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Germanyʼs antitrust watchdog restricts Facebookʼs data collection via other sites

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Further EU-UK Brexit negotiations to take place More meetings are planned

The Federal Cartel Office, Germanyʼs antitrust watchdog, is severely restricting the collection of user data by Facebook after a ruling on Thursday that the social media giant abused its market. The company will only be able to use data from various nonFacebook programs and apps that it owns, such as WhatsApp and Instagram, with explicit user consent. Currently, Facebook bundles together much of the information it gleans from users across its various platforms. "In future, Facebook will no longer be allowed to force its users to agree to the practically unrestricted collection and assigning of nonFacebook data to their Facebook accounts," Andreas Mundt, president of the antitrust watchdog, said on Thursday in Bonn.

France recalls ambassador to Italy after di Maio meets ʼyellow vestʼ protesters France recalled Ambassador Christian Masset for consultations on Thursday after a series of "provocations" from Italian political leaders, Franceʼs Foreign Ministry said.

"France has been, for several months, the target of repeated, baseless attacks and outrageous statements," the ministry said in a statement. "This is without precedent since the end of World War II." On Tuesday, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio had traveled to Paris to meet members of the"yellow vest" protest movement. "The latest interference is an additional and unacceptable provocation," the French ministry said, describing the remarks as a bid to win votes in the European elections in May. "Having disagreements is one thing, but manipulating the relationship for electoral aims is another."

At talks in Brussels, British premier Theresa May has raised ʼvarious optionsʼ for getting around the UKʼs difficulties with the Withdrawal Agreement.

With less than two months to go before the UK leaves the European Union, Prime Minister May headed to Brussels looking for changes to the Withdrawal Agreement that could gain the support of the House of Commons. Her last effort was rejected in arecord parliamentary defeat. May was greeted by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker saying the 27 EU partner countrieswould not renegotiate the termsof the divorce agreement.

Speaking after her meetings in Brussels on Thursday, May was upbeat on the prospects of the UK leaving the bloc with a deal: "What I see and hear from leaders is a desire for us to work together to ensure that we can deliver the UK leaving the European Union with a deal," she said. ʼRobust but constructiveʼA 90-minute meeting between Juncker and May was described by the European Commission presidentʼs spokesman as "robust but constructive." May and Juncker are due to meet again before the end of the month "to take stock" of progress. In the meantime, talks would be held to discuss "whether a way through can be found that would

gain the broadest possible support in the UK Parliament and respect the guidelines agreed by the European Council," Juncker said. "It is not going to be easy, but crucially President Juncker and I have agreed that talks will now start to find a way through this, to find a way to get this over the line and to deliver on the concerns that Parliament has so we get a majority in Parliament," May said.

While repeating the EU position that the Withdrawal Agreement would not be renegotiated, Juncker did express "his openness to add wording to the Political Declaration agreed by the EU27 and the UK in order to be more ambitious in terms of content and speed when it comes to the future relationship between the European Union and the UK." May went on to meet with EU Council President Donald Tusk later on Thursday.Tusk had attracted attention on Wednesdayas he expressed frustrations with the lack of planning from the UK side: "Iʼve been wondering what that special place in hell looks like for those who promoted Brexit without even a sketch of a plan [for] how to carry it out safely."

This is how the Visegrad Group works The Visegrad Group – V4 for short – is an alliance of four eastern and central European states: Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. They take their name from the Hungarian city of Visegrad, where kings once met for economic and political negotiations. In 1991, Poland, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia – as it still was then – joined forces to work together more closely and prepare their planned EU accession. Today, the V4 countries exchange information and develop priority programs in order better to cooperate in an increasing number of areas. An important basic principle is that, within the EU, the V4 carry more weight as an alliance than they would as individual countries. Each year a different member of the group takes over the V4 presidency.

Paris fire suspect released from psychiatric care days earlier Prosecutors have revealed that the woman suspected of lightinga deadly apartment building fire in Paris on Tuesday recently spent 12 days in psychiatric care. The suspect, a resident of the building, had been released from her stay at Sainte-Anne psychiatric hospital on January 30. She had previously been hospitalized at least 13 times for mental health issues. She has denied being behind the fire. Prosecutor Remy Heitz also said the woman had no police record but had been involved in three judicial procedures before, including for setting fire to a clothes store.

