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Pro-refugee Italian mayor arrested over immigration fraud The mayor of an Italian town, once lauded for his integration efforts, was arrested on suspicion of fostering illegal immigration on Tuesday. Mayor Domenico Lucano of Riace was also charged with corruption, police said.

The Guardia di Finanza (GdF), Italyʼs federal law enforcement agency for financial crimes, said Lucano was facilitating sham marriages between citizens of his town and foreigners, mostly foreign women. He is also suspected of fraudulent practices while handing out lucrative garbage collection contracts. Lucano has been mayor of Riace, a town in Italyʼs economically depressed and isolated region of Calabria, since 2004. He became famous during the 2015 European migrant crisis for welcoming 450 refugees in a village of just 1,800 inhabitants. The influx of newcomers revitalized the town, prevented the primary school from closing, and has been celebrated around the world as a paragon of integration.

Angela Merkelʼs coalition reaches deal on diesel crisis The German government reached a "highly complex" agreement early on Tuesday on a "concept for clean air and the protection of individual mobility in our cities," in the wake ofthe countryʼs diesel scandal. The compromise followed six hours of deliberations in Berlin, as members of Chancellor Angela Merkelʼs ruling conservatives and their junior coalition partners, the Social Democrats (SPD), sought to avoidcity-level bans on diesel cars. The agreement will focus on retrofitting old diesel-engine vehicles currently on the road. The ministers for environment and transport are expected to present the exact details of the plan later on Tuesday.

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Italy and the EU clash over budget plan The future of the euro could be at stake

Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to American, Canadian, French scientists Arthur Ashkin, Gerard Mourou and Donna Strickland have won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in the field of laser physics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Tuesday. "The inventions being honoured this year have revolutionised laser physics," the Nobel Committee said in a statement. "Advanced precision instruments are opening up unexplored areas of research and a multitude of industrial and medical applications." The academy honored Ashkin of Bell Laboratories in the US for developing "optical tweezers" that can grab tiny particles, like viruses, without damaging them.

French police raid Islamic center suspected of terror links A war of words between the EU and Italy over its budget plan escalated on Monday, as Brussels reminded the government in Rome that its proposal must meet the blocʼs rules.

Italy accused the EU of "economic terrorism," as its row with economic leaders in the bloc deepened on Monday. EU finance ministers warned Italy that it must abide by EU rules on public spending. The war of words between Rome and Brussels is centered on Italyʼsnew budget proposal, which seeks to increase spending and cut taxes, but would raise Italyʼs debt and breach EU budget rules. "There are European institutions playing at bringing terrorism to the financial markets," said Italyʼs Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio who heads thepopulist Five Star Movement (M5S). ʼOne crisis was enoughʼ Italyʼs budget proposal has bred market anxiety and sparked fears of an Italian debt crisis. The countryʼs public debt stands at 132 per cent of gross domestic product, the second-highest debt-to-GDP ratio in the eurozone.

"It is up to the Italian government to show that it has a sustainable and credible budgetary plan," said Eurogroup chief and Portugalʼs finance minister Mario Centeno. European

Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said late Monday that Italy must be treated "strictly and fairly" to prevent a new crisis. "One crisis was enough, and we have to prevent Italy from being able to get a special treatment here that, if everybody were to get it, would mean the end of the euro,"Juncker said. Italyʼs Interior Minister Matteo Salvini rejected the remarks and remained defiant. "In Italy, nobody is buying the threats of Juncker, who is now comparing our country to Greece," he said. Salvini defended the proposal saying it his government merely sought to prioritize peopleʼs rights to work, security and health. EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici will be responsible with evaluating Italyʼs new budget, which is set to be submitted to Brussels on October 15.

Read more: Italy and the eurozone: the cloud returns Rome could face punitive measures by its EU partners if it goes through with a budget plan that breaks the bloc rules on running excessive deficits and high debt.

French authorities raided the headquarters of an Islamic Shiite association and the homes of its leaders near the northern city of Dunkirk during the early hours of Tuesday morning. According to regional officials, raids on the Zahra Centre France and about a dozen homes were staged as part of the"prevention of terrorism" procedures. The associationʼs leaders are suspected of supporting terrorist organizations, security sources said. Eleven people were arrested in the pre-dawn raids according to news agency AFP, three of whom face charges for illegal possession of firearms. The centerʼs assets have also been frozen.

