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Polandʼs first openly gay mayor creates new party ʼSpringʼ Polandʼsfirst openly gay politician founded a new progressive partyon Sunday ahead of European and Polish elections this year. Robert Biedron, who named the party "Wiosna" ("Spring"), said he wanted to challenge Polandʼs divisive politics and win seats from Polandʼs ruling rightwing Law and Justice (PiS) party at European elections in May. "There is no room for hate, we have reached the limit," he said in front of thousands of supporters in the capital Warsaw. "We need a spring that will renew this gloomy landscape," he added. Read more: Poland, Italy forge populist alliance ahead of European Parliament elections Biedron said Wiosna was based on three pillars: the individual, the community and a state that can be trusted.
German police arrest pair after shots fired near US airbase Two men in a van caused a major disturbance on Sunday night in the western German city of Wiesbaden. Officials were alerted after a resident of the cityʼs Delkenheim district reported that several shots had been fired from a white van in the direction of an airfield belonging to the US Armyʼs Lucius D. Clay military base. The report prompted a large-scale police operation involving vehicles from Wiesbaden and the surrounding area. A police helicopter was also drafted in. The van was tracked down to a local business park, where two men were arrested at a unit they had rented. According to police, the 20-year-old passenger, whose 26-year-old work colleague had been driving, had fired the shots from a blank alarm pistol which was found in the vehicle itself.
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Venezuelaʼs Maduro rejects ultimatum from EU countries to call elections The move clears the way for seven EU countries to recognize his rival Juan Guaido as president
Venezuelaʼs embattled leader Nicolas Maduro has rejected an ultimatum from European countries to call elections. Venezuelaʼs embattled president Nicolas Maduro has rejected a call from European countries to hold snap elections despite huge domestic protests and international pressure. In an interview with Spanish TV network Sexta, he said he would not "cave in to pressure" by those urging him to step down. "Why does the European Union have to tell a country in the world that has already had elections that it has to repeat its presidential elections, because they were not won by their right-wing allies," Maduro said. Several EU countries, including Germany, France, Britain and Spain had been urging Maduro to call for new elections before midnight on Sunday. "They are trying to corner us with ultimatums to force us into an extreme situation of confrontation," Maduro said. But Maduro did say he supported plans for a meeting of Latin American and EU states in a "Contact Group" meeting in Montevideo next Thursday as it could lead to a "dialogue
among Venezuelans to resolve our issues." Portugal, the Netherlands and Belgium have saidthey will recognize opposition leader Juan Guaido as presidentif Maduro failed to announce a second vote by midnight on Sunday. Franceʼs European affairs minister, Nathalie Loiseau, told LCI television on Sunday that "if by tonight [President] Maduro does not commit to organizing presidential elections, then France will consider Juan Guaido as legitimate to organize them in his place and we will consider him as the interim president until legitimate elections in Venezuela [take place]." "The ultimatum ends tonight," she told French media later on Sunday. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Vienna would "acknowledge and support Juan Guaido as president ad interim of Venezuela" if Maduro failed to call new elections. The Austrian leader also said he had a "very good phone call with President" Guaido in an English-language tweet.
El Salvador: Nayib Bukele wins presidential election Former mayor Nayib Bukele on Sunday won El Salvadorʼs presidential election, the Supreme Electoral Court said. The Supreme Electoral Court said Bukele had nearly 54 percent of the votes, with nearly 90 percent of ballots counted.His biggest challenger, Carlos Callejas of the Nationalist Republican Alliance, was far behind in second with less than 32 percent, while even farther back were former Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front and a minor party candidate. "Today we won the first round and we made history," Bukele, said in a victory speech to cheering supporters. "We’ve turned the page on power." Bukele, a 37-year-oldformer mayor of San Salvador, is the conservative Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA) party candidate, and his win will end almost 30 years of a two-party system.
Israel builds new barrier along Gaza Strip border Israel on Sunday said it had started to build a new barrier along its border with the Gaza Strip, according to the Defense Ministry. The ministry said in a statement that the above-ground barrier — 65 kilometers long and six meters high — would work in conjunction with an underground wall also under construction, to neutralize the possibility of cross-border tunnels built by Hamas militants.
