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Indonesian Islamists rally in Jakarta in a show of force Thousands of people marched in Indonesiaʼs capital Jakarta on Sunday as the countryʼs Islamists seek to topple President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in next yearʼs presidential election. The rally also marked two years since the toppling of Jakartaʼs Christian exgovernor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama. The 2016 Islamist demonstrations against Purnamaʼs alleged blasphemy forced him to resign from his post. The former governor was laterjailed for two years. Sundayʼs demonstration was attended by former general and ultranationalist politician Parabowo Subianto, who has strong links to Islamists and is seeking to win the April 2019 poll. Subianto was narrowly defeated by the incumbent president in the 2014 vote.
Georgia protests decry presidential ʼelection fraudʼ More than 20,000 protesters on Sunday gathered in the Georgian capital Tbilisi to protestthe run-off presidential election, saying the vote had been rigged. Earlier this week,Georgia elected its first female president,Salome Zurabishvili, beating out opposition candidate Grigol Vashadze, who enjoyed the backing of former president and fugitive,Mikheil Saakashvili. "People took to the streets today because the elections were rigged," said one protester identified as Gia. Some protesters accused Georgian billionaire and founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili, of stealing votes. "I am here to protest against election fraud," said a 63-year-old demonstrator. Vashadze addressed the protesters in the capital, saying the election was a "criminal farce." The opposition "demands an early parliamentary election to be held in Georgia," Vashadze said, referring to the legislature.
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Merkel calls on Putin to free Ukrainian sailors G20:
On the sidelines of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, the German chancellor called for the release of Ukrainian sailors seized by Russia last weekend. Putin called Kyivʼs ruling party a "party of war."
Amazon investigated for ʼabuseʼ by German antitrust authorities After logging "numerous" complaints from sellers on Amazonʼs marketplace, Germanyʼs competition watchdog is now taking aim at the e-commerce giant. Itʼs the latest blow to Amazon, which already faces a similar EU probe. Germanyʼs competition watchdog, the Bundeskartellamt, launched an investigation on Thursday into alleged "abuse" bye-commerce giant Amazon. Citing "numerous complaints" from third-party sellers on Amazonʼs German website, amazon.de, the Bundeskartellamt said it would be looking
into whether the company was exploiting its market dominance to obstruct competition. "Its double role as the largest retailer and largest marketplace has the potential to hinder other sellers on its platform," the authorityʼs president, Andreas Mundt, said in a statement. The list of complaints against the US giant is long — with the German watchdog saying it would look into complaints of delayed or withheld payments and blocked accounts. The probe will also look into the siteʼs product rating system as well as the companyʼs shipping conditions.
An Indianʼs first German Christmas market Moving to Germany from India, I anticipated that I would hate the harsh winter weather which would be a complete contrast to what I was used to from the tropics. What I couldnʼt have predicted however was how much I would fall in love with wintertime in Germany. The love affair started on a fateful November day as I stood in the middle of a Christmas market in Cologne. Wearing my warm boots, woolen gloves and thick scarf, I was all set to dive into the wonderful thrills a Christmas market
has to offer. Christmas is not a festival celebrated by Hindus, but since some of my closest friends are Christians, I grew up singing carols and taking part in the traditions. Christmas in India is a simple affair with small parties, a few shops in the market selling ornaments, bakeries preparing lots of rich plum or traditional fruit cake. The highlight is always the midnight mass at church on the eve of Christmas. By comparison, these elaborate German markets add a whole new dimension to Christmas.
German police stop far-right concert over Nazi chants German police shut down a far-right concert Saturday after members of the crowd started chanting "Sieg Heil" (Hail Victory), a Nazi-era victory slogan. German law forbids the use of any kind of Nazi slogan or symbol, such as displaying swastikas. The concert, which took place in Ostritz, a small town in the eastern state of Saxony, had drawn several hundred people, police said. "Two far-right bands played in front of several hundred participants," Saxony police said in a statement. "Around 11:20 p.m. (local time, 2220 GMT), the policemen guarding the event heard ʼSieg Heilʼ chants. Several locals also reported to police about it.""Police ended the concert around 1:10 a.m. and all participants left the area," the statement added. Officials have opened an investigation into the incident.
Egypt charges actress Rania Youssef with ʼinciting debaucheryʼ A Cairo court over the weekend charged Egyptian actress Rania Youssef with"inciting debauchery"for wearing a black lace dress to the 40th Cairo International Film Festival. At least three lawsuits were filed against her, including one by Egyptian attorney Samir Sabri, known for taking celebrities to court. Youssefʼs appearance "did not meet societal values, traditions and morals and therefore undermined the reputation of the festival and the reputation of Egyptian women in particular," Sabri told the Agence FrancePresse news agency.