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Fort Trump: Is a new US military base in Poland a realistic option?

On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump and his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda, raised the prospect of building a new US military base in Poland. Duda even suggested it might be named Fort Trump at the joint press conference in Washington, stressing Polandʼs "very strategic location" and pointing to the need for an expanded US presence to counter Russiaʼs aggressive behavior. Trumpvoiced openness to the proposal. Although the name got the attention of the US president and the rest of the world, the idea came as no surprise to security experts. The Polish government has spent months actively lobbying for the project in Washington. Read more: US-Poland base plans must include NATO, says ex-Pentagon official Polandʼs former foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski, for instance, told DWʼs Zhanna Nemtsova: "I worked very hard to bring it about. We want in Poland the kind of allied forces that would deter Russia but not threaten Russia."

Chinese gangs fuel illegal South Africa abalone trade Demand for abalone in Asia is increasingly being met through illegal harvesting run by criminal gangs threatening the survival of the marine mollusk in South Africa, a report has said. TRAFFIC, a wildlife trade monitoring network, said Wednesday that 96 million individual abalone worth nearly $900 million (€769 million) have been illegally poached off South Africaʼs shores in the past 17 years. Read more:Secondhand clothes, smuggling and the USChina trade war in Africa Nearly all of the large sea snails were sent to China and Hong Kong, where they are considered a delicacy. Only around a third of abalone harvested off South Africaʼs coast was fished legally in line with quotas and other regulations, the report said. Chinese crime syndicates working with South African gangs have taken advantage of poverty and joblessness in Western Cape Province, in many cases combining the illegal abalone trade with other high-value wildlife products and drugs, the report said.

"Driven by sophisticated transnational criminal networks and local gangs, the illegal abalone trade has been fueled by deeply entrenched socioeconomic disparities in the Western Cape, bitterly contested fishing quotas, drugs and gang violence," the report said.

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Sierenʼs China: Respect your neighbors Chinaʼs trade dispute with the United States is pushing it closer to Japan

Chinaʼs trade dispute with the United States is pushing it closer to Japan. It might not be easy, but Tokyo can no longer blindly depend on Washington, says DWʼs Frank Sieren.

Six years ago, there were angry demonstrations in front of the Japanese embassy in Beijing. Thousands of people were encouraged by Chinaʼs Communist Party to demonstrate against the authorities in Tokyo. Bottles and stones were thrown, the odd Japanese flag was burned. The owners of sushi restaurants in the area called for peace by hanging pro-China banners in their windows. Many Japanese companies had to close their Chinese

German military rocket tests cause two-week moorland fire A fire caused by rocket tests has raged for two weeks across an area of moorland in northern Germany. Prosecutors are investigating after the armed forces were heavily criticized for the tests and their response to it. The fire was triggered when rockets tests in the moor

by Germanyʼs armed forces - the Bundeswehr - went awry. The rockets were fired from helicopters as part of the drill, but the all-terrain fire engine meant to put out the subsequent fire, was out of action and its replacement at the garage for maintenance work.

Thus, the fire spread quickly. The fire

Uganda: Police ban rallies for pop star politician Bobi Wine Ugandan police said on Thursday that "unlawful rallies, processions, and assemblies" would not be allowed upon the return to the country of Kyagulanyi Ssentamu — also known as Bobi Wine. Police escorted Ssentamu from the airport to his home to maintain order. Ssentamu returns to Uganda facing acharge of treasonover his alleged role in an incident in August that saw Ugandan President Yoweri Museveniʼs motorcade pelted with stones. Ssentamu was arrested and his driver shot dead in the violence that ensued. He claimed that he was later tortured by security forces, causing the injuries required medical treatment in the United States. The 36-year-old Ssentamu has attracted a strong following among young Ugandans over his songs, which are critical of Museveni. He said the ban on rallies was evidence that the police were able to act with impunity.

branches temporarily to avoid arson attacks and plunder. The Chinese government, which does not usually voice its opinion openly, said that the protests were an "expression of patriotism." The demonstrations had been triggered by Japanʼs decision to buy a group of uninhabited, yetdisputed islands in the East China Sea. Both states lay claim to what are known the Senkaku Islands in Japan and the Diaoyu Islands in China. has been raging near the northern town of Meppen for more than two weeks and has spread across an area the size of more than 1,000 soccer fields. More than 850 firefighters, bot civilian and military, are trying to contain the flames. The smoke can even be seen from space, the German Weather Service (DWD) said.

