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Childrenʼs tolerance of immigrants declines with age An annual survey of 10,000German schoolchildrenbetween the ages of nine and 14, found that three-quarters of those questioned were strongly in favor of taking in immigrants andrefugees from countries that are struggling with poverty or violence, according to the LBS Kinderbarometer (childrenʼs barometer) poll published Thursday. The study found that although the majority of children were clearly in favor of immigration, 10 percent were strictly against it. The study showed that as children got older they becameless tolerantand also that place of residence was clearly a factor in attitudes. Children from the populous state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the city states of Bremen, Hamburg and Berlin were much more open to immigration than children from the eastern German states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia.
Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam granted bail Shahidul Alam, a 63-year-old, award-winning photographer and social activist, had beenarrested at his homein Dhaka in August shortly after giving an interview to television channel Al Jazeera. He had accused the government of extrajudicial killings and corruption. Not charged, Shahidul Alam has been investigated under a section of the law on information and communication technology on suspicion of spreading propaganda and false information. The charges carry a 14-year jail sentence if proven. Today the high court granted bail to Shahidul Alam after he was held in custody for 102 days. When the court granted him bail, it was noted that did Alam did not confess or admit to any of the allegations against him," Shahidul Alamʼs attorney Sara Hossain told .
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German prosecutors to investigate far-right AfDʼs Alice Weidel over donations The party received large sums of money from donors in Switzerland and Belgium
Prosecutors have begun a probe into AfD leader Alice Weidel over the alleged use of foreign donations to pay for internet campaigning. Prosecutors in the southern German city of Konstanz said on Wednesday that Alice Weidel, the parliamentary group leader of the farright Alternative for Germany party, was under initialsuspicion for breaching Germanyʼs strict party spending laws. Prosecutor Andreas Mathy told DPA news agency that his office had sent a letter to the Bundestag, Germanyʼs parliament, requesting the lifting of Weidelʼs parliamentary immunity. A formal investigation could begin as early Friday. Prosecutors are also set to investigate other AfD officials in Weidelʼs Lake Constance constituency. German newspaper Süd‐ deutsche Zeitung (SZ) and public broadcasters NDR and WDR reported on Sunday that the AfD branch in Lake Constance had received around €130,000 ($147,000) in campaign donations from a company in Switzerland shortly before the 2017 general election. Lake Constance is the southern German district where Weidel, who divides her time between Germany and Switzerland, lives with her partner
and children. Zurich-based PWS PharmaWholeSale reportedly said that its chief executive had transferred the money for an anonymous business associate. It sent the money in 18 tranches to avoid infringing German party spending laws. Germany restricts foreign donations from non-European Union countries to German citizens living outside the EU. Weidel said she had doubts about the legality of the donations in September and sent the money back. But the repayment only took place in April 2018, according to SZ, NDR and WDR. The total transferred was around €8,000 less than the amount Weidelʼs office had received. The local AfD treasurer who approved the repayment told DPA that she had "overseen" the absence of the remaining €8,000. She said she first became aware of the mistake when German media began reporting on the incident earlier this week. Late on Wednesday, it emerged that the AfDʼs branch in Lake Constance also received another large donation from Belgium.
UK Brexit minister Dominic Raab and others resign over exit deal UK Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab became the second of Prime Minister Theresa Mayʼs Cabinet to resign on Thursday. He followed a minister in the Northern Ireland office and preceded the later resignation of Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey. "I regret to say that, following the Cabinet meeting yesterday on the Brexit deal, I must resign," Raab said via Twitter. "I cannot in good conscience support the terms proposed for our deal with the EU." The previous Brexit minister, David Davis, resigned in July. Current environment minister Michael Gove was rumored to have been offered the Brexit ministerʼs post but was later reported to have turned it down.
PEN addresses the plight of writers in prison In many countries, writers and authors are the first victims of dictatorial rulers. November 15 is Day of the Imprisoned Writer – a day when international writerʼs organization PEN draws attention to the plight of people around the world who have been imprisoned or persecuted for daring to exercise their right to the freedom of expression. This year PEN has selected five cases that exemplify the oppression to which authors all over the world are subjected on a daily basis. You can find out more about these cases in the picture gallery above.