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Hundreds of migrants scale Spanish enclave fence One man died and several were injured as hundreds tried to reach the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco. Despite the Spanish governmentʼs promise to remove barbed wire on top of the fence, it has not yet done so. Some 300 people rushed a border fence between Morocco andSpainʼs North African enclave Melilla, Spanish authorities said on Sunday. Out of those who attempted to scale the two fences topped in barbed wire, 200 sub-Saharan Africans entered Spanish territory, a representative of Spainʼs government in Melilla said in a statement. One man who climbed over the fences died of an apparent heart attack despite efforts to revive him. Nineteen other people were being treated for fractures or cuts sustained while scaling the fences, authorities said. Another six Civil Guards sustained non-serious injuries during the rush at the border fence.

Disaster-prone nations threatened by huge insurance gap New research from Lloydʼs and CEBR has shown that vast assets are underinsured, posing a huge threat to livelihoods particularly in poorer nations. Those most at risk are also those with the lowest insurance levels. Disaster-prone developing nations are exposed to crippling losses when storms, floods or earthquakes strike, because they suffer from a dangerous lack of insurance, industry experts said Monday. Globally, assets worth about $163 billion (€141 billion) are not insured against catastrophes, posing a significant threat to livelihoods and prosperity,Londonbased insurance market Lloydʼs said in a fresh report. The value of underinsured assets had shrunk by only 3 percent since 2012, it noted. Many nations with the lowest levels of insurance were also among those most exposed to risks, including from climate change impacts, and were least able to fund recovery efforts, the study stressed.

"If insurance is not available,catastrophes can have a much greater impact on economies and lives, Lloydʼs Chairman Bruce Carnegie-Brown said in a statement.

Emerging and low-income nations accounted for almost the entire global insurance gap, the report noted.

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Germany and France announce next-generation fighter jet project The project is part of an ambitious new defense strategy

Australia: Man arrested over suspicious parcels sent to embassies The 48-year-old suspect was arrested at his home in Shepparton, in the southern state of Victoria, federal and state police said in a joint statement on Thursday. Numerous diplomatic missions in the Australian cities of Sydney, Melbourne and Canberrareceived suspicious packages this week, with several consulates and embassies temporarily evacuated or put on lock-down on Wednesday.

Some consulate workers reported seeing packages labeled "asbestos." Asbestos is a naturally occurring mineral commonly used in building materials in Australia and elsewhere until the mid-1980s, but it was banned after it was found that exposure to its fibers could cause deadly illnesses.

The defense ministers of France and Germany have declared that their plan to produce a new joint fighter can now begin.

German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen and French Defense Minister Florence Parly announced plans to produce a new joint fighter jet on Wednesday. The two spoke at Gennevilliers near Paris at a facility operated by Safran Aircraft Engines, which will produce the jetʼs new engine in collaboration with Germanyʼs MTU Aero Engines. Minister Parly praised the joint venture on Twitter, writing that the new project would "affirm the close relationship between our air forces, in operational as well as

Siemens CEO pulls out of Saudi investment conference over Khashoggi case After receiving "hundreds, if not thousands" of e-mails and posts urging him not to attend the Future Investment Initiative (FII), Joe Kaeser on Monday announced his withdrawal from the Saudi conference. The chief executive of Siemens is now one of many high-profile senior executives and financiers pulling out of the three-day event in Riyadh this week, afterSaudi Arabia has admitted it murdered Saudi government critic Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul two weeks ago. In a post on social network

technological terms." Von der Leyen spoke of the larger scope of the project, announcing that Franceʼs Dassault Aviation and European manufacturer Airbus have already signed a contract to produce a concept study for a shared air combat system. The fighter jet is one component of theNext Generation Weapons System (NGWS), with the manned jet operating in conjunction with other new weapons and swarms of drones linked to it by a so-called combat cloud.

LinkedIn, Kaeser described his move as "the cleanest decision but not the most courageous one." He also wrote that the decision was not one "against the Kingdom or its people," and noted that Siemens had been "a reliable partner to Saudi Arabia for decades."

