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Solving Rohingya crisis will require ʼinternational pressureʼ During my visit I at least felt a sense of optimism. Bangladesh and Myanmar are communicating with each other over the return of the refugees. China and India are also providing assistance in building accommodation. However, it will still be a long time before the refugees can return. The Rohingya are still not confident that they are safe and welcome in Myanmar.
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Melania Trump reportedly causes stir by watching CNN on Air Force One Mrs. Trump can watch any channel she wants
Pakistan election: Imran Khan claims victory "We were successful and we were given a mandate," Imran Khan said in a televised address on Thursday, claiming victory for himself and his PTI party inPakistanʼs national election. Khan also used his acceptance speech to declare that India and Pakistan had to come to an agreement for lasting peace in the restive Kashmir border region. "The leaders of Pakistan and India should sit down at a table and resolve the Kashmir issue," he said. Khan also announced plans to bolster the countryʼs welfare system. His party is expected to win up to 119 seats in the 272-seat parliament. It remains to be seen if his party will win an outright majority or have to form a coalition. "The leaders of Pakistan and India should sit down at a table and resolve the Kashmir issue," he said. Khan also announced plans to bolster the countryʼs welfare system. His party is expected to win up to 119 seats in the 272-seat parliament. It remains to be seen if his party will win an outright majority or have to form a coalition.
Donald Trump reportedly "raged" at his staff when he saw Melaniaʼs TV set to CNN instead of Fox News on Air Force One, reported the New York Times. The US First Ladyʼs office fired back at a report that US President Donald Trump was upset thatMelania Trumpʼs television was pre-set to CNN instead of Fox News on board Air Force One during the coupleʼs trip to Europe. According to the New York Times, the president "raged" at his staff for violating a rule that states all trips on Air Force One should begin tuned to Fox News. Mrs. Trumpʼs spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, dismissed the report, saying reporters should focus on other issues, such as initiatives Mrs. Trump wants to highlight, like her anti-bullying programs and raising more awareness of babies born with drug dependency. Grisham said that Mrs. Trump watches "any channel she wants." She also brushed off questions about a recording of President Trump and his former personal lawyer discussing an alleged extramarital affair he had with a Playboy model in 2006."Seems kind of silly to worry about what channel she watches on TV (any channel she
wants btw) or if she heard some recording on the news," Grisham wrote in a statement, using an abbreviation for "by the way." President Trump is an avid Fox News viewer and regularly disparages CNN as "fake news." The New York Times report pointed out that the US leader is increasingly surrounding himself with selected information. At a veteransʼ convention in Kansas City on Tuesday, Trump told participants: "Stick with us. Donʼt believe the crap you see from these people, the fake news." "What youʼre seeing and what youʼre reading is not whatʼs happening," he added. Melania Trumpʼs coat chaos After paying a surprise to a migrant shelter in Texas, US First Lady Melania Trump was seen heading back to Washington sporting a jacket with the words "I REALLY DONʼT CARE" printed on the back. Critics saw her choice of coat as particularly insensitive, given it came at a time when public outrage over her husbandʼs hardline family separation policy was so fervid.
DFB President Reinhard Grindel rejects racism accusations In a statement released by the German football association (DFB) on Thursday, Reinhard Grindel said that he had been "hurt" by the personal attacks on him, which came in response to the controversy that followed former national team player Mesut Özil having his photo taken with Turkish PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan. He also said that he "vehemently rejected" theaccusations of racismagainst both him personally and the DFB as a whole. "The values of the DFB are also my values. Diversity, solidarity, anti-discrimination and integration are all values and convictions that are very close to my heart," he said.
Germany reacts to JunckerTrump trade deal with cautious relief German politicians and business leaders reacted with relief, surprise, and some skepticism to the apparent trade tariff breakthroughthat European Commission President JeanClaude Juncker achieved on his trip to Washington to meet US President Donald Trump. German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier was among the first to express his approval, tweeting that the new deal would "avoid trade war & save millions of jobs!"