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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
Stark warning on melting Himalayan glaciers The thaw is expected to have a big effect on Asia, disrupting river flows in China and India
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.
Research has shown a large number of Himalayan glaciers will melt even if "ambitious" Paris Agreement goals are met. Scientists have warned that twothirds of the world’s "Third Pole" will disappear by the year 2100 if governments fail to rein in greenhouse gas emissions. A fiveyear study by the International Center for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) reported that according to the current trajectory,emissions will lead to five de-
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-yearold 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
grees of global warmingby the turn of the century. This will have adrastic effect on the ecosystems in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) region. The mountain area, which spans eight countries – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan, is home to Mount Everest and K2, the two highest peaks in the world. followed, Lang 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 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 large-scale 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 Arcobaleno, Italian for Rainbow Hoe. The company is currently caught up in the bureaucratic process awaiting official registration.
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Merkel and Abe meet for talks on trade and nuclear arms control The German chancellorʼs fifth visit to Japan began on Monday, three days after a free trade pact came into effect between the country and the European Union. At a time of increasing friction over global trade, with US tariffs still in place onsteel and aluminumandBrexit on the horizon, Merkelʼs visit was touted in Germany as a chance for two major world powers to stand up for open trade in defiance of Donald Trump. On a tight schedule, Merkel was received with military honors and held talks with Abe at his official residence. Speaking after the pair met, Merkel hailed the free trade agreement as "an important message to the world." Merkel said the talks had been "between two national leaders who want to work together, who believe that there
can be very good win-win situations when all partners work together". The chancellor said the agreement showed "that we are prepared to make agreements -- even if multilateral agreements are to some extent in choppy waters". Abe underlined that point, saying Merkel’s visit — so soon after the pact came into effect — had a "powerful" significance. Merkel and Abe discussed international trade and Japanʼs priorities for its upcoming presidency of the G20 group of economic powers. They also addressed the US and Russiaʼs suspension of the Intermediaterange Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF).
Shock as US rapper faces deportation to UK
Pope Francis welcomed in UAE as rights groups up the pressure
Rapper 21 Savage was detained by US immigration authorities on Sunday for overstaying his visa, and is now facing deportation to the United Kingdom. The news rocked the hip hop world and shocked his legions of fans, as the rapper has always said he is a local act from Atlanta, Georgia. 21 Savage, whose birth name is Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, is an "unlawfully present United Kingdom national," according to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ICE added that Abraham-Joseph had been illegally in the country since his visa ran out in 2005. The 26-year-old rapper has been well known in Atlanta since 2015, and quickly made his way onto the national scene. His second studio album, "I Am > I Was" debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 in December. He is known for his conversational delivery and candid sincerity about issues like police brutality and systemic racism. He is nominated for two Grammy awards for his work on fellow rapper Post Maloneʼs "Rockstar," including Record of the Year. The awards will be presented on February 10.
Pope Francis met United Arab Emirates leaders in Abu Dhabi on Monday at the start of a two-day trip aimed at fostering dialogue between Christians and Muslims. He is the first pontiff to set foot on the Arabian peninsula. The pope was greeted with military honors and a flying squadron at the presidential palace, before sitting down with the UAEʼs powerful
crown prince, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and Vice President Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum. Read more: Pope Francisʼ visit to UAE sends ʼmessage of coexistenceʼ Sheikh Mohammed tweeted a series of photographs about the meeting, saying that UAE rulers were "delighted" to meet the pontiff "in our homeland of tolerance."
Al-Shabab claims responsibility for twin attacks in Somalia Twin incidents of terrorism shook the African nation of Somalia Monday. The first incident took the life of Paul Anthony Formosa, a Maltese national who was the manager of the port of Bosaso in semi-autonomous Puntland state for P&O Ports, a subsidiary of the Dubai-based DP World. P&O Ports acknowledged that one of its employees was killed and three others injured in an "incident" Monday at its operations in Bosaso Port. The company said that an investigation is ongoing.