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China offers Africa billions, ʼno strings attachedʼ Chinese President Xi Jinping (above, with Somalian President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed) pledged $60 billion (roughly €52 billion) in aid to African leaders duringa major summit in Beijingon Monday as part of Chinaʼs push to boost its influence abroad. Xi promised at the Forum on China-African Cooperation (FOCAC) that "Chinaʼs investment in Africa comes with no political strings attached." "Chinaʼs cooperation with Africa is clearly targeted at the major bottlenecks to development. Resources for our cooperation are not to be spent on any vanity projects, but in places where they count the most," Xi said. Beijing has poured billions in its Belt and Road initiative, a development and investment scheme focused on promoting trade connectivity that places China at the center. Xi, however, stressed, that Belt and Road "is not a scheme to form an exclusive club or bloc against others."
Whatʼs behind Chinaʼs ʼnoninterferenceʼ in Africa?
President Xi Jinping told African leaders on Monday that Chinaʼs investments on the continent have "no political strings attached," pledging $60 billion (€51.6 billion) in new development financing, even as Beijing is increasingly criticized over its debt-heavy projects abroad. Xi offered the funding at the start of a two-day China-Africa summit that focused on his cherished Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The money — to be spent over the next three years — comes on top of $60 billion Beijing offered in 2015. Read more: Second-hand clothes, smuggling and the US-China trade war in Africa The massive BRI scheme is aimed at improving Chinese access to foreign markets and resources, and boosting Beijingʼs influence abroad. China has poured billions in loans for roads, railways, ports and other major infrastructure projects in Asia and Africa. But critics warn that the Chinese leaderʼs pet project is burying some countries under massive debt. In a DW interview, Professor Helmut Asche says Chinaʼs development cooperation is overshadowing Western cooperation in terms of the speed of delivery, coverage and scope of infrastructure funding. 2
UK leadership challenge: How does it work? Is a leadership challenge on the cards?
A slew of ministerial resignations over the draft UK-EU Brexit deal has put even more pressure on embattled UK Prime Minister Theresa May. British Prime MinisterTheresa May battled to save her draft Brexit dealThursday. After severalhighprofile resignations from her Cabinet, she could now face a fight to save her premiership if a leadership challenge is called. A challenge can be triggered if 15 percent of the Conservative MPs write a letter to the chairman of the influential "1922 Committee" [the parliamentary group of all backbench Conservative lawmakers] demanding a vote of confidence in the leader. The party currently has 315 MPs, so 48 would need to submit such letters.
Turkish central bank to act on record inflation Official data from Turkey showed Monday that the countryʼs year-onyear inflation rate stood at 17.9 percent in August. Inflation is now at its highest level since September 2003, the year Recep Tayyip Erdogan first took power as prime minister. Ratings agencies and analystshad long called on the central bank to raise interest rates, but in July the lender kept them at 17.75 percent despite all warnings. While central banks typically try to dampen sharply rising consumer prices with interest rate hikes, Erdogan — now Turkeyʼs president — has opposed higher rates claiming they could cause even higher inflation. Decision in two weeks But the central bank said Monday that "recent developments regarding the inflation outlookindicated sig-
Leading euroskepticBrexiteer Jacob Rees-Moggsubmitted his letter of no confidence on Thursday. "It is of considerable importance that politicians stick to their commitments or do not make such commitments in the first place. Regrettably, this is not the situation," he wrote. Although lawmakers do not have to reveal their intentions, a total of 14 MPs have publicly confirmed they have sent their letter. Others may have also already done so privately. Only the chair of the committee, Graham Brady, knows the exact number. nificant risks to price stability, pledging it would take action. "Our monetary stance will be adjusted at the September Monetary Policy Committee Meeting in view of the latest developments," the lender said of its forthcoming meeting on September 13. Also on Monday, Erdogan denounced the dollar as an obstacle to global trade. "Weʼreproposing to trade in our own currency rather than the US dollar," he told a summit in Kyrgyzstan.
South Korea slashes North Korea human rights budget, raises regime aid Under the budget bill put forward by President Moon Jae-inʼs government, spending earmarked for the North
Two Malaysian women caned publicly for samesex relations Two Malaysian Muslim women convicted under Islamic Shariah law of attempting same-sex relations were given six strokes of the cane in public on Monday, with some 150 people witnessing their whipping. The women, aged 32 and 22, who had pleaded guilty last month to the charges leveled against them, received a fine in addition to the caning, which was carried out using a light rattan cane while they were fully clothed. The incident occurred in northeast Terengganu state. The punishment, which is banned under civil law in Malaysia, is allowed under Islamic law in the countryʼs dual-track legal system. The country, whose population is around 60 percent Muslim, has seen a recent rise in Islamic conservativism, with the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in Malaysia regularly subjected to discrimination and hostility.