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Japan executes remaining Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult members Japan executed a doomsday cult groupʼs last six members that had been sitting on death row on Thursday,completing a series of capital punishments that had begun in early Julyagainst individuals responsible for a deadly sarin gas attack in Tokyoʼs subway in 1995. In a press conference following the executions, Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa confirmed Thursday morning that all 13 members ofthe Aum Shinrikyo doomsday groupwho had been on death row had been executed, Japanʼs public broadcaster NHK and AP reported. The groupʼs leader, Shoko Asahara, and six others were hanged on July 6. Asahara, whose real name was Chizuo Matsumoto, and the cultʼs other members were sentenced to death for killing a total of 27 people in a series of crimes, including the Tokyo subway gas attack.
Hong Kong rule new Haruki Murakamiʼs novel ʼindecentʼ A backlash was growing in Hong Kong after Obscene Articles Tribunal ruled "Killing Commendatore", the 2017 novel by noted Japanese author Haruki Murakami, to be "indecent." By Thursday, more than 2,100 people had signed an online petition backed by 21 activist groups for the censors to remove the categorization Classifying the novel as indecent would "bring shame to Hong Kong people," the petition says, stressing that no other novels by the 69-year-old author have ever been classified as indecent in Hong Kong, Taiwan, or mainland China. "If this is set to be a precedent case, Hong Kong would become the most conservative Chinese area," the South China Morning Post quoted the document as saying. Read more:Hong Kongʼs democracy movement ʼneeds new ideasʼ ʼExplicit sexual detailsʼ The latest Murakami book revolves around a portrait artist whose wife unexpectedly asks for a divorce. It features occasional sex scenes, similar to the authorʼs previous works. Earlier this month, the Office of Film, Newspaper and Article Administration in Hong Kong said they had received a public complaint about "explicit sexual details" in the novel, which they passed on to the censorship board. 2
Germany braces for sweltering temperatures in Europe-wide heat wave Experts are warning people heed the heat and even go home early from work
Mexico pushes ahead with speedy NAFTA game plan Even though Mexicoʼs newly elected president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, raged against US President Donald Trump — his countryʼs favorite enemy during the campaign — since his victory, he has stuck to more conciliatory tones. "I am encouraged by the fact that we both know how to do what we say, and we have both faced adversity with success. We manage to put our voters and citizens at the center and displace the establishment. Everything is ready to start a new stage in our societiesʼ relationship based on cooperation and prosperity," wrote Lopez Obrador in a letter to Trump on July 12 which he made public over the weekend. In it he urged both sides to get back to the NAFTA negotiation table after talks stalled in March, since "prolonging the uncertainty could slow down investments in the medium and longterm." At the same time, Lopez Obrador proposed treating migration in an integral and thorough manner "to ensure that Mexicans do not have to migrate because of poverty or violence."
The heat wave has shut down Hanover airport, damaged roads and devastated crops, with higher temperatures still to come. In ACstarved Germany, experts are warning people heed the heat and even go home early from work. Germany braced itself Wednesday for sweltering temperatures that could reach up to 36 degrees Celsius (96.8 Fahrenheit) in some places. On Tuesday, temperatures peaked at 35.9 degrees in the northern town of Lingen, with little relief overnight as temperatures in several large cities hovered around 20 degrees. "It cooled down a bit last night — although, ʼcooled downʼ is a bit of an
China revokes approval for Facebookʼs planned venture Earlier this week, a Chinese business registration website showed that Facebook — which has been blocked in China for a decade — had registered a subsidiary in the eastern city of Hangzhou. A Facebook spokeswoman said Tuesday the company was planning to open an innovation hub for Chinese developers and startups, similar to projects in Brazil, France, India and South Korea. Read more: Facebook apologizes after privacy ʼbugʼ makes posts of 14 million
overstatement," a spokesperson for the German Meteorological Office (DWD) told news agency DPA. The DWD has issued heat warnings for most areas of Germany on Wednesday, excluding some areas in Bavaria and eastern Germany. As climate changecontinues to impact the environment, scientists have warned that Germanyʼs unusually hot summer could soon become the norm. users public The same day, however, Facebookʼs registration of its 30million-dollar Hangzhou subsidiary was taken down from the central government website. State media reports about the innovation hub appear to have been censored. A person familiar with the matter told the New York Times on Wednesday the Chinese government decided to withdraw Facebookʼs registration due to disagreements between local officials and the national internet watchdog, the Cyberspace Administration of China.