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Police identify source of deadly Novichok nerve agent in UK deaths British police announced Friday that they found a bottle containing the Novichok nerve agent in the home of one of the victims of a nerve agent poisoning in Wiltshire last month. "On Wednesday, 11 July, a small bottle was recovered during searches of Charlie Rowleyʼs house in Amesbury," police said in a statement. The statement said scientists from Porton Down defense laboratory confirmed the bottle contained the Novichok nerve agent, the same poison used against Sergei Skripal and his daughter earlier this year. "Further scientific tests will be carried out to try and establish whether it is from the same batch that contaminated Sergei and Yulia Skripal in March," the force said, adding that a link to the Skripals remained "a main line of enquiry for police." Dawn Sturgess died in a hospitalon Sunday after exposure to the nerve agent. Her partner, Rowley, isstill in critical condition, but has regained consciousness.
UK Championship 2018: Ronnie OʼSullivan survives scare to beat Ken Doherty Defending champion Ronnie OʼSullivan survived a major scare by battling from behind to edge past Ken Doherty 6-5 and reach the UK Championship third round. OʼSullivan looked like heading out as Doherty surged into a 4-1 lead. But OʼSullivan responded in style with breaks of 75 and 76 on the way to claiming four in a row, but Doherty hit back to force a decider in York. Both players had chances in the final frame, but OʼSullivan held himself together to go through.
Swiss feel Brusselsʼ Brexit Bern Switzerland is facing the prospect of losing recognition of its stock markets under EU rules. Some suggest the EU is playing it hard as Brexit talks reach their end-game.
Romeo Lacher, chairman of SIX Swiss Exchange, Switzerlandʼs main stock exchange,says that Bern has a contingency plan to avoid Swiss bourses being shut out of EU stock markets as a Brussels deadline approaches. Lacherʼs plan entails redirecting share dealing back to Switzerland — one of the EUʼs so-called ʼthird nationsʼ — by prohibiting Swiss shares from being traded in the EU. But time is running out. Swiss stock exchanges have temporary equivalence status under the EUʼs MiFID II (the Markets in Financial
Instruments Directive 2004 — an EU law that provides harmonized regulation for investment services across the 31 member states of the European Economic Area). These expire at the end of the year. Without access to EU bourses, Switzerland would likely retaliate with the same measures for EU traders on Swiss bourses, with potentially dire effects for the Swiss economy. Some 30 percent of trading in Swiss shares is in the EU, the rest in Switzerland and most activity in Swiss shares on SIX comes from traders in the EU.
EU aims to be ʼclimate neutralʼ by 2050 The EU has outlined an ambitious plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions, albeit one pegged to a 32-year timetable. The European Commission released a proposal on Wednesday calling for emissions in the bloc to be drastically cut to net zero by 2050 — just days beforethe COP24 climate summit in Poland. Although EU leaders believe the goal is achievable, their plan is far more ambitious than national climate targets set by the EUʼs 28 member states and would require all members to be on board. A drastic reduction in fossil fuel use for electricity production, aiming for 80 percent of EU electricity to hail from renewable sources by the 2050 deadline. Invest-
ments in clean energy should increase from 2 percent to 2.8 percent of the EUʼs Gross Domestic Product (GDP) — which would amount to an additional €175 billion to €290 billion ($197 billion to $327 billion) per year in spending.Low- and zero-emission vehicles should be promoted as well as a switch from fossil fuels to net zero carbon fuels.Promoting a shift to low-carbon public transportation options as well as promoting cycling and walking.Improving insulation in homes and other buildings to reduce the amount of energy used for heating.The Commissionʼs proposal is not binding, but could increase pressure on member states that have resisted setting stricter targets for cutting emissions.
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T-Mobile reports cybersecurity incident T-Mobile US and its unit Metro PCS told customers that cybersecurity staff found and shut down unauthorized access to certain information on August 20 and immediately reported the matter to authorities. The company added that no financial data, social security numbers or passwords were compromised during the attackon its networks, admitting, though, that other personal information like names, email IDs, phone numbers as well as account numbers or account types (postpaid or prepaid) may have been exposed. T-Mobile said that about 3 percent of its 77 million customers could have been affected (roughly 2 million people potentially affected).
Outcry in Uganda over compulsory HIV test 19-year-old Methia Nalukwago, a student at Makerere University in the capital Kampala, is excited by the proposal to have all students undergo compulsory HIV/AIDS testing. Some students, she says, have been living in denial. "Our friends, we study with them but you look at someone and you are like, ʼare you sure you are not sick or something like that?ʼ Of course you never come out to tell them but you feel it deep down inside you, this person must be sick because of the symptoms that show," Nalukwago told DW. "Compulsory testing for HIV will help us know our HIV status and where we stand." Studies conducted by the Ugandan AIDS Commission show lack of sufficient information among the youth is contributing to an increase of HIV. Jane Were, the head teacher of Forest Hill College in Mukono district located 21 kilometers (13 miles) east of Kampala, said they are grappling with HIV in schools. She said the situation has been made worse by parents who mislead their children on what they are actually suffering from. "We have situations where parents lie to students about these [antiretroviral] drugs. There are parents who tell children they have other ailments other than HIV," Were said.