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South and North Korea begin removing landmines along border South and North Korea began removing landmines scattered across the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Monday as part of their pact to reduce military tensionson the divided peninsula. The South Korean Defense Ministry said in a statement that the two sides had agreed to remove all mines, believed to be as many as 2 million, buried along the 250-kilometer-long (155-mile) DMZ over the next 20 days. North Korea state media did not immediately report that it had begun removing landmines from its side of the DMZ. However, an anonymous defense official in Seoul told the AP news agency that the Southʼs military had detected Northern Korean soldiers engaged in what it believed was demining along part of its sites.
Arnault, the Frenchman at the center of the Nobel Prize scandal, found guilty of rape French-Swedish photographer and artistic director Jean-Claude Arnault was sentenced to two years in prison for raping a woman in 2011. Arnaultʼs connections to the Swedish Academy, the body that funds the Nobel Prize for Literature, has sent the organization reeling and led to the first cancellation of the literature prize in over 60 years. In November 2017,Arnault was accused of assaulting at least 18 women, including a claim backed by three witnesses that he groped Swedenʼs Crown Princess Victoria at an Academy event in 2006. He was charged with two counts of rape, after several charges had to be dropped due to insufficient evidence or the statute of limitations having lapsed. Arnault, 72, ran the Forum – Contemporary Scene of Culture center in Stockholm, an arts and performance venue funded by the Swedish Academy.
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South and North Korea begin removing landmines along border It marks the two countriesʼ latest joint gesture aimed at easing their decades-long military stando
Troops from South and North Korea have begun demining the heavily fortified DMZ border area along the peninsula.
Ryanair warns on profits and jobs as strikes bite The Irish low-cost carrier has slashed its profits forecast and signaled job losses in the Netherlands and Germany, saying worse may come if recent coordinated strikes across Europe continue to hit traffic and bookings. As a result of recentwalkouts by pilots and cabin crew, the Irish airline has cut its annual net profit forecast by 12 percent, saying it now expected the figure to come in between €1.1 billion ($1.28 billion) and €1.2 billion, compared with its prior estimate of €1.25 billion to €1.35 billion. Moreover, Ryanair announced it would leave eight aircraft on the tarmac as of November 5 —
equivalent to a 1.0-percent reduction in its winter capacity. At its Eindhoven, Netherlands, base all four aircraft would be grounded, as well as its two planes stationed in Bremen, Germany. In addition, two out of five aircraft would be removed from its base in Niederrhein, also in Germany."We will now consult with our pilots and cabin crew at these three bases to minimize job losses," Ryanair said in a statement on Monday. The affected staff would be offered vacancies at other Ryanair bases, and unpaid leave would be introduced to "minimize cabin crew job losses" amid a "large surplus" of crew during the winter schedule
Poland: Film stokes debate about sexual abuse The film had already been labelled controversial long before it arrived in cinemas. Now it has, and demand is so high that some movie theaters are screening "Kler" up to 20 times a day. On the other hand, there are also municipalities with conservative local authorities that donʼt want it in their cinemas at all. Director Wojciech Smarzowski could hardly dream of better advertising. The subject
matter is one of the hottest topics currently being debated in Poland: How priests deal with money, power and sexuality. And pedophilia. There are many people who want to participate in this debate, especially as itʼs taking place in a country where almost half the population regularly attends church on Sundays and more than 90 percent are baptized Catholics.
German far-right terror suspects detained in overnight raids Some 100 police officers raided several properties in the German states of Saxony and Bavaria early on Monday morning as part of an investigation into a far-right terror group called "Revolution Chemnitz," named after the eastern German city that wasthe scene of recent far-right demonstrationsfollowing the killing of a German man allegedly by migrants. The six men arrested, aged between 20 and 30, are suspected of forming a terrorist organization under the leadership of 31-year-old Christian K., who had already been arrested on September 14. According to Germanyʼs state prosecutors, the men were planning attacks on "foreigners" and people who did not share their political views. Batons, an air-rifle, and computer hard drives were seized during the raids.
Master of the chanson Charles Aznavour dead at 94 French singer Charles Aznavour has died at the age of 94, French media reported on Monday, citing his spokesman. French President Emmanuel Macron, a fan of the singer described as "Franceʼs Frank Sinatra," paid tribute to Aznavour on Twitter shortly after the news of his death was made public. "Deeply French, viscerally attached to his Armenian roots, known all over the world, Charles Aznavour accompanied three generations through their joys and pains," Macron wrote. "His masterpieces, his tone, his unique brilliance will live far beyond him."
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German carmaker Volkswagen and US software giant Microsoft have agreed to join forces in the development of connected cars. The strategic move is part of VWʼs campaign to digitalize its brands and offer new services.