Is the Amazon effect behind low inflation?
The Japanese central bank has a problem. For years, it has been flooding the financial markets with crazy amounts of money. The goal is to drive inflation higher, to meet its target of around 2 percent. But so far it has had little success on this front. In June, inflation in Japan hovered at 0.8 percent. From the point of view of the central bank, this rate, which is still comfortably high, is largely due to the climb in global crude prices. Without it, the price rise was a mere 0.2 percent, a level thatʼs perilously close to deflation — a situation that central bankers fear and desperately try to avoid as it can trigger a vicious cycle of falling prices and declining investment that can ultimately result in a severe recession.
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Extremist crimes in Germany down, number of fanatics up Germanyʼs domestic intelligence agency says criminal extremism has declined, but numbers of potential extremists have risen. The BfVʼs annual report noted a sharp increase in members of the radical Reichsbürger movement. The overall news was good as Interior Minister Horst Seehofer and Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) President Hans-Georg Maassen presented their report on Tuesday for 2017. Politically motivated crimes in Germany declined by 4.9 percent over 2016 from 41,549 to 39,505. Far-right extremist crimes also declined by an impressive 35 percent, although their numbers remain higher than in 2014, the year before the so-called migrant crisis. Still, as was true of left-wing extremism, the number of people deemed
Police identify source of deadly Novichok nerve agent in UK deaths British police announced Friday that they found a bottle containing the Novichok nerve agent in the home of one of the victims of a nerve agent poisoning in Wiltshire last month. "On Wednesday, 11 July, a small bottle was recovered during searches of Charlie Rowleyʼs house in Amesbury," police said in a statement. The statement said scientists from Porton Down defense laboratory confirmed the bottle contained the Novichok nerve agent, the same poison used against Sergei Skripal and his daughter earlier this year. "Further scientific tests will be carried out to try and establish whether it is from the same batch that contaminated Sergei and Yulia Skripal in March," the force said, adding that a link to the Skripals remained "a main line of enquiry for police." Dawn Sturgess died in a hospitalon Sunday after exposure to the nerve agent. Her partner, Rowley, isstill in critical condition, but has regained consciousness. The Foreign Office said on Friday it had invited independent technical experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons early next week "to independently confirm the identity of the nerve agent."
potential committers of far-right extremist crimes rose slightly. For that reason, neither Seehofer nor Maassen was bragging about the results of the study. Right-wing extremists, Seehofer cautioned, werenʼt always easy to recognize and could be radicalized "in extremely short spans of time." He added that the extreme right potential for violence hadnʼt remained "high." He said that, largely because of protests against the G20 conference in Hamburg last July, left-wing extremist incidents had risen by an "alarming" 37 percent.
Locals stand behind Mesut Özil in his native Gelsenkirchen
Mesut Özil was born and raised in the western German city of Gelsenkirchen. Itʼs where the 2014 World Cup-winner learned how to play football. DWʼs Rahel Klein talked to people there about his national team retirement. Baran, 8 years old, was biking around downtown Gelsenkirchen with a couple of his friends. He hadnʼt heard yet that Mesut Özilhad retired from the German national team. What?!" Baranʼs eyes were
wide when he received the news. "But what country is he playing for instead then?" Since he debuted for Germany in 2009, Özil has earned 92 caps and scored 23 goals. In 2014, he won the World Cup in Brazil. Read more:The Özil affair: A chronology in quotations On July 22, he announced his retirement from international football in a three-part statement on Twitter. Among his reasons was a "feeling of racism and disrespectfulness."
Opel reported to have manipulated diesel car exhaust emissions According to a media report, automaker Opel is being investigated for manipulating vehicle emissions on about 60,000 cars worldwide. It is the first time the company has been named since Dieselgate broke in 2015.