Korean Human Rights Foundation has been set at KRW800 million (€620,857), down 92.6 percent from the original sum of KRW10.8 billion (€8.4 million). Similarly, the budget for the organizationʼs database has been slashed by nearly 71 percent to KRW486 million (€377,201). Assistance to the more than 31,000 North Koreans, who have managed to flee the regime and settle in South Korea, has been reduced by more than 31 percent to KRW39.9 billion (€31.03 million), with the government saying that fewer North Koreans are defecting and there is therefore less need to support them once they reach the South. The South Korean government has previously withdrawn funding for a number of organizations, including the North Korean Defector Comradery, a group set up in 1999 to assist some of the people who have managed to flee the regime in finding jobs or to receive education or training.
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Politics motivated Navalny arrests, European court rules In a blow to the Kremlin, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that several arrests of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were politically motivated. Moscow was ordered to pay over €50,000 in damages. Russian authorities violated the rights of politician Alexei Navalny with politically motivated arrests, the highest chamber of the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday. Two of the seven times he was arrested between 2012 and 2014, authorities had aimed to suppress "political pluralism" in the country. In six out of seven cases, the government violated Navalnyʼs right to a fair trial, according to the ruling. "Iʼm very
Khashoggi killing: Saudi prosecutor seeks death penalty for five suspects Saudi Arabiaʼs top prosecutor has recommended the death penalty for five of the suspects charged in the murder case of dissident writer Jamal Khashoggi. However, he denied Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salmanʼs involvement. Saud al-Mojeb, the kingdomʼs top prosecutor, announced on Thursday that he was recommending the death penalty for five of the 11 suspects who have been charged with ordering and carrying out thekilling of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. He did not name the suspects. In total, 21 people have been arrested in connection with the case. Khashoggi, a regular contributor to US newspaper The Washington Post, was a staunch critic ofSaudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. His murder caused international outrage, and many believe it could not have been carried out without bin Salmanʼs knowledge. The prosecutor, however, claimed the crown prince was not involved in the killing.
pleased with this ruling. This is genuine justice," Navalny told reporters in Strasbourg. "This ruling is very important not only for me but also for many people in Russia who face similar arrests on a daily basis." Moscow has been ordered to pay €50,000 ($56,690) to the politician in damages and another €12,653 in court expenses. The latest ruling comes after both sidesappealed an initial verdict last year.
Breakfast with coffee good way to prevent Type 2 diabetes
People who forgo breakfast also tend to have an unhealthy diet throughout the day. Perhaps they snack on something sweet to stave off the hunger, or they may be more inclined to smoke than someone whose stomach is busy digesting whole-grain bread or cereal. Thatʼs one of the conclusions from a new epidemiological study led bySabrina Schlesinger of the German Diabetes Center (DDZ), and pub-
lished in theThe Journal of Nutrition. The nutritionists analyzed data from 96,175 participants, of whom 4,935 developed Type 2 diabetes during the course of the study. They found that obese people tended to skip their breakfast more frequently than those who were not obese. Obesity is an important risk factor in the development of this form of diabetes.
Zimbabweans hope for economic recovery ahead of court ruling on election outcome As the Constitutional Court of Zimbabweprepares to rule on the oppositionʼs legal challenge to President Emmerson Mnangagwaʼs election victory, Zimbabweans are hoping that whoever is given the mandate to govern will be able to turn the countryʼs ailing economy around. A decade after hyperinflation peaked in Zimbabwe at a rate of up to 500 billion percent, the economy still struggles to fund basic public services, while unemployment and emigration remains rife.
