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)in Manila. Analysts anticipate that Trump will use every opportunity to reiterate the need to ensure lasting security in the region and will highlight the threat that North Korea poses to that ambition. During an interview with US broadcaster Fox News on Thursday, Trump warned that Japan was a "warrior nation" that, if forced to, could take matters on North Korea into its own hands.
Saudi Arabia carries out major purge, cementing crown princeʼs power
Dozens of Saudi princes and current and former ministers have been detained. The move further consolidates Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salmanʼs power as he prepares to take over the throne. Saudi Arabia ramped up a major purge on Sunday, a day after the arrest of dozens of princes, officials and businessmen sent shock waves throughout the kingdom. The purported anticorruption drive targeted leading figures in the kingdom, including 11 princes, four current ministers and
dozens of former ministers. "The arrests means they go beyond the allegations of corruption, and are designed to further smooth the eventual succession whenever it takes place," said Kristian Ulrichsen, a fellow for the Middle East at Rice Universityʼs Baker Institute for Public Policy. "Mohammed bin Salman is remaking the kingdom in his own image, and signaling a potentially significant move away from the consensual balancing of competing interests that characterized Saudi rule in the past."
Austrian full-face veil ban comes into effect Austriaʼs prohibition of full-face coverings has officially come into force. The government said the ban helps uphold Austrian values and promotes integration despite criticism from Muslim and refugee groups. People in Austria are now banned from covering their faces in public. The ban includes wearing the burqa, which hides the entire face, and the niqab, which leaves the eyes uncovered. Those violating the ban could face a penalty up to €150 euros ($176). In May, Austrian lawmakersapproved a billthat outlaws wearing a full-face veil in public. The new legislation also establishes mandatory integration courses and prompts asylum-seekers to do unpaid public work.
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Billions of euros are needed to renovate Germanyʼs schools, the teachersʼ association has said. Fixing unhygienic conditions and faulty heating systems has been "scandalously" delayed, the associationʼs head said. The German Teachersʼ Association called on the next German government to approve billions of euros to renovate dilapidated schools in the country, according to a report published Monday. "In light of the scandalous renovation backlog at numerous schools, the [next] coalition agreement must include a comprehensive investment program for school renovations and refurbishments," the associationʼs chairman Heinz-Peter Meidinger told the German daily newspaper Bild. The association is urging a minimum commitment of €10 billion ($11.6 billion) over the next four years. The Credit Institution for Reconstruction (KfW) previously estimated the total cost of repairing Germanyʼs crumbling schools at €34 billion — far above the associationʼs request, noted Meidinger. Meidinger, who is also a principal of a school in the southern state of Bavaria, expressed shock at the learning conditions at some schools in Germany. He listed cases of schools with "leaky roofs, mice and rats in the utility ducts, intolerable hygienic conditions in the toilets, poor thermal insulation and crumbling plaster on the interior and exterior walls and a lack of regular cleaning." The conditions were a "shame" for Germany, Meidinger added. Climate change: World way off track on Paris accord goals
Existing national goals will only meet one-third of the Paris climate target, according to a UN report. The study comes less than a week before the world climate conference kicks off in Bonn. As the United Nations prepares to welcomedelegates from across the world to Bonnon Monday for the two-week COP23 climate summit, it released a stark warning today. The national pledges currently on the table by the signatory countries will only bring a third of the reduction in emissions required by 2030 to meet global climate targets. The biggest roadblock is not with national governments, says the United Nations Environment Program report. Rather, the private sector and regional governments arenʼt increasing their climate action at a rate that would help close this gap. The Paris goal is to limit global warming to at least under 2 degrees Celsius — and to 1.5 degrees if possible — in order to avoid catastrophic climate change. 4
Lufthansa reaches for global skies Germanyʼs Lufthansa Group looks set to expand, even as some rival airlines cut back or fall into bankruptcy. It has set its sights on becoming a leading global player. But air travel markets remain fiercely competitive. The end of Air Berlin will continue to change the air transport marketin Germany and Europe. There have already been three failures this year on the Continent. In addition to Air Berlin, which not long ago was the No. 2 airline in Germany, Alitalia filed for insolvency in May, and is currently being kept afloat by means of cash infusions from the Italian state. And in early October, the British holiday airline Monarch Airlines went under. "There will be further consolidation in the coming years," Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr has said. Thatʼs been his view for a long time. For Lufthansa, Spohr believes, this trend presents an opportunity. What the vari-
Trump likely to pick Powell as new US Fed chair Under pressure from fresh allegations against his campaign team, US President Donald Trump is preparing to announce Fed governor Jerome Powell as his choice to replace Janet Yellen at the head of the central bank. Sources familiar with the matter told the news agency Reuters on Monday that Jerome Powell was the leading candidate of the Trump administration, with the White House sayingthe US presidentwas being expected to make the official announcement on Thursday. A US Federal Reserve governor since 2012, Powell is a wellknown figure among bankers and investors. He worked as a partner at Carlyle Group from 1997 to 2005 after serving briefly in the administration of George W. Bush as US Treasury Secretary. Donald Trump has been deliberating between Powell alongside current chair Janet Yellen, and John Taylor, a Stanford economist who were also on the White House short list.