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Aircraft makers are optimistic about Farnborough despite Brexit The Farnborough Airshow is a major trade venue for the aeronautical industry. As manufactures set up their displays their thoughts hover between anticipation of the next big order and fears of Brexit says Andreas Spaeth. The global aviation industry will come together on Monday at the Farnborough airfield southwest of London for its biennial industry fair — the second largest in the world after the Paris Air Show. The UK has traditionally been one of the worldʼs leading aviation countries and the Farnborough trade fairʼs roots date all the way back to 1920. It moved to its current location in 1948. Read more: Air India sale grounded after privatization flops However, this year is likely to be full of uncertainty as to the future role of the British aviation industry is called into question due to the UKʼs impending departure from the EU in 2019. Airlines and manufacturers have both recently denounced the prevailing uncertainties and demanded clear post-Brexit rules.Read more: Air India sale grounded after privatization flops However, this year is likely to be full of uncertainty as to the future role of the British aviation industry is called into question due to the UKʼs impending departure from the EU in 2019. Airlines and manufacturers have both recently denounced the prevailing uncertainties and demanded clear post-Brexit rules.
Can Germany conquer global e-car markets? Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), a division of Bloomberg focused on research and analysis of energy investment, carbon markets, and low-carbon energy solutions, has released its 2018 global long-term "Electric Vehicle Outlook" report which forecasts electric vehicle (EV) trends to 2040. One take-home message that emerges from the report is that the future of EV is bright, with rapid increases in battery electric vehicle (BEV) production volume expected in coming years. BNEF estimates that e-cars are likely to reach unsubsidized price parity with comparable internal combustion engine powered vehicles (ICEVs) by about 2024, as battery-pack prices continue to drop. Another insight provided by Bloombergʼs data is that although German carmakers have until recently been slow and reluctant to move away from ICEVs and toward EV production, in the past couple of years, they have begun shifting gears.
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ECB on course to end eurozone stimulus despite trade tensions The European Central Bank remains on track to pull the plug on its massive stimulus program for the eurozone, despite an uncertain global trade outlook and signs of slowing growth in the 19-member bloc. The European Central Bank (ECB) remains unperturbed by global trade tensions, leaving its plans to exit massive stimulus for the eurozone by December unchanged assigns of a transatlantic thaw appeared. The ECBʼs 25member governing council said on Thursday it was holding its benchmark refinancing rate at a record low of zero. Read more: The ECB: 20 years of protecting the euro However, the Frankfurt-based bank said it was cutting its monthly bond purchases from €30 billion ($35 billion) to €15 billion from October to December, when the quantitative easing scheme is due to
Foreign investment in the United States of America down sharply Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the United States plunged by a staggering 32 percent in 2017 year on year, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis reported. Investment totaled $259.6 billion (€221.2 billion),with the figure representing the second year of declineafter a peak in 2015 when foreign investorsʼ expenditure in the US hit $439.5 billion. Last year, most foreign investments in the US came from neighboring Canada which contributed $66.2 billion. European Union member states accounted for 40 percent of the 2017 FDI total. According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the drop in foreign investment in the United States is part of a global trend. Not just a US problem OECD researchers noted that FDI levels were down 18 percent worldwide in 2017.
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China: Multiple deaths in chemical plant blast Authorities in southwestern Sichuan province have opened an investigation into a blast at an industrial complex that left 19 people dead, state news agency Xinhua reported Friday. The explosion ripped through the Yibin Hengda Technology complex in the city of Yibin at 6:30 p.m. (1030 UTC) Thursday, sparking a fire that burned late into the night, Xinhua said. County officials said that 12 people wounded in the blast had been taken to hospital and were in a stable condition. Read more: China convicts dozens for last yearʼs giant explosions in Tianjin Reports in the Sichuan Dailysaid the force of the explosion reduced three buildings to their steel frames and shattered the windows of nearby properties. China, the worldʼs largest producer of chemicals, has sought to improve industrial safety standards following aseries of highprofile accidentsin recent years. In 2015, 165 people werekilled in a blast at a chemical warehousein the northern port city of Tianjin.
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end. With inflation rebounding, the ECB decided last month to end a €2.6 trillion bond purchase scheme by the end of December but also promised protracted stimulus for years to come as the eurozone economy remains far from full health. "The Governing Council expects the key ECB interest rates to remain at their present levels at least through the summer of 2019, and in any case for as long as necessary to ensure the continued sustained convergence of inflation to levels that are below, but close to, 2 percent over the medium term," the ECB said in a policy statement.