"But for now, the truth must be found and justice must be served," he added in the post. Pressure had been mounting for the Siemens CEO to withdraw from the FII conference, which is intended to showcase the reform efforts undertaken by the new Saudi strongman, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

China unveils plans to launch man-made moon into space

China is set to launch into orbit a huge space mirror,which has been specifically designed to reflect sunlight back to Earth, the stateowned China Daily online portal reported. In Chengdu, a city in southwestern Sichuan province, the "illumination satellites" are being rigously tested. If all goes to plan, the construction will shine simultaneously with the real moon, but will be almost eight times brighter, the online portal wrote. The mirrors will launch from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province before the end of the year. "By then, the three huge mirrors will divide the 360-degree orbital plane, continuously illuminating an area for 24 hours," Wu Chunfeng, head of Tian Fu New Area Science Society and the company responsible for the project, told newspaper in an interview. Three more moons will launch in 2022 if the initial test goes off without a hitch, he added.

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Remains from wreckage of Emiliano Salaʼs plane brought to UK Footballer Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson were the only two people on the plane.

Investigators said on Thursday that they had recovered a body fromthe wreckage of a small plane that had crashedin the English Channel while carrying Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson.

The remains have been brought to the UK mainland for identification.

Britainʼs Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has announced that the weather conditions were too ad-

Invisible and dangerous: The Salafist scene in North RhineWestphalia There are more Salafists in North Rhine-Westphalia than in any other German state. The scene has all but vanished from the public eye in its stronghold. But it is still very active, as DW is told by numerous sources.

"Speak after me," the red-bearded German convert and Salafist preacher Pierre Vogel says as he publicly summons the young woman. Cheered on by an enthusiastic crowd in the pedestrian zone of the western city of Offenbach, she does exactly that, and repeats the words of the Islamic profession of faith. That was in 2010. The conversion was filmed and uploaded to YouTube — just one example of the many videos shared online from the heydays ofSalafist missionary work in Germany. Until 2016, the scene had a self-confident and sometimes aggressive public appearance. Bearded men in baggy pants and flowing white robes such as Pierre Vogel regularly distributed free German-language editions of the Koran in market squares and pedestrian zones.

verse to recover the plane or continue the salvage operations. "In challenging conditions, the AAIB and its specialist contractors successfully recovered the body previously seen amidst the wreckage," the AAIB said, adding that "the weather forecast is poor for the foreseeable future, and so the difficult decision was taken to bring the overall operation to a close."

NATO chief Stoltenberg bats for expanded INF treaty deal with more members

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said he was open to an expanded Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with more members in order to save the key armaments pact. The INF treaty is on the brink of a collapse after theUS said on Friday it was suspendingthe nuclear pact with a view to withdrawing from it; Moscow followed suit a day later.Washington accuses Moscow of "violating the terms of the treaty," a claim that the Kremlin denies. Stoltenberg told Germanyʼs Funke Media Group that Russia had

always complained that countries like China, India, Pakistan and Iran had developed mid-range missiles while it was banned from doing so. "But thatʼs not an excuse for violating a treaty," Stoltenberg said. "On the contrary, it should prompt us to strengthen this treaty and bring in more partners." Both Washington and Moscow have expressed their openness to replacing the suspended Cold War-era pact with a broader treaty that includes more countries, although Moscow voiced skepticism over the chances of achieving such a deal.

Pakistan honor killings haunting young women Khanzadi Mehboob lives in constant fear for her life after she married against the wishes of her family. Although honor killings are illegal, tribal customs in Pakistan often trump the rule of law. In 2008, when she was only 15 years old, Khanzadi Mehboob started teaching children in her village located near Jacobabad in Pakistanʼs southern province of Sindh. Her dedication impressed an NGO, which provided her "school" with a building in 2011.

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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.

KiK: German court rejects Pakistani lawsuit over deadly fire A German regional court in Dortmund on Thursday ruled against four Pakistanis who had sued the German discount clothing retailer KiK for €30,000 ($34,500) each.

The plaintiffs said the company should have provided them compensation for the pain they suffered and the death of their family members in a 2012 fire at a clothing factory in Karachi that killed more than 250 people. Saeeda Khatoon, a Pakistani mother, along with Muhammad Jabir and Abdul Aziz Khan, all lost their sons to the fire. Another plaintiff, Muhammad Hanif, is himself a survivor. "I am very sad that our voice was not heard by the court.

We lost our children in the 2012 factory fire. It seems that nobody cares for the poor workers. It was a decision in favor of the companies.

But I will not stop my fight for our rights," Khatoon told DW.

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Is Daimlerʼs Dieter Zetsche Germanyʼs business rock star?

The Daimler chairman with the walrus mustache is one of the few German CEOs that is instantly recognizable. Set to retire after 13 years, he leaves behind a company struggling to be relevant in a digital world.