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The human rightsrow between Saudi Arabia and Canada made international headlinesin recent weeks, when the Riyadh government suddenly suspended new trade and investment to the Great White North. The punitive measures were in response to a simple tweet by Canadaʼs foreign minster, calling for the release of two jailed Saudi activists. Receiving less attention has been the diplomatic spat between Europeʼs No. 1 economy and the oil-rich kingdom — also sparked by a ministerʼs comments; this time Sigmar Gabriel, Germanyʼs thenforeign minister. During the political crisis in Lebanon last November that saw Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri resign and later rescind his decision, Riyadh was widely accused of forcing his departure, which Gabriel alluded to as "adventurism." ʼShamefulʼ remarks hurt tiesRiyadh immediately recalled its ambassador to Berlin, telling the German government the comments were "shameful." In May, it went further and froze all new business with Germany. Over the subsequent months, several German pharmaceutical and medical technology firms, including Siemens Healthineers, Bayer and Boerhringer Ingelheim, have been excluded from public healthcare tenders in the kingdom. A pharmaceutical industry source told DW, on condition of anonymity, that Saudi authorities had not given any written explanation about the exclusion, and that there was no clear path for Germany to resolve the issue. Efforts by German diplomats to mediate with Saudi authorities were delayed, initially, by the Holy Month of Ramadan, and the summer break, as Gulf countries stop work in July and August due to the extreme heat.
Global property markets on the turn Boom times in many global real estate markets are turning to bust. Australia, several Asian countries and North America are starting to see large price corrections that are leaving speculators racing for cover. Australiaʼs housing market is witnessing its steepest annual fall in 15 years. In Sydney, prices are down 10 percent in a year. House prices in Sydney doubled in a decade on the back of Australiaʼs booming economy, with the median price still being an eyewatering 1,062,619 Australian dollars (€668,391, $762,391). But tighter lending criteria for mortgages have helped fuel the drop. Bangkokʼs condo market cools Bangkok condominiums have been popular with Chinese investors over the past five years, with prices rising at 5-10 percent per annum. 4
Maduroʼs oil leverage drips away Venezuelaʼs socialist rulers have lived well off the nationʼs oil industry for many years. But planned US sanctions could call time on Nicolas Maduroʼs rule and stop the flow of foreign currency. For many years, the equation was very simple for the government in Caracas: crude oil from Venezuela was shipped to the US, the subsidiary of state-owned Venezuelanoil company PDVSAthen refined it at its own facilities and sold it as gasoline via Citgo petrol stations, with the dollar proceeds going back to Caracas. Read more: German
No breakthrough in China-US trade talks Chinaʼs Ministry of Commerce said on Friday that it had held "constructive meetings" with US officialsafter talks resumed between the countries over their ongoing trade spat. Nonetheless, with no major breakthrough yet in sight, the resumption of talks did not prevent an additional $16 billion (€13.83 billion) of tariffs being levied by the US and China on each otherʼs goods, starting from Thursday. Read more: US-China trade spat: Clash of the titans, part 2 Talks took place on Wednesday and Thursday aimed at defusing the escalating conflict, which has now seen both countries slap $50 billion in tariffs on the otherʼs products, with more expected to follow. The Chinese news agency Xinhua reported that the officials on both sides have vowed to "keep in contact" in the future. High-tech will suffer, says China Meanwhile, a prominent Chinese state planner said on Friday that US tariffs onhigh-tech Chinese technology would have an impact on the tech sectors in both countries.
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Kalashnikov unveils new electric car Kalashnikov,a company moreknown for its AK-47 machine gunsthan its electric vehicles, unveiled its new electric car on Thursday. The powder-blue prototype, dubbed the CV-1, was unveiled by the Russian arms maker at a defense expo outside of Moscow. Kalashnikov Concern told Russian media that the technology within its "electric supercar" will rival that of Elon Muskʼs Tesla. "This technology will allow us to stand in line with the worldʼs electric car manufacturers, like Tesla, and compete with them," a spokesperson told Sputnik. According to the company, the vehicle can travel 350 kilometers (217 miles) on a single charge. The carʼs retro look was inspired by a Soviet hatchback model developed in the 1970s, the "Izh-Kombi," Kalashnikov said in a statement on its website. The CV-1ʼs light blue color, large grill, retro door handles and boxy frame have received mixed reviews from Russians. On social media, some described the car as "cyberpunk" while others referred to it as the "Izh-Zombie."