Facebook shares dive 20 percent on growth fears, China venture cancellation
Earlier this week, a Chinese business registration website showed that Facebook — which has been blocked in China for a decade — had registered a subsidiary in the eastern city of Hangzhou. A Facebook spokeswoman said Tuesday the company was planning to open an innovation hub for Chinese developers and startups, similar to projects in Brazil, France, India and South Korea. Read more: Facebook apologizes after privacy ʼbugʼ makes posts of 14 million users public The same day, however, Facebookʼs registration of its 30million-dollar Hangzhou subsidiary was taken down from the central government website. State media reports about the innovation hub appear to have been censored. A person familiar with the matter told the New York Times on Wednesday the Chinese government decided to withdraw Facebookʼs registration due to disagreements between local officials and the national internet watchdog, the Cyberspace Administration of China.
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Biodiversity collapse imminent in worldʼs tropics, study says Researchers are calling for a better approach to save this precious biodiversity
More than three-quarters of all plant and animal species live in the tropics. But time to protect them is running out, a new study finds. A current study suggests that thedamage to biodiversity in the tropics could even be worsethan expected if we donʼt get a grip on the environmental problems there. An international team of researchers from around the world put a figure on biodiversity in tropical regions, looking at forests, savannahs, freshwater regions and coastlines. Their results: Even though the tropics cover only about 40 percent of the Earthʼs surface, they harbor a whopping 78 percent of all plant and animal species, including amphib-
ians, terrestrial mammals, fish, ants and flowering plants. And these tropical regions are even more important for birds: 91 percent of all terrestrial birds live in those warm and humid zones. Many more living elsewhere cross or visit the tropics on their annual migrations. The tropics are also home of almost all shallow-water corals known so far. Most of these tropical species are found nowhere else, and researchers estimate that at least 150,000 species are as yet unknown to science.
Aquatic imagery: The power of water in art throughout the ages For many people, there is no better place on sweltering summer days than to be somewhere by the water. A small bay on the sea, a clear blue lake, a burbling stream or even the public swimming pool is what people long for. Read more: David Hockneyʼs swimming pools: a Britʼs artistic take on California Artists, too, have been drawn by water in various shapes and forms over the centuries. Medieval paintings show bathers romping naked in a pool, other artist focus on lilies in ponds or bright blue suburban swimming pools. For many people, there is no better place on sweltering summer days than to be somewhere by the water. A small bay on the sea, a clear blue lake, a burbling stream or even the public swimming pool is what people long for. Read more: David Hockneyʼs swimming pools: a Britʼs artistic take on California Artists, too, have been drawn by water in various shapes and forms over the centuries. Medieval paintings show bathers romping naked in a pool, other artist focus on lilies in ponds or bright blue suburban swimming pools.
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The Burmese python and the fight for the Florida Everglades At a coffee shop in Davie, Florida, Iʼm waiting for wildlife biologist Ian Bartoszek. He causes a huge stir as he walks in with a giant platter of what could easily be choux pastries. Patrons look on confused, some approaching to ask if they are potatoes. "These are Burmese python eggs," he tells them. "Right now in the field, there are many female pythons we didnʼt catch sitting on a clutch like this that will probably hatch." The clutch of 40 desiccated eggs he carries is a highly effective hammer to drive home his
point. Bartoszek, who works for the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, feels it is necessary to do everything he can to bring peopleʼs attention to the havoc these creatures are wreaking. Floridaʼs Everglades are known internationally for their alligators, but now another reptile has become king: The invasive Burmese python. Native to South and Southeast Asia, the snake species was first sighted in the Florida Everglades in the 1970s, after irresponsible pet owners released them into the ecosystem.
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Swedish student faces consequences of plane deportee protest As passengers know, a plane cannot take off until all on board have taken their seats and buckled their seat belts. On Monday, a young Swedish activist named Elin Ersson used that rule to keep a flight carrying a 52-yearold Afghan manbeing deported to Kabulfrom taking off in Gothenborg. The flight was scheduled to travel to Istanbul where the man was to be transferred to another plane to Afghanistan. With everyone else on the plane seated, the young Swede took out her cellphone and began livestreaming video on Facebook. As passengers know, a plane cannot take off until all on board have taken their seats and buckled their seat belts. On Monday, a young Swedish activist named Elin Ersson used that rule to keep a flight carrying a 52-year-old Afghan manbeing deported to Kabulfrom taking off in Gothenborg. The flight was scheduled to travel to Istanbul where the man was to be transferred to another plane to Afghanistan. With everyone else on the plane seated, the young Swede took out her cellphone and began livestreaming video on Facebook.