Perhaps surprisingly, the 65-year-old Dieter Zetsche was born to German parents in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1953.

His father was there working as a civil engineer and the family soon moved back to the Frankfurt area where Zetsche attended school before studying electrical engineering.

A company man through and through, Zetsche joined Daimler way back in 1976 and quickly worked his way up. At the same time he got his doctorate degree

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 United States 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 high-profile accidentsin recent years.

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from the University of Paderborn in 1982. Later he would famously use this title in an ad campaign called "Ask Dr. Z." From mid-2000 to the end 2005 he was in Detroit and ran the "merged" DaimlerChrysler division, before being made chairman of the board of the whole conglomerate on January 1, 2006.

Ironically, once at the top he was the driving force behind the 2007 demerger with Chrysler.

Renault reports exboss Ghosnʼs small but suspect deal to police

The French car maker has said its former chief Carlos Ghosn personally benefited from a sponsorship deal. Ghosn, an auto-industry stalwart, is on trial in Japan over allegations of financial misconduct.

French car maker Renault said on Thursday it had informed investigators that its former Chairman and Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn had benefited personally from a sponsorship deal. Renault said it had identified that Ghosn received a sum of €50,000 ($57,000) as part of a sponsorship deal with the Palace of Versailles outside Paris. "The elements gathered so far require additional checks to be carried out," thecompany said in a statement."Groupe Renault has decided to bring these facts to the attention of the judicial authorities." The operators of the palace waived the usual 50,000euro fee for a marriage reception at the 17th-century Grand Trianon complex as part of the sponsorship deal. Ghosn threw an extravagant Marie Antoinette-themed wedding party at Versailles to celebrate his second marriage in October 2016.

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Israeli pop queen Netta says Eurovision about music, not politics Netta Barzilai performs in the final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest

Tintin and Snowy turn 90 — havenʼt aged a day He has fought organized crime, solved mysteries and even helped to bring down despotic regimes. The famous Belgian cub-reporter Tintin, with his trademark shock of strawberry-blonde hair, blue sweater and plus-four trousers, has taken his fans with him on world adventures that have been translated into more than 100 languages and dialects.

Tintin made his first appearance 90 years ago, in the Catholic conservative Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècleʼs youth supplement, Le Petit Vingtième. Tintin and Snowy headed deep into Soviet territory, with Stalinʼs secret police watching them from around every corner. The story first appeared on January 10, 1929, running as a serial until May 1930; it was essentially anti-communist propaganda, neatly packaged for children.

In 1930, the series was published in book form as Tintin in the Land of the So‐ viets.

The Eurovision Song Contest will be hosted for the third time in Israel this May. But as international artists call to boycott the event, 2018 contest winner Netta Barzilai says Eurovision is about participation.

Almost a year afterwinningthe Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) in Lisbon, the 26-year-old Israeli singer Netta Barzilai has released her much-anticipated new single, "Bassa Sabada" — Arabic for "Bummer, thatʼs Awesome." After her inimitable, contest-winning performance of the song "Toy" at the 2018 ESC bought her global attention, Nettaʼs latest electro pop anthem has already clocked near four million

YouTube hits just days after release.

But with Netta having earned Israel the right to host this yearʼs ESC in May, a political backlash has the potential to overwhelm her own artistic momentum. Although the finale will be hosted in Tel Aviv instead of the contested city of Jerusalem (where it took place in 1979 and 1999) — as was originally suggest by Israeli officials — that hasnʼt stopped calls to boycott the contest.

A little peace: ʼRussian Seasonsʼ festival kicks off in Berlin Alexandra Dovgan is just 11 years old and very sweet to watch. On January 7, Russiaʼs Christmas Day, the upand-coming pianist floated onto the stage of the Berlin Philharmonic. Like a Christmas angel all in white, she heralded in the "Russian Seasons" in Germany with Bachʼs heavenly sounds. Dovgan herself is a beneficiary of Russiaʼs still excellent early education for the musically gifted.

Then followed Iolanta — Pyotr Tchaikovskyʼs final opera, performed by the predominantly young soloists

Sting to return to Budapest for summer 2019

of the orchestra of St. Petersburgʼs famous Mariinsky Theater under the baton of Valery Gergiev. In the enchanting fairy tale, the blind princess Iolanta is given the gift of sight through love... One could consider the eveningʼs program to be a symbolic attempt to banish the evil spirits of politics through the unifying and reconciling power of culture — music to forget about the annexation of Crimea, the war in Donbass or the propaganda trial against Russian theater director Kirill Serebrennikov.