Hambach Forest: Journalist dies after fall from treehouse bridge Police in the city of Aachen report that a man who fell from a bridge suspended between two treehouses in the occupied Hambach Forest on Wednesday has died from his injuries.

It is believed the man in question was

a journalist. He is said to have sustained serious injuries after falling some 14 meters (45 feet) and died after being flown out of the area by helicopter. Read more:Hambach Forest: Battleground for climate action Aachenʼs police force has spent the past seven daysremoving activistsfrom the hotly contested primal forest. As of Wednesday, they reported having cleared 39 of the 50 treehouses that activists built and have been living in for the last six years.

The police said that no operations were in progress in the area when the man fell; and that other efforts to clear protestersʼ encampments were halted. Later on Wednesday evening North Rhine-Westphaliaʼs Interior Minister Herbert Reul confirmed the temporary suspension of police activities in the area.

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Turkish far-right Erdogan greetings cause concern in Germany The Turkish presidentʼs opening of Germanyʼs largest mosque, and use of hand gestures associated with extremists, has led to German politicians expressing concerns about the role of the DITIB association.

Politicians in Germany expressed concern Monday about the use of extremist greetings during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoganʼs recent state visit. Erdogan supporters welcomed him with the Grey Wolves (Bozkurt) hand sign when he arrived in Cologne to open Germanyʼs largest mosque run byDITIB, a TurkishGermanic Islamic organizationfunded

by Ankara. North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Integration Minister Serap Güler told Deutschlandfunk that anyone who had seen the disturbingimages of

EU gives Facebook, Twitter ultimatum on consumer protection laws The European Commission said it "cannot negotiate forever" and plans fine social media companies that do not comply with stricter consumer laws. Facebook and Twitter have until the end of 2018 before sanctions kick in.

The EU demanded on Thursday that social networks Facebook and Twitter update their "misleading" consumer terms in accordance with the blocʼs rules by the end of the year.

Failure to do so would result in financial penalties for the social media giant, EU Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova said. "My patience has reached its limit," Jourova added.

"While Facebook assured me that they would finally adapt any remaining misleading terms of services by December, this has been ongoing for too long." She said the EU "cannot negotiate forever, we need to see the results." "It is now time for action and no more promises," Jourova said. She said she planned to call on all consumer protection authorities across the 28member block to act fast and apply sanctions to Facebook and Twitter, if they failed to comply.

right-wing extremists in Chemnitz could not remain silent, even if the extremists were in a minority. DITIB had not used the opening of the mosque to demonstrate integration, she added, insisting that the association had to decide if it wanted to operate as a political organization or occupy itself with the religious concerns of local Muslims. Just as worrying, Güler said, was the four-fingered "Rabia" greeting of the Muslim Brotherhood, which Erdogan used upon arrival in Berlin.

US-Canada trade-off: Who is happiest with NAFTA 2.0?

NAFTA is dead, long live USMCA? Itʼs not the most inspiring battle cry youʼll ever hear but it neatly sums up the eleventh-hour developmentsthat saw the United States and Canada reach agreement and join Mexico in a new trilateral trade deal on Sunday night. Itʼs not "NAFTA 2.0" because that deal is officially no more. The new pact is called the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), and it came after intense negotiations held over the weekend, by video-link, between Ottawa and Washington. A US-imposed deadline of midnight on

Sunday upped the ante and that urgency appears to have helped secure an agreement which looked far from certain in recent weeks. With the US and Mexico having sorted out their own bilateral issues in August, the revival of a new trilateral pact hinged on the US and Canada finding common ground. US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau both have lots riding politically on the issue, given the forthcoming elections in both countries.That was evident in their increasingly testy public comments on the matter.

Colombiaʼs coca cultivation at record level as cocaine problem grows The overall area covered by illegal coca plantations in Colombia increased by 17 percent last year when compared with 2016, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (ONODC) has said. The amount of land used to grow coca leaves — the primary raw ingredient of cocaine — would have been enough to produce almost 1,400 metric tons of the drug last year.