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Gamers seek out trends and idols at gamescom A winged angel of death descends on the crowd from the escalator, swinging its fantasy scimitar. Nearby, a tank driver and a small girl in a feathery anime costume get their picture taken together, surrounded by a crowd in the hallway. As trade shows go, gamescom is definitely on the more exciting end for visitors. Thatʼs because in the past 10 years, the fair has transformed into an event featuring not only the devoted costumed fans known as cosplayers, but also lots of surrounding activities like concerts, competitions and signing sessions. Meeting the idols The luckiest visitors get to not only see their favorite gamer or livestreamer in person, they also get to play with them. When League of Legends player Frederick Hinteregger (screen name Noway4u) gets on stage to pick a team for a live game with him, arms shoot up by the dozens. In no time at all, the extremely comfy-looking gaming chairs on stage fill up. Hinteregger has found his place in eSports as a professional."I used to be happy to just get a mousepad, hardware, anything, really. But if you play national leagues, you can make up to €2,000 per month. If you play higher, it can be five digits."
Can Europe defeat a palm oil ʼmonsterʼ of its own making? Alongside record heat waves, trade wars have also been grabbing global headlines recently, whether itʼs the United States versus Turkey, the US versus China — or the European Union versus Indonesia and Malaysia. Rumblings of the latter followed the European Parliamentʼs January 2018 vote to ban the use of palm oil as a biofuel by 2020. Malaysia and Indonesia — both major producers — threatened retaliation, but backed down after the EU opted for a slower phase-out of palm oil as biofuel. Now, under the EUʼs updated Renewable Energy Directive (finalized in June), palm oil imports should peak around 2019, then begin to drop in 2023 before being phased out entirely by 2030. The EUʼs move came amidst growing recognition that the consumption of palm oil in Europecontributes to deforestation, destruction of wildlife habitat and — when industrial palm oil growers clear rainforests — greenhouse gas emissions. 4
Cars still rule the roost in Germany How do Germans like to get around? Thatʼs the question the Transport Ministry asked in a nationwide poll. That the car still dominates is perhaps unsurprising but that doesnʼt help the nationʼs green goals.
Malaysiaʼs Mahathir dumps Chinese projects amid ʼnew colonialismʼ fear On Tuesday,Malaysiaʼs Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad ended his five-day visit to Beijing by announcing that China-financed projects in Malaysia worth billions of dollars would be cancelled. Speaking to Malaysian reporters, Mahathir said that Chinese President Xi Jinping had "accepted" the reasoning behind putting the projects on ice. "Itʼs about pouring in too much money, which we cannot afford, cannot repay, and also because we donʼt need these projects for Malaysia at this moment," Mahathir said, adding a warning about bankruptcy and Malaysiaʼs ballooning national debt, which currently hovers around $250 million (€217 million), according to the Malaysian Ministry of Finance. The projects include a $20 billion railway, the 688 kilometer (430 mile)-long East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), which would have connected Malaysiaʼs east coast with southern Thailand and the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. Construction of two gas pipelines worth $2.3 billion is also being discontinued.
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Cars are still the favored mode of getting around for Germans, with the nationʼs private vehicle fleet growing to 43 million, despite efforts to promote greener forms of transport, according to a new government report. The German Transport Ministry polled more than 150,000 households nationwide to find out how often people leave their homes, what distances they covered on an average day and their preferences for getting from A to B, including by foot, public transport, private vehicle and bicycle. Accord-
ing to the survey, which the goverment bills as the worldʼs largest ever on a nationʼs mobility, the growth in car use means that on average there is now more than one vehicle in every German household. The biggest increases in car ownership were registered in eastern Germany and rural areas across the country. The study also points out that of privately-owned cars, the share of SUVs and crosscountry vehicles reached 20 percent last year, up from just 10 percent in 2008.
Germany poised to set worldʼs largest trade surplus
ʼPink Legacyʼ diamond sells for record-setting $50 million
Germany is expected to set a €264 billion ($299 billion) trade surplus this year, far more than its closest export rivals Japan and the Netherlands, according to research published Monday by Munichbased economic research institute Ifo. However, the latest surplus figures indicate a slight dip as a proportion of Germanyʼs total economic performance compared to 2017, falling from 7.9 percent to 7.8 percent. Ifoʼs report takes into account trade in goods, services and income from foreign assets.Trade in goodsis the runaway driving factor behind Germanyʼs surplus at over €200 billion, while income from assets is also expected to add up to around €63 billion. Germany is expected to run a€18 billion deficit in services, according to IFO. Trade in goodsis the runaway driving factor behind Germanyʼs surplus at over €200 billion, while income from assets is also expected to add up to around €63 billion. Germany is expected to run a€18 billion deficit in services, according to IFO.