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Indiaʼs domestic workers face abuse without legal protection Indiaʼs labor ministry is currently preparing legislation to provide social security for domestic workers. But rights groups say more legal protection against mistreatment is necessary. Stories ofwealthy families in India physically abusing and mistreating young women employed as domestic workers in metropolitan areas are becoming more common in India. In a high-profile case last July, a 26-year-old domestic worker from Bangladesh lodged a compliant with Indian police saying she had been beaten up and held captive by her employers at a home located in the upscale gated community of Noida, a suburb of New Delhi. She was freed after friends and family gathered in protest outside the apartment complex where she was being held. Her employers accused her of theft, but it was later discovered that she had not been paid for two months. The case is indicative of a larger trend of domestic workers in India being mistreated.
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ous insolvencies will mean for the German air travel market wonʼt be known in detail until next summer. Several milestones must be passed before the mists clear. First, the EU competition authorities must approveLufthansaʼs takeover of many of Air Berlinʼs routes. This involves the allocation of starting and landing rights at various airports. Further slots will be allocated at the regular conference of IATA, the International Air Travel Association; these will only enter into force with the upcoming summer schedule, after the end of March. Thereʼs always scope for additional changes before then, Spohr explained on Wednesday.
Venezuela introduces 100,000 bolivar bill worth $2
The new note unveiled by President Nicolas Maduro is meant to curb outof-control inflation that has left the country reeling. Just one year ago, a 100 bolivar bill was the largest amount of cash on the market. Venezuela announced plans to begin issuing 100,000-bolivar notes on Wednesday as the government struggles to control skyrocketing inflation. One year ago, the largest bill was only 100 bolivars – an amount that is now practically worthless. President Nicolas Madurounveiled the note at a cabinet meeting. It will be worth about €2 euros or $2.3 on black market exchanges. Caracas said the new bill is only a stop-gap measure amidst a more comprehensive financial overhaul, one facet of which is to eventually rid the country of paper money entirely. "The use of the physical currency is being replaced," the president said. Maduro also announced a 30 percent increase in the countryʼs minimum wage and a rise in pension payouts for retired workers, though economists have warned this will only exacerbate inflation. He also took the opportunity to threaten any opposition politicians who boycott nationwide mayoral elections in December.
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The side effects of grapefruit juice Drug package inserts don’t include warnings about adverse interactions with foods
Many people must take medications, often daily. Why not combine it with a fresh grapefruit Juice? But this can have harmful interactions with certain medications. It’s long been known that medications can interact with one another in adverse ways. These interactions are generally listed on a drug’s package insert. But what many people don’t realize is that certain foods can also have an impact on a drug’s effectiveness. Research on such interactions is still in its early stages, but it’s long been known that grapefruit juice can adversely affect a drug’s effectiveness. Grapefruit and grapefruit juice is known to interact with many drugs, often by increasing the concentration of the active ingredient. Studies have shown that grapefruit slows drug metabolism, which raises the blood
serum concentration of the drug’s active ingredients. Currently about 100 drugs are known to interact with grapefruit and grapefruit juice, including pain relievers, sleep aids, drugs to treat high blood pressure (such as beta blockers) as well as antihistamines used to treat allergy symptoms. Current research has also documented an adverse interaction with oral contraceptives, causing an increase in blood serum levels of estradiol, a form of estrogen used in oral contraceptives. This can increase side effects such as breast tenderness as well as increase the risk of thrombosis.