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politicians demand elections in Venezuela Even though the US and Venezuela have been at least rhetorically on the threshold of war since Hugo Chavez came to power in 1999, Citgo continued to do business and in Caracas the dollars poured in. Well over 90 percent of Venezuelaʼs foreign exchange revenue comes from oil exports.
Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to open by November
Russian gas will be piped direct to Germany from November despite the projectʼs detractors, a project engineer has asserted. Critics have said Europe will be left vulnerable and climate goals will be undermined. Russiaʼs second natural gas pipeline across the Baltic seabed to Germany is just months away from completion, despite warnings from the US, Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania and theEU commission over Europeʼs energy security. Klaus Haussmann, engineer at Nord Stream 2ʼs future landfall site at Lubmin on Germanyʼs Baltic Sea coasttold German public radio station Deutschlandfunkthat the "raw" laying of the pipeline would be finished by the middle of 2019. "Then comes the entire installation of the electrical equipment, security chains. And, then itʼs planned on the large scale that we get the first conduit filled with gas in November, from Russia," said Haussmann.
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15 years on, is it time to #DeleteFacebook? Facebook: dismantling an internet superstar
What started as an online student directory aimed at ranking women by their looks quickly grew into the worldʼs most popular social media platform. Facebook was still in its infancy when I came to Germany from the US in 2005. A lecturer at university, over the previous year Iʼd heard my students talking about the website as a place to keep up with their friends away at other colleges. But I brushed it off as something only the young would do. And who really wanted to keep in touch with their high school friends when their lives were just getting started? My, how times have changed. Fifteen years after the platform got its start in a
How to do Bauhaus yourself Aesthetic, practical and affordable for everyone — that was Bauhaus founder Walter Gropiusʼ notion of good design. Designer Van Bo LeMentzel follows this basic idea in the DIY series How To Bauhaus. In the videos, the Berlin architect presents his furniture designs and explains step by step how to build and use them yourself. In all his designs, he has been inspired by well-known Bauhaus classics and their creators. Minimalist, easy to build and incredibly versatile. The "wooden stool" consists of just four small boards, ten screws and can be built in a good ten minutes. It can be used as a stool, table, and in combination as a shelf, room divider or lectern. Van Bo Le-Mentzelʼs design was inspired by those of Bauhaus student Max Bill and Bauhaus master Johannes Itten.
Sting to return to Budapest for summer 2019
Harvard dorm room as an online student directory, Facebook now clocks more than 2.3 billion users worldwide (including, as of 2018, an estimated 116 million fake accounts and 255 million duplicates). If I wanted to, I could likely connect with any one of the more than 1,000 students I roamed my high schoolʼs corridors with. I could find my long-lost pen pal from Sri Lanka, or the Swedish girl I once shared a hostel room with in the south of France.
February 2019) kicks off Thursday with The Kindness of Strangers (above) by Oscar-nominated Danish filmmaker, Lone Scherfig. The Danish-Canadian co-production portrays the intersecting lives of four people on a cold winterʼs night in a New York Russian restaurant, and stars Zoe Kazan, Tahar Rahim, Andrea Riseborough and Bill Nighty. Lone Scherfig, who won the Silver Bear in 2001 for Italian for Beginners, is one of seven female directors in the 2019 competition. Dieter Kosslick promises it to be a "wondereful opening" by a filmmaker "who has a keen sense of characters, big emotions and humor." The com‐
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Sting is head over heels for Budapest. After a successful free show with Shaggy a month ago on Heroes’ Square, the former Police frontman has just announced another Budapest concert for next summer. On 2 July, the Grammywinning singer brings his My Songs tour to the Papp László Aréna, where he will be taking the stage with his own band. From “Englishman In New York” to “Every Breath You Take”, the set should include Sting’s biggest hits. Tickets are on sale now.