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It was the highest price-per-carat that a pink diamond has ever fetched at auction. The stone once belonged to the Oppenheimer diamond family and is among the most chemically pure gems in the world. The 19-carat, rectangular-cut "Pink Legacy" diamond sold for a record 50.375 Swiss francs (€44.3 million, $50 million) on Tuesday at Christieʼs in Geneva. The auction house said that renowned jeweler Harry Winston was the buyer. The identity of the seller was not disclosed. The diamond had been expected to fetch between $30 million and $50 million. The auctioneer struck down a hammer price of $44.5 million, which excludes the standard "buyerʼs premium" and other fees . Christieʼs said the Pink Legacy achieved a new per-carat record and was the second most expensive one ever sold at auction. Graded "vivid," the highest rating for a pink diamondʼs color, Christieʼs says itʼs among the most chemically pure gems. The stone is internally pure with a regular count and mounted on a platinum ring.
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Lost Disney film showing Mickey Mouseʼs predecessor found in Japan Celebrating Disneyʼs cartoons
A long-lost Walt Disney cartoon featuring a character that led to the creation of Mickey Mouse was found in Japan, nearly 70 years after it was bought by a high school student. Decades ago, Yasushi Watanabe bought a cartoon film that was tagged "Mickey Manga Spide" (Mickey cartoon speedy) in the Japanese city of Osaka. Little did the high school student know he had just purchased a reel of animation history for the equivalent of €3.90 ($4.40). Japanʼs Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported on Wednesday the discovery of the rare lost cartoon produced by Walt Disney and featuring a character that led to the creation of Mickey
Mouse. Anime history researcher Watanabe, now 84, had contacted the paper after reading Oswald the Lucky
Rabbit: The Search for the Lost Disney Cartoons, a book about the history of
"Iʼve never been a fan of politics," writes Michelle Obama in her memoir, Becoming. "And my experience over the last 10 years has done little to change that." That may sound like an unusual statement from the former First Lady of the United States, whose husband spent 2,923 days in the White House fulfilling his two terms as president. Yet the lawyer from a working class background, raised in a predominantly Black neighborhood on Chicagoʼs south side, set aside her dislike for politics as she took on her role in the public eye. Spearheading initiatives that supported veterans and combated childhood obesity, Michelle Obama used her position to draw awareness to the problems many Americans face: poverty, homelessness, lack of access to nutritious food, civil and LGBTQ rights. She likewise used her role to promote American designers — wearing gowns designed by Prabal Gurung, for example — and AfricanAmerican artists like Amy Sherald, the first Black artist to make an official presidential portrait.
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a Disney character created in the late 1920s, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. According to the book, seven of the 26 short films featuring the rabbit were believed to be permanently lost — and Watanabe remembered the film he had bought as a young man.
Youth for Peace: Inspiring ideas for ʼold men with tiesʼ Five hundred participants from 48 different countries are coming together in Berlin for the international youth meeting "Youth for Peace — 100 Years after World War I, 100 Ideas for Peace." During three days of workshops, they will develop different ideas for peace that will be handed out to German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and French President Emmanuel Macron at the closing ceremony on November 18. In his opening remarks at the youth meetingʼs kickoff event on Wednesday evening, Andreas Michaelis, State Secretary of Germanyʼs Foreign Office, reminded
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that 1918 was not only the year World War I ended, but one of international transformations. Borders were redrawn, new nations were proclaimed and women in Germany obtained the right to vote, for example. "Today we are once again living in a period of upheaval," said Michaelis, and added the main question we need to answer now is: "Where are we headed?" "Thatʼs where you come into play," the state secretary told the young participants. "The future should not be determined by old men with too long ties," quipped the politician who was wearing a long tie himself.
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Hungary’s Recirquel to stage Budapest premiere of hit Edinburgh show “My Land” THE SHOW RUNS AT MÜPA BUDAPEST EVERY DAY FROM 16 TO 19 OCTOBER AND ON 21 OCTOBER. From tonight, Budapest audiences can expect gravity-defying acts performed in their purest form, through physical feats of the body. Presented on the stage of the prestigious Müpa Palace of Arts are stunts by globally renowned company Recirquel, whose new balletlike production “My Land” was top-rated by critics at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. We talk to Recirquel founder and choreographer Bence Vági, who has taken acrobatics to new heights. Performers in skin-tight unitards rise up from a dirt-covered set to share personal stories, their bodies contorted and biceps straining. What unfolds in front of the viewers appear as illusionary images combining light, shadow and reflection – nature’s elements. Tradition, freedom and love all form part of My Land, a real physical feat enacted by a team of Ukrainian artists to traditional Tatar and Moldavian music.