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Populist attitudes are on the rise in Germany, particularly from within the political center. One in three voters now sympathizes with populist policies, according to a new study by the Bertelsmann Foundation. Germanyʼs political center risks hollowing out as more voters admit embracing populist sympathies, according to a study published Monday by the Bertelsmann Foundation, a progressive think tank, in conjunction with the Berlin Social Science Center. The latest "Populism Barometer" found that almost every third German voter sympathizes to some degree with populist anti-establishment policies, whether on the left- or rightwing of the political spectrum. At the same time, the number of sampled voters who identify as politically centrist has decreased by four percentage points, to just 32.8 percent.
Naomi Osaka: US Open title ʼnot the happiest momentʼ after Serena Williamsʼ outbursts Naomi Osaka says winning the US Open last month was a "bittersweet" moment and "not the happiest memory" following Serena Williamsʼ oncourt outbursts. The 20-year-old became the first Japanese player to win a Grand Slam when shebeat the American 6-2 6-4. But the final at Flushing Meadows was overshadowed when Williams called umpire Carlos Ramos a "thief" and later accused him of sexism. "Thereʼs a lot of stuff I want to say about how I felt," said Osaka. "For me, I donʼt know, I donʼt know, the memory of the US Open is a little bit bittersweet."
Volkswagenʼs supervisory board on Friday gave the green light for a strategic partnership between the Wolfsburgbased carmaker and Microsoft that will see the two companiesdevelop connected cars together using cloud technology. The two sides agreed they would create a Volkswagen Automotive Cloud on Microsoftʼs platform for the Internet of Things, Microsoft Azure. Experts said the partnership was
to be seen in the context of Volkswagenʼs broader digitalization drive aimed at connecting its cars to the web. This would enable the automaker to install updates and upgrades during vehiclesʼ entire life cycle. VW had recently said itwas investing €3.5 billion ($4 billion) in the digitalization of its fleet until 2025, adding that from 2020, the company would connect more than 5 million vehicles to the cloud annually.
German cinema owners at war with Netflix? A plan by Netflix to show their latest film, Roma, on screen and in theaters simultaneously has German cinema operators up in arms. Mexico appears to be the cinematic star of the hour. Filmmakers from the country have been picking up the worldʼs top film awards, whether the Oscars (Guillermo del Toro with The Shape of Water) or the Golden Lion in Venice (Alfonso Cuaronʼs Roma). Mexican cinema is also highlighted at the Cannes film festival through its partnership with the Morelia International Film Festi-
val. Streaming providers like Netflix recognize this, seeing the potential of the large Mexican viewing public. Mexican culture is at the heart of Netflixʼs first Mexican reality series, Made in Mexico, and is the backdrop to one of the streaming providerʼs most successful series, Narcos, which continues in the fall. Roma at the heart of a great debate A Mexican film is also at the center of a major debate that could have far-reaching consequences for the global cinema market. Roma, the Mexican film by Alfonso Cuarón that won the Golden Lion in Venice, is a Netflix production.
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The "Vektra" building in Podgorica is considered the business core of the Montenegrin capital and the meeting point for businessmen, politicians, as well as people simply wanting to be seen. Amid the bustling crowd, the newly opened "Istanbul Corner" restaurant is an island of calm, standing out from the modern-looking cafes nearby. The owner, 31-year-old Kaya Dogus, greets DW with a smile and a cup of Turkish tea. "Iʼve been living in Montenegro for nearly a year," Kaya says. "I moved here completely by accident. | came in to buy an apartment in Budva and just thought I could live here and start a business," he told DW. "I like it, because itʼs peaceful and safe. My wife and children are now with me." Kaya is just one of around 2,500 Turkish citizens living in Montenegro, which has a population of about 620,000. Most of Kajaʼs compatriots arrived over the last two years, fleeing the worsening political and economic crises in Turkey.
Whatʼs behind Chinaʼs ʼnon-interferenceʼ in Africa? President Xi Jinping told African leaders on Monday that Chinaʼs investments on the continent have "no political strings attached," pledging $60 billion (€51.6 billion) in new development financing, even as Beijing is increasingly criticized over its debt-heavy projects abroad. Xi offered the funding at the start of a two-day China-Africa summit that focused on his cherished Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The money — to be spent over the next three years — comes on top of $60 billion Beijing offered in 2015. Read more: Secondhand clothes, smuggling and the US-China trade war in Africa The massive BRI scheme is aimed at improving Chinese access to foreign markets and resources, and boosting Beijingʼs influence abroad. China has poured billions in loans for roads, railways, ports and other major infrastructure projects in Asia and Africa. But critics warn that the Chinese leaderʼs pet project is burying some countries under massive debt. In a DW interview, Professor Helmut Asche says Chinaʼs development cooperation is overshadowing Western cooperation in terms of the speed of delivery, coverage and scope of infrastructure funding.