Self-driving bus starts first route in Germany German railway company Deutsche Bahn has introduced an autonomous bus to drive passengers along a pre-programmed route in Bavaria. In case of an emergency, a human driver can take control with a joystick. The electric vehicle delivered its first passengers on Wednesday in Bad Birnach, Bavaria, starting on its eightminute route from the townʼs hot springs to the central area and the railway station. The EZ10 bus has six places to sit and can take in a further six standing passengers, and the ride is free of charge. Itʼs the first time a self-driving bus has been incorporated in Germanyʼs public transport system. Among the first group to ride the self-driving bus was Richard Lutz, the head of the German railway giant Deutsche Bahn (DB), the company behind the pilot project. "Weʼve just driven, completely autonomously, into a new era of transport," he said in a statement after the first trip. The bus was developed by the French start-up EasyMile. It is equipped with sensors which can detect obstacles and activate brakes.The vehicle moves along a pre-programmed route with its speed initially limited to 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) per hour on a road with a 30 kph speed limit. Also, the bus is not yet capable of avoiding obstacles on its own.
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Teachers for AI — can robots create more jobs than they retire? While headway in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry has many worried about potential jobs losses, others see this as a perfect opportunity to nurture an economy that is completely human-based. Workers can spend anywhere from 5 minutes to 40 hours a week going through simple tasks on a smartphone, making AI all over the world more intelligent and efficient. By building platforms and crowd sourcing a large supply of workers, the companies that train AI were smart to realize the data needed could be processed by anyone with steady access to the internet. From this developed companies like Clickwork, Neurala,
and Alegion Inc., which utilize "human taggers" to push AI education. With over a million "clickworkers" signed up, thereʼs an estimated 100,000 people logged on at this very moment, sifting through droves of information and lending a human touch to robot training. "Staring at security cameras or an airport scanner, remote-controlling a robot, driving trucks up and down a mine did not exist as jobs until recently," says Massimiliano Versace, CEO of Neurala, "and will probably not exist as jobs occupying a full-time human as they are today. Humans were created to do much more complicated and elevated tasks than watching videos 24/7."
Tamás Széll - the most well known gastro hero in Hungary, who proved to the world that Hungarian chefs are also artists of the “Culinarium” – will introduce the mysteries of fine dining at the Martin Day Wine Festival of Danubius Hotel, accompanied by the golden trio of the chefs from Gerbeaud, Gundel and Gellért, with plenty of wine and foaming beer, posing a drinking challenge to everyone. All that between November 9 and12. Further information:borfesztivalgellert.hu
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New Hungarian film Aurora Borealis now screens in Budapest Becoming a mother is a miraculous time in a woman’s life. However, there are certain scenarios when the arrival of a newcomer is not entirely wonderful news. The new motion picture by eminent Hungarian director Márta Mészáros, Aurora Borealis, tells a touching tale, taking viewers back in time in Hungary and leaving them reaching for the Kleenex. The story has two timelines. One transports viewers back to a western Hungarian village in 1953, where a descendant of an aristocratic family, Ákos, falls for a village girl, Mari. They try to escape to Austria together, but unfortunately with no success, and after being harassed by soldiers, Mari has to start a new life alone and pregnant in occupied Vienna. The other storyline is in the present, unfolding the events through the recollections of old Mari, now a pensioner living in her old village. One day she gets a letter from Russia and falls into a coma. Her daughter Olga, a lawyer living alone in Vienna, comes back to care for her. Suspecting something about her mother’s past isn’t quite right, she starts investigating. This is only a fraction of the story, as anything else would be a major spoiler. However, even the trailer foretells that Olga’s dad might not be who she thinks after all.