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US arbitration court rejects Germanyʼs plea in nuclear phaseout compensation case A US arbitration court has said it can rule on a damages claim by Swedish utility Vattenfall against the German government over Berlinʼs controversial decision to completely pull out of nuclear power, Germanyʼs Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper reported.

The ruling came as a setback to the German government, which had argued that Vattenfallʼs claim for compensation did not fall in the courtʼs jurisdiction. The German Economy Ministry said it was aware of the courtʼs decision and would examine it. Vattenfall is seeking €4.7 billion ($5.4 billion) in damages from the German government, far more than the high three-digit-million-euro to low single-digit-billion-euro amount that Berlin isplanning to dole out as compensation to the utility and its German rival RWE. Chancellor Angela Merkelʼs government decided to phase out nuclear power shortly after the nuclear disaster at Japanʼs Fukushima plant in March 2011.

Berlin ordered to shutter all nuclear power plants by 2022 and to immediately close some stations, including Vattenfallʼs German plants in Krümmel and Brunsbüttel. The utilities running the nuclear plants said the decision amounted to expropriation.

Argentinaʼs President Mauricio Macri accused of ʼabuse of powerʼ over IMF loan Argentinaʼs attorney general, Jorge Di Lello, announced on Wednesday that his office planned to investigate President Mauricio Macri for "abuse of power," stemming from a $50 billion (€42 billion) loan his administration secured from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The move underscores the repercussions that this yearʼs economic turmoil is having in Argentine politics. A formal complaint against Macriʼs government was made by former lawmaker Claudio Lozano and Jonatan Baldiviezo, of the NGO City Rights Observatory. They accuse members of the executive branch of being in "violation of public duties in bypassing congress" when they signed the accord with the IMF. "Our constitution has established that it is Congress who has the sole authority to collect public debt and to enter into agreements with international agencies," Baldiviezo told the EFE news agency. In particular, the plaintiffs highlighted that Argentinaʼs 2018 Budget Law also does not authorize the president to sign agreements with the IMF. 4

Elon Musk to resign as Tesla chairman, pay $20 million fine over fraud charges Tesla CEO Elon Musk will pay a $20 million fine and give up his board chairmanship for misleading tweets about the company. The Securities and Exchange Commission said he knew "the potential transaction was uncertain."

US carmaker Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk on Saturday each agreed to pay fines of $20 million (€17.2 million) fine and have Musk step down as chairman of the Tesla board for at least three years in a settlement over Muskʼs misleading tweets about the companyʼs future, the US Securities and Exchange Commission said. The

Italyʼs B2B cashless Sardex currency set to take on the world

The basic idea behind Sardinia’s business-to-business (B2B) electronic credit system is a simple one, even if its execution is somewhat more complex. The countryʼs first regional currency, Sardex, gives several thousand participating smalland medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) the opportunity to participate in a system of mutual credit and do business with other local companies. Read more: Sardex: a model B2B credit club gives hope to Italyʼs SMEs Sardexʼs business devel-

opment team recruits a balanced portfolio of carefully screened Sardinian SMEs, such as electricians, plumbers, glaziers, carpenters, retailers, café owners, farmers, or small manufacturing businesses, to participate in the Sardex business network.

Participating SMEs pay a flat annual fee to join. Once members, they gain access to new prospective customers and suppliers.

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ʼScallop Warsʼ: Britain and France draw up peace treaty British and French fishermen on Wednesday agreed on the principles of a deal that would end the so-called Scallop Wars. "The UK and French fishing industries and governments held constructive talks today about scallop fishing in the eastern Channel including Baie de Seine," the governments of both countries said in a joint statement. Tensions were at their worst last week, when five British vessels were involved in a confrontation with about 35 French boats in international waters off the coast of Normandy. Fishermen from both sides of the Channel were reported to have thrown projectiles, including smoke bombs, rammed vessels, and hurled insults at each other. French fishermen were outraged that their British counterparts were dredging waters in the Baie de la Seine, while their own government prevented them from doing so.