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Calgary votes ʼNoʼ in 2026 Olympics plebiscite
Because the referendum was nonbinding, the fate of Calgaryʼs Olympic bid still rests with the 15member city council, which meets on Monday to decide whether not to move forward. However, the council is expected to bow to the will of the people. Additionally, the province of Alberta, in which Calgary is located, has previously said that it would withdraw its 700-millionCanadian-dollar (€470,000, $530,000) commitment should the "no" side win. Those in favor of hosting the Olympics faced a hard sell to Calgaryʼs 1.24 million residents as the city would have been on the hook for 390 million Canadian dollars in order to host the event.
LeBron James passes Wilt Chamberlain on NBA all-time scoring list in Lakers win
London Broncos have long-term ambition to win Super League title Promoted London Broncos must have the ambition to win Super League in the future, says head coach Danny Ward. The Broncos will be back in the top flight in 2019 afterbeating Toronto Wolfpack 4-2 in the Million Pound Gameon Sunday. "We need to make it work, have a five-year plan of where we want to be," Ward told BBC Radio London. "Next year is going to be tough but we want a long-term vision to make London the best club in the country." He added: "We donʼt just want to compete in Super League, but win it. We are not there just to survive." Ward, who took charge following the departure of Andrew Henderson at the end of last season, described their victory over the Wolfpack in Canada as "one of the proudest moments" of his career. "What a performance, what a day and what an achievement - I am still on a massive high," he said on their return to England. "To lead the club into the Million Pound Game and win promotion is one of my biggest ever achievements."
OʼSullivan into last 16 but Swail beaten Northern Ireland Open:
Ronnie OʼSullivan progressed to the last 16 of the Northern Ireland Open with a 4-0 win but Belfast player Joe Swail lost 4-2 to Eden Sharav. Swail was the last surviving NI player at the Waterfront Hall tournament. OʼSullivan saw off Tom Ford in the third round on Thursday and will now play Chinaʼs Zhou Yuelong. World number one Mark Selby, Judd Trump and Ali Carter have also made the fourth round but Neil Robertson suffered a 4-0 defeat by Li Hang. Three-time world champion Selby, who sat out the event last year to prepare for the UK Championship, comfortably saw off
Hamza Akbar of Pakistan 4-0. Trump triumphed by a similar scoreline against English compatriot Jack Lisowski, while Carter, conqueror of defending champion Mark Williams in the last round, saw off Xiao Guodong 4-2 in the morning session. Peter Ebdon, the 2002 world champion, is through after beating English Open finalist Mark Davis 4-1, but previous world finalist Matthew Stevens fell to David Gilbert 4-2.
Marco Reus to miss Russia game as Löw continues Germanyʼs slow evolution
LeBron James has become the fifth highest points scorer in NBA history, passing Wilt Chamberlain, as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Portland Trailblazers 126-117. The 33-yearold beat Chamberlainʼs record of 31,419 points with a free throw late in the fourth quarter. James, who now has 31,425 career points, scored a season-high 44 points. It was the highest score by a Lakers player since Kobe Bryantʼs 60 in his final game in April 2016. 6
Germany are set to face Russia in a friendly, but will be without Dortmund forward Marco Reus. Joachim Löw is expected to field some younger players but has warned that the evolution of the team will be a slow process. Marco Reus will play no part in Germanyʼs friendly game against Russia in Leipzig, coach Joachim Löw has confirmed. Reus suffered a bruised foot inBorussia Dortmundʼs victory over Bayern Munichand will sit out the game, but could feature in Germanyʼs potentially crucial Nations League
game against the Netherlands on Monday. "Marco Reus will not be able to play tomorrow," Löw told reporters on Wednesday. "He arrived with a foot injury from the game against Bayern. He will not train tonight and we will have to see if it works for Monday." Reusʼ absence appears to be a precaution with the more important test to come, meaning Löw could give youth a chance to shine against Russia. But even with Leroy Sane, Serge Gnabry and Timo Werner all expected to start, Löw warned that the team wonʼt evolve overnight.