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Neymar omitted from FIFA Best shortlist
Brazilian forward Neymar is a surprise omission from the FIFAʼs Best Menʼs Player award shortlist. Thereʼs also a complete lack of Germans on the menʼs list, but Dzsenifer Marozsan is in contention for the womenʼs gong. Brazilʼsearly exit from the World Cupand a somewhat injury-hit debut season at Paris Saint-Germain, where he nevertheless racked up 28 goals and 16 assists in 30 games, are likely to have contributed to Neymarʼs absence. The rest of the list is largely familiar, with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who won the first two editions of the award in 2016 and 2017, among the 10 names. Croatia skipper Luka Modric and French tyroKylian Mbappe, who both picked up individual awards at the World Cup, will be hoping to break the La Liga duopoly on major global indvidiual awards. As well as the FIFA Best Player, Messi and Ronaldo have shared the more prestigious Balon dʼOr since 2008, winning five apiece . The rest of the 10-man shortlist is made up of two more French World Cup winners (Antoine Griezmann and Raphael Varane), Belgian duo Eden Hazard and Kevin de Bruyne, Liverpoolʼs Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah and English striker Harry Kane.
Is eSports about to be recognized as a sport in Germany? Politicians in Germany are mulling recognizing eSports as a sport. Their decision would have wide-ranging repercussions in the gaming industry in the country and further legitimize the digital sport phenomenon. eSportsʼ continued growth has pushed competitive gaming ever-more into the public eye. This has sparked a debate about gaming’s role within German society, and whether eSports should be officially classified as a sport. And it is looking increasingly like it will. Chancellor Angela Merkelʼs grand coalition of her Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) agreed to recognize eSports as a sport as part of the coalition agreement they reached earlier this year. However, the legislation necessary to do so has not yet been passed. "eSports were long considered a niche topic, generally only discussed by experts. It has now reached a tipping point where it has become a meaningful topic to all of society and cannot be ignored," Konstantin von Notz, deputy chair of the opposition Green Party in the lower house Bundestag said.
Germans making NBA impact like never before And unlike before, these players could have an impact
With Isaiah Hartenstein signing a multi-year contract with the Houston Rockets, Germanyʼs presence in the NBA is greater than ever. It has been a good week for German basketball players. After signing a new one-year, $5 million (€4.3 million) deal with the Dallas Mavericks on Monday,Dirk Nowitzkiis set to become the first ever player to play 21 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the same team.On Wednesday, his compatriot Dennis Schröder was officially traded from a lackluster Atlanta Hawks team to the Oklahoma City
Thunder, a team that has made the NBA playoffs in each of the last five seasons. To cap it off,Isaiah Hartenstein, who spent last season in the NBAʼs developmental G-League, signed a three-year contract with the Houston Rockets, a Western Conference finalist last season. In fact, the only German player who had a bad week was Paul Zipser, who may go back to Bayern Munich after being cut by the Chicago Bulls.
Guardiola praises Hart ʼprofessionalismʼ
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Pep Guardiola discusses the professionalism of third-choice goalkeeper Joe Hart in Manchester Cityʼs preseason training and Jorginhoʼs decision to join Chelsea instead of City. 6
Mesut Özilʼs departure from the national team casts a shadow over Germanyʼs bid to host the 2024 European championship. The DFB can only lose; either the bid to host the tournament or its honor. The DFB (German football association) has been caught with its pants down. For years it has proudly pointed to its integration work, having commercials filmed with the parents of national teams players who are the children of immigrants, handing out integration awards and basking in the praise of the German chancellor and president. And now one player has wiped out all of this
good work with just three tweets? No. Mesut Özil is not just any player. He was the model of the DFBʼs and national teamʼs integration efforts. And yes, much of what was before considered right has now been called into question. Those who know Özilʼs story know he never was, nor wanted to be, the face of integration. But sometimes itʼs others who write oneʼs own narrative, and the DFB played a big role in writing Özilʼs story. But after this crashing end to a once seemingly perfect marriage between Özil and the DFB, a completely different problem appears on the horizon.