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SEC investigation was launched afterMusk tweeted on August 7that he had "funding secured" to privatize the electric automaker at $420 a share, causing a brief spike in Teslaʼs share price. "In truth, Musk knew that the potential transaction was uncertain and subject to numerous contingencies," the SEC wrote.

Moodyʼs plays down Italian risk to eurozone

The ratings agency sees only a small possibility that Rome might exit the currency bloc, despite a senior official saying the country would be better off. The news comes as Italyʼs debt faced a fresh bout of selling.

International ratings agency Moodyʼs said in comments released for publication late on Monday that it would provide an updated decision on Italyʼs credit rating by the end of October, with any review for a possible downgrade depending on Italyʼs debt trajectory and economic growth. The agency currently rates Italian sovereign debt at Baa2 with a negative outlook, which is on the verge of falling below the investment grade category. Moodyʼs delayed its scheduled review from September 7 as it was waiting to see the outline ofItalyʼs budget for next year. "Italy has long had an elevated debt burden and has long had problems generating economic growth and the political environment that can allow structural reform efforts to take place is also in question," Sarah Carlson, senior vice president in the Moodyʼs sovereign team said in a conference call. "It comes down to the debt trajectory and growth which is linked to structural reform effort," Carlson added.

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21 of last remaining Asiatic lions die in 3 weeks Indiaʼs Gir National Park holds all of the roughly 500 Asiatic lions left on earth

Eyeing a ʼthird womanʼ at the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics Wow. What a day to be awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics afterwhat just happened at CERN. You would have to be a steely old so-andso — and totally not cynical — to think that the suspension of "a scientist" for alleged sexist — nigh on woman-hating — remarks would have had no impact on the Nobel committeeʼs decision. The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics recognized "groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics." And CERN is the worldʼs biggest particle physics laboratory — its business is lasers, basically. And itʼs a quasi-Laureate, having played a part in the detection of the once-elusive Higgs boson fundamental particle for which François Englert and Peter Higgs got the 2013 prize. So CERN is part of this maledominated Nobel culture we slavishly celebrate once a year.

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Conservations for Indiaʼs Gir National Park in the countryʼs western region of Gujurat announced on Tuesday that 21 Asiatic lions had died in the park in the past three weeks. At least four of them were confirmed to be carrying a virus that killed 1,000 lions in Tanzania in the 1990s. The virus is called canine distemper virus (CDV), and can easily spread from dogs in the wild to other animals. "A team of experts is

working to ascertain the reason for the viral infection. Since all 21 lions have died in one Sarasiya grassland, it is a matter of concern," said park official Dushyant Vasavada. Another 31 lions from the same part of the sanctuary are currently under observation, though they have shown no sign of the disease thus far. Gir National Park is home to all the worldʼs remaining Asiastic lions, of which there are about 520.

Video installation ʼAgainʼ asks troubling questions about Saxonyʼs far right Chemnitzʼs far-right groups have beendominating headlines ever since the unrest and protests following the stabbing death of a German man suspected to have been committed by immigrants from the Middle East. Two years ago, violent events that took place in the same eastern German state, Saxony, garnered little to no attention. But they are commemorated through the installation by artist Mario Pfeifer, Again / Noch Einmal, which was an attention-grabbing work produced for the 10th Biennale in Berlin. It is now on show at the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz museum from October 3,

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2018 to January 6, 2019. Itʼs a pseudodocumentary, playing out simultaneously on two screens, chronicling the grim story of a young Iraqi refugee named Shabaz Al-Aziz, who in 2015 came to Germany, unaccompanied, from his native Sulaymaniyah, in Iraq, seeking help he couldnʼt get for his epilepsy at home. One day in 2016, he went through a kind of mental breakdown at a grocery store in Arnsdorf.

After returning to the store several times in one day, acting agitated, four men dragged him out of the supermarket, and, using cables, tied him to a tree.

