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Anti-Semitism in German schools to be tackled with anti-bullying commissioners Family Minister Franziska Giffey plans to fund 170 bullying prevention experts, who are to be sent to selected Germans schools, she told Thursdayʼs edition of German daily Rheinische Post. Asked if anti-Semitism is a growing problem in schools now that Germany has more pupils from countries that are hostile to Israel, she replied that "anti-Semitism in schools is a big problem." "We need to take religious bullying in classrooms and school playgrounds very seriously, regardless of who the bullies are," she told the paper. She pointed out that teachers need assistance in fighting bullies of any kind. "In school, children must learn respect and how to live together peacefully, that is the foundation of a peaceful society."
EU lawmakers reject controversial copyright law Meeting in Strasbourg on Thursday, members of the European Parliament voted 318 to 278 with 31 abstentions against the proposed copyright law. Critics of the bill had focused on two articles. Article 13 would have required automated copyright checking — put in place by each company such as Wikipedia and YouTube. While the bill had included an exemption for not-forprofit online encyclopedias, it had not allayed the fears of the largest such site, Wikipedia. Italyʼs edition of Wikipedia as well as several others had shut downfor two days in protest of the proposed law, saying it put the freedom of the internet at risk. The other controversial article, number 11, had proposed online platforms pay publishers a fee if they linked to news content.
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Mother Teresa charity accused of selling babies in India Investigators say they are looking into several more complaints of child trafficking
Indian authorities have arrested a nun and an employee at a home run by Mother Teresaʼs charity after they allegedly sold a baby. Police said Thursday they had taken two people into custody for allegedly selling infants from a shelter for unwed mothers in eastern India. The facility in Jharkhand state is operated by Missionaries of Charity, a religious order founded by Mother Teresa in 1950. "They have said that at least five to six babies have been sold to childless couples," police officer Aman Kumar told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "We are investigating to see how the operation was run and how many more children have been given away in the last few years." Police made the arrests after an Indian couple claimed they paid 120,000 rupees (€1,504; $1,760) to a staff member in exchange for a baby boy born to one of the homeʼs residents. The couple came forward after the worker allegedly took the baby back and kept their money. A Missionaries of Charity spokeswoman quoted by the Associated Press said the order had
stopped giving children up for adoption three years ago and had never taken money from parents. Police official Kumar said 100,000 rupees was recovered from the two who were arrested. Read more: Indiaʼs child labor bill criticized by rights groups Arti Kujur, head of the Jharkhand State Child Protection Society, said his organization had received many complaints about the home, adding that the problem is likely more widespread. "We hear that babies are being sold in other homes as well and are determined to put a stop to it," he said. Since it was founded over 60 years ago, Missionaries of Charity has set up hundreds of shelters to care for the most vulnerable, including unwed mothers, prostitutes, lepers, street children and the mentally ill. Mother Teresa received the Nobel Peace Prize for her charitable work in 1979 andPope Francis declared her a saintin 2016.
Jump in German flight delays stokes fears of travel chaos "Even the sky reaches its limits sometimes" — in late June, the German Aviation Association (BDL) apologized to passengers in full-page newspaper ads for "long waiting periods, numerous flight cancellations and irregularities" in Germanyʼs air traffic that have plagued the country since the beginning of the year. Although the BDL said itʼs "working hard to improve punctuality and reliability," the ad included a confession that is not likely to calm down unnerved travelers: It admitted that "short-term irregularities" will continue over the summer. According to passenger rights portal EUclaim, 15,571 flights were cancelled across Germany between January and June of this year. A further 3,778 took off more than three hours late. For the same period last year, the same figures were 8,826 and 2,268, respectively.
UK and Russia at odds over latest Novichok nerve agent poisoning British and Russian ministers traded tense statements on Thursday, after it was revealed thattwo British citizens fell sickafter beingexposed to the Novichok nerveagent this week. Although British officials do not believe the latest case was a deliberate attack, theyʼve called on Moscow to explain the use of the nerve agent that was also used to poisonformer Russian double agent Sergei Skripaland hisdaughter Yuliain March in the city of Salisbury.
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