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 Grammy-winning 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.

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New tourist info point pops up in central Budapest nearVárosháza park The main tourist information office Budapest Info Point in the city centre has temporarily relocated to a new site at nearby Városháza Park.

Housed in a neat kiosk of wood and glass, the new outlet will be serving tourists while the Sütő utca office is being renovated.

This pop-up shop is conveniently located, a few steps from the terminus of airport bus 100E. Until the end of February, visitors to Hungary’s capital can pick up maps, browse Budapest guides and book city tours at a new tourist info site, set up near the Deák tér transport hub.

Overseen by the Budapest Festival and Tourism Center, this temporary setting is stationed here while the main Budapest Info Pointon nearby Sütő utca is being revamped. The pop-up store serves as a sales outlet for the Budapest Card, offering free and discounted services for 24, 48 and 72 hours, as well as for four or five days. This new office also stocks copies of our free We Love Buda‐ pest pocket guides, seasonal booklets covering attractions aroundBudapest,Balaton andHungary in English and Hungarian.

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Paris SaintGermain fined €100,000 for racial profiling

French champions Paris SaintGermain (PSG) have been fined €100,000 ($113,557 million) by the French Football League (LFP) after scouts were found to have racially profiled potential young recruits between 2013 and 2018. According to research by the French investigative website Mediapart, part of the European Investigative Collaborations (EIC) network processing documents from the so-called "Football Leaks" revelations, the clubʼs scouting department used forms which included a drop-down menu featuring the options: French, North African, black African and West Indian.

Fed Cup: Johanna Konta & Katie Boulter give Great Britain win over Slovenia

Aleksandar Kolarovʼs free kick stunner secures Serbia win over Costa Rica

Rafael Nadal eases past Stefanos Tsitsipas to reach final

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.

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Rafael Nadal dominated Tsitsipas to reach Australian Open menʼs final. Japanʼs Naomi Osaka and Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic are to face each other in womenʼs final, which will also determine No. 1 ranking.

Rafa Nadal beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets 6-2, 6-4, 6-0 on Thursday to end the 20-year-old Greekʼs surprising run at the Australian Open and reach his fifth final at Melbourne Park. The Spanish second seed tamed Tsitsipasʼ serve and racked up 28 sparkling winners against the man who had knocked out double defending champion Roger Federer in the

fourth round. After roaring out to a 5-0 lead in the final set, Nadal closed out the match with a big serve after one hour and 46 minutes. The 32year-old Nadal, whose only Australian Open title came in 2009, now moves on to face either top seed Novak Djokovic or Frenchman Lucas Pouille in the final as he bids for an 18th Grand Slam crown.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino to run unopposed in June

Johanna Konta held her nerve to secure victory for Great Britain over Slovenia in their first home Fed Cup tie for 26 years. Britainʼs world number 39 saved three set points in a tense first-set tie-break, before eventually beating Dalila Jakupovic 7-6 (9-7) 6-2 in Bath. Katie Boulter had given GB a winning start by overcoming Kaja Juvan 6-4 6-2. It meant GB had an unassailable lead before Harriet Dart and Katie Swan won the doubles rubber for a 3-0 victory.

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Though Europeʼs governing body UEFA has opposed his ideas to expand the world body, the 48-yearold Swiss has broad support. World soccerʼs governing body FIFA announced Infantinoʼs candidacy on Wednesday.

FIFA, world soccerʼs governing body, announced on Wednesday that its current president,Gianni Infantino, will run unopposed for reelection in Paris on June 5. Infantino took on the post in February 2016 after FIFAʼs former president,Sepp Blatter, was forced to leave his post in disgrace.

A statement released by FIFA read:

"Following the call for election issued by the FIFA Council on June 10, 2018, FIFAʼs member associations have proposed, in due time and form, the following candidate for the presidential election to take place at the sixty-ninth FIFA Congress in Paris on June 5, 2019: Mr. Gianni Infantino." Infantino will be required to pass eligibility and integrity checks before he stands for a new four-year term. He was originally elected to his current position after the favored European candidate, UEFA PresidentMichel Platini, wasbanned from soccer along with Blatter.