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What’s happening in Budapest – September 2018 Festivals, cool concerts, cultural events and amazing parties – Budapest is always buzzing. Every month, we bring together all of the important happenings taking place in and around Hungary’s capital, so you can plan ahead. In September, the Budapest Wine Festival, the National Gallop and cool concerts are all among the many exciting events you shouldn’t miss. Whether you would like to shake it to the coolest beats, immerse yourself in culture or give in to guilty pleasures, we present a bunch of suggestions for the upcoming weeks. Get out there and enjoy everything that Budapest has to offer! Budapest Urban Games A38 concerts Ricky Martin Budapest Wine Festival Food Truck Show Budapest 33rd Wizz Air Budapest Half Marathon National Gallop Sweet Days Chocolate and Sweets Oktoberfest Dub FX In September, scores of cool concerts will be rocking the A38 Ship, a repurposed Ukrainian cargo vessel that is today one of the hottest hangouts in Budapest. Parties aboard are plenty, but here is our pick of the bunch: on September 24th ‘the occult Nick Cave’, King Dude, brings his new album to Budapest, performing with the Icelandic dark-wave trio, Kælan Mikla. On September 28th, another album launch will be presented, by Berlin-based downtempo-nu-jazz collective, Jazzanova, and on 30th, one of the most unique characters in contemporary European r’n’b-pop, Dena, brings a gentle mix of modern glitter and DIYBalkan aesthetics aboard.

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Simona Halep: World number one suffers slipped disc

World number one Simona Halep has suffered a slipped disc that puts her participation in this monthʼs WTA Finals in doubt. The French Open champion, 27, says she does not know how long she will be out but hopes to be back "soon". The Romanianretired from Sundayʼs first-round matchagainst Ons Jabeur at the China Open with a back injury. "I will discuss with doctors in the next few days and will keep you updated," shesaid on Twittter. The injury could force Halep to miss the end-of-season WTA Finals in Singapore, which run from 21 to 28 October.

ʼThere was someone helping Callum Hawkins and thatʼs why I continuedʼ Michael Shelley on marathon

Michael Shelley says he did not stop to assist Callum Hawkins during the Commonwealth Games menʼs marathon because he saw the Scot being treated. Hawkins, 25,collapsed while leadingjust over a mile from the end after succumbing to the hot conditions. Australian Shelley, 34, went on to win and successfully defend his gold medal. "When I got to the Sundial Bridge that was the first time Iʼd seen Callum and he was with a medical official," Shelley told BBC Scotland. "To me that was the sign that something had happened and he was getting looked after so for me that was a sign - ʼokay you can continueʼ.

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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.

A Bundesliga legend: Claudio Pizarro at 40 The Peruvian talked to DW ahead of his 40th birthday on Wednesday

Claudio Pizarro has played under some of the best in the game, won just about all there is to win and is the Bundesligaʼs highest ever foreign scorer.

Claudio Pizarro: I feel good. I’m not sure if I feel better than five years ago, but I do feel good. I had a great preseason and I overcame a few small problems I had that are totally fine now. I keep playing and they [Werder Bremen] obviously brought me here because they think I have the chance and the ability to contribute to the club with my skills on the pitch. On the other hand, they also appreciate my experience. They think I can be very useful in helping

the young players and maybe anticipate some situations before others do. DW: Eight years later, with 192 goals, you are now ranked the Bun‐ desliga’s fifth highest goalscorer off all time. So whatʼs left to work towards?

Holding this record, because Lewandowski is catching up fast. So I want to score some more goals to make it harder for him. Of course, with the team, our goal is to qualify internationally, either for the Champions League or the Europa League.

Police to investigate Cristiano Ronaldo rape allegations Police said on Monday they had reopened a rape investigation against Cristiano Ronaldo. Lawyers for the Portuguese footballer are threatening to sue a German magazine after it published the allegations.

Cristiano Ronaldo is being sued in the United States by a woman who claims the Portuguese star raped her in 2009. US citizen Kathryn Mayorga says the Portuguese footballer raped her repeatedly in a Las Vegas hotel while she screamed no, according to a lawsuit filed on Friday in Clark County, Nevada. Ronaldo has denied the assault, calling the allega-

tions "fake news". Lawyers for the Juventus forward said on Friday they would sue German magazine Der Spiegel after it initially published Mayorgaʼs accusations. Las Vegas police confirmed they were looking into the allegations and had reopened an investigation. The fivetime World Player of the Year denies the allegations, insisting the sex was consensual. Mayorgaʼs lawyer is now questioning the validity of an out-of-court settlement agreed in Nevada, in which Ronaldo reportedly paid $375,000 (€323,000) for her silence.