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Anti-Semitic Anne Frank football stickers appear in Germany
Stickers displaying Anne Frank wearing football jerseys have appeared in Germany as an anti-Semitic provocation by neo-Nazi fans. Dortmund and Leipzig hooligan groups appear to be copying their Italian counterparts. An anti-Semitic campaign by far-right Italian football supporters appears to have spread to Germany, after stickers featuring murdered Jewish child diarist Anne Frank wearing a Schalke 04 football jersey have appeared in social media posts and stuck up around Düsseldorf, near the cities of Dortmund and Gelsenkirchen, where the club Schalke is based.
Werder Bremen dismiss coach Alexander Nouri
Bundesliga club Werder Bremen have sacked head coach Alexander Nouri. The widely expected move comes with the team yet to have won a league match this season and follows a 3-0 defeat at home to Augsburg. Werder Bremen announced the dismissal of head coach Alexander Nouri in a statement posted on their website on Monday. In the statement, sporting director Frank Baumann thanked Nouri for his work at the club. "Alex took on a very tough task last season and successfully accomplished it. We want to thank him for that," Baumann said. 6
Athletics doping: IOC confident over Russia doping reform plans International Olympic Committee chief Thomas Bach believes Russia will resolve its doping issues and field athletes at next yearʼs Rio Games. Russia was provisionally suspendedfrom world athletics after an independent World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report alleged "state-sponsored doping". Bach met with his Russian Olympic Committee counterpart Alexander Zhukov to discuss the report. He said he was "confident" in the measures put forward by the ROC. Council members of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on Friday voted 22-1 in favour of Russia being banned. As it stands, Russian athletes may not enter international competitions, including the World Athletic Series and Rio Olympics, which begin on 5 August next year. Russia will also not be entitled to host the 2016 World Race Walking Cup in Cheboksary and the 2016 World Junior Championships in Kazan. "We are confident that the initiatives being proposed by the ROC, with the responsible international organisations - Wada and the IAAF - will ensure compliance as soon as possible in order to provide participation of the clean Russian athletes at the Olympic Games," said IOC president Bach.
Jose Mourinho says tax fraud case is ʼclosedʼ He had been accused of defrauding the Spanish tax authorities of millions of euros between 2011 and 2012
Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho has said that he has settled his tax fraud case in Spain. Jose Mourinho has said his tax fraud case is now "closed" after he paid the money he owned to the Spanish tax authorities dating back to his time in charge of Real Madrid. The current Manchester United coach made the statement outside of a courthouse on the outskirts of Madrid, where he appeared briefly before a judge on Friday morning to answer questions regarding accusations of tax fraud. The 54-year-old Mourinho had been accused by Spanish prosecutors of defrauding the countyʼs tax authorities of €3.3 million ($3.8 million) in unpaid
taxes between 2011 and 2012. The money in question concerned revenues from image rights, not his salary from Real Madrid. Leaving the tribunal in Pozuelo de Alarcon in the northwest of the Spanish capital in the company of his lawyers, Mourinho said: "Itʼs simple. I left Spain in 2013 with the information and conviction that my situation with the tax authorities was perfectly legal. Then I was informed that an investigation was opened and they told me that in order to regularize my situation I had to pay a certain amount of money."
Germany coach Joachim Löw names squad for England, France friendlies Germany head coach Joachim Löw has named his squad for the national teamʼs last two matches of 2017. A couple of familiar faces return, while Marcel Halstenberg earned his first call up to the national team. Midfielders Mario Götze of Borussia Dortmund and Manchester Cityʼs Ilkay Gündogan are to return to the national team after a yearʼs absence, as they were two of the 25 players coach Joachim Löw named to his squad for the upcoming friendlies against England and France. Both Götze and Gün-
dogan made their last appearances with the national team in Germanyʼs 0-0 draw in a friendly in Milan last November. Götze missed most of the second half of last season due to a metabolic disorder, while Gündogan had missed time after having torn the cruciate ligaments in his right knee. Left-back Marcel Halstenberg, 26, earned his first call up due to what Löw described in a statement posted on the German football associationʼs (DFB) website as "consistently strong performances" for his club side, RB Leipzig.