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German neoNazis launch hate campaign after Syrian boy dies The small town of Schönberg in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania has become the scene of an ugly neo-Nazi hate campaign after a young boy was hit by a tractor on June 20. Two men have since been identified in connection with the crime. In the weeks after the accident, swastikas were twice daubed at the site, and twice removed by local authorities. Local police reported that the 9-year-old boy had lost his balance while riding his bike on the sidewalk and had strayed onto the road, where he was hit by the tractor. He died a few days later in hospital. Two weeks later, on July 8, a local resident reported that a large swastika had been painted at the spot on the sidewalk with white paint. It was removed, but a new swastika, also in white paint, was found at the same spot on July 28, this time with "1:0" written next to it.
Staufen child sex abuse case: Spanish national sentenced to 10 years in prison
A court in southwestern Germany on Monday sentenced a Spanish national to 10 years in prison for rape, sexual abuse, forced prostitution and producing child pornography. The 33-year-old defendant had previously admitted paying to rape the 9-year-old boy for money on multiple occasions in the town of Staufen, near Freiburg and filming his crimes against the boy. He is one of eight peopleimplicated in the case, which police described as one of the worst child sex abuse cases theyʼve ever investigated.
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IMF blames German trade surplus for trade tensions Now, even the IMF sees them as a reason for current trade tensions
When al-Qaida brought terror to East Africa Itʼs August 7, 1998, 10:30 a.m.Two assassins detonate a tanker truckfilled with explosives in front of the US embassy in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Only nine minutes later, another bomb explodes, this time in neighboring Tanzania in front of the US embassy in Dar es Salaam. A total of 242 people were killed in these attacks, most of them in Nairobi, where the impact of the explosion destroyed the embassy’s facade and caused a neighboring house to collapse. "The attacks on the embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam on August 7th came as a real shock to many people," recalls Murithi Mutiga, a security expert at the International Crisis Group in Nairobi. "Most Kenyans and Tanzanians could hardly comprehend what could motivate people to unleash carnage on such a scale."
Chicago suffers deadly wave of gun violence Germanyʼs huge surpluses in global trade are not only part of US President Donald Trumpʼs sharp rhetoric in his campaign against this countryʼs exports. Germanyʼs hesitancy to reduce its trade surpluswas contributing to trade tension and added to risks that could undermine global financial stability, Maurice Obstfeld, chief economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), said on Monday. In a guest commentary for the German daily Die Welt, Obstfeld wrote that in trade surplus countries such as Germany the IMF saw only "hesitant measures, at best, to counteract the surplus." "The net external positions will diverge more. That increases the risk of disruption by currency or asset price adjustments in indebted countries, to the disadvantage of all," he said. "If there is a sudden adjustment, then both the debtor and creditor countries will suffer," he added. Read more: Germany posts record exports and imports for 2017 The IMF and the European
Commission have long urged Germany to boost domestic demand by lifting wages and investment to reduce what they call global economic imbalances. The demand has also been repeatedly raised by US President Donald Trump, who has vowed to lower the German trade surplus with the United States by imposing higher tariffs. In his article, Obstfeld demanded that Germany should increase government spending, for instance by investing in infrastructure or digitalization, so that companies invest more domestically rather than looking abroad. Regarding US trade and economic policies, the IMF chief economist noted that due to the US trade deficit, Washington should reduce the federal budget deficit, encourage households to save more and gradually normalize their monetary policy.
Police in Chicago said that a spate of deadly shootings over the weekend left at least 10 people dead and at least 59 wounded. The violence peaked early Sunday with several shootings, including one in a courtyard on the cityʼs South Side that injured eight people. Police attributed the shootings to gangs. Patrol Chief Fred Waller said that gang members are using large summer crowds as cover in some cases. "They take advantage of that opportunity and they shoot into a crowd, no matter who they hit," he said.
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