Brighton beatmaster Fatboy Slim is coming to Budapest for his local club debut at the focal Akvárium on 25 May. The veteran of many a festival – Glasto, Exit, Coachella – has played Hungary before but never in the intimate surroundings of a sweaty club. The booking represents a major coup for the Akvárium, whose line-up for 2019 also includes John Digweed and Kruder & Dorfmeister. Tickets have not yet gone on sale for Fatboy Slim in the Main Hall of the Akvárium – but keep an eye on theclub’s websiteas they’re bound to sell out in no time. Slim, who successfully shifted from indie to electronica in the 1990s, reignited his career with the hit Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat, in 2013. The DJ star is currently playing a series of huge arenas in the UK, from London to Glasgow. Akvárium Klub District V. Erzsébet tér 12
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West Ham v Liverpool: Manuel Pellegrini wants to help Man City with win
West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini wants to get his sideʼs season back on course by beating Liverpool on Monday - and do his old side Manchester City a favour at the same time. Premier League leaders Liverpool are two points clear in the title race but have a game in hand over rivals City, whobeat Arsenal 3-1 on Sunday. Pellegrini won the league in 2014 during a three-year spell at City. "If we win, I will be very happy for our club first," said the Chilean. "We need a good performance against the leaders. "After that, if we can give a hand to Manchester City, itʼs not our problem, but of course I am a fan of Manchester City also."
Emiliano Sala search: Body seen in plane wreckage
One body has been seen in the underwater wreckage of the plane that was carrying footballer Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson. A search on Sunday found the Piper Malibu plane on the seabed off Guernsey, almost two weeks after it went missing. The Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) confirmed the sighting on Monday morning. It added it was now considering the next steps. The "substantial amount of wreckage" of the plane, which went missing on 21 January, was found on Sunday morning after a privately-funded search began. The flight had been carrying Argentine striker Sala, 28, and pilot David Ibbotson, 59, from Nantes, north west France, to Cardiff after Sala completed his £15m move to Cardiff City. 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.
Celtic can cope with Odsonne Edouard was taken off eight minutes coming on as a substitute in Celticʼs win in Perth
Celtic have the squad depth to "cope no problem" with an injury list that is "as stretched as itʼs been", says assistant manager Chris Davies. Odsonne Edouard, James Forrest and Mikael Lustig picked up knocks in Sundayʼs 2-0 win over St Johnstone. Filip Benkovic, Tom Rogic and Keiran Tierney are recovering from injury while Dedryck Boyata and Olivier Ntcham are just back training with the squad. "Itʼs rare to have this many injuries," said Davies. "Weʼve got a pretty good team of injuries of suspensions 4-4-2, you can probably fit them all in at the moment." The Premiership leaders take on managerless Hibs on Wednesday, with Kristoffer Ajer
suspended after being red-carded against Saints and Ryan Christie a doubt after a knock in the ribs. But Davies reckons the win in Perth proves his side can handle the absence of so many key players, with Leigh Griffiths continuing hisbreak from football.on mental health grounds. "We showed that in the game itself [against St Johnstone]," said Davies. "We could put a team out thatʼs going to be a good team, a very good team of quality players and weʼll be able to cope no problem.
January transfer window: Kevin-Prince Boateng in shock Barcelona loan deal
The former Frankfurt forward has moved on loan until the end of the season. Meanwhile, Florian Kainz has joined Cologne from Bremen, Stuttgart have broken their club transfer record and BVB have brought in a defender. Kevin-Prince Boateng (31) has made a shock loan move to Spanish giants Barcelona until the end of the season. The Berlin-born Ghanaian international has been under contract at Italian side Sassuolo since leaving German
Cup winners Eintracht Frankfurt in the summer but the La Liga club have signed the forward on loan until the end of the season - an agreement which includes an €8 million($9 million) option to buy. Journeyman Boateng has played in all of Europeʼs top four leagues, including spells at Hertha Berlin, Tottenham Hotspur, AC Milan, Schalke and Las Palmas. January 18 Florian Kainz has left Bundesliga side Werder Bremen for second division Cologne.