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Outsider poised to win El Salvador presidential election Salvadorians have begun voting to elect their new president in the sixth election since the end of the countryʼs 1980-92 civil war. Polling stations opened at 7:00 a.m. local time (1300 UTC) on Sunday, with local media reporting large queues from early morning. The vote comes as the small impoverished Central American countrybattles to tackle gang violence,corruptionandmass migration from the regionto the United States. About 5.3 million people are registered to cast ballots. Although the race is expected to be close, opinion polls suggest Nayib Bukele, a candidate for the right-wing Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA), has the best chance of winning. A victory for the 37-year-old would be significant, given that he isnʼt from either of the two main parties that have dominated Salvadorian politics since 1989.
Ukrainian Orthodox head enthroned, Russia fuming Metropolitan Epiphanius I was enthroned in Kyiv Sunday as head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, two months after its independence - known as "Tomos" - was recognized by the Orthodox worldʼs Istanbul-based Patriarch Batholomew I. The inauguration, broadcast on Ukrainian television, was described by Poroshenko as the "completion" of the new church formation he has spearheaded in recent months. Sundayʼs rituals in Kyivʼs Saint Sophia Cathedral Sunday,was performed by two Ukrainian bishops and Parisʼ Metropolitan Emmanuel. Absent were delegations from "almost all" other [foreign] Orthodox churches, reported Germanyʼs Catholic news agency KNA.
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Queen Elizabeth to be evacuated in case of Brexit riots The British monarch could be whisked away to a secret location if disorder was to break out
The British monarch could be whisked away to a secret location if disorder was to break out, UK media reported. The chance of a nodeal Brexit has prompted businesses, people and the government to make contingency plans.
Bad Brexit actors, no romance and a dull plot Brexit is no longer the gripping political drama it once was. I get it. Writing a drama is hard. There are so many things to think about. Characters. Plot. Pacing. Dialogue. And when youʼve got a following as large as Brexit does,the pressure to deliver must be huge. But I canʼt hold back any longer. The last few episodes have been woeful! Itʼs got to the point where I can no longer bear to watch the show. Donʼt get me wrong. It started off brilliantly. I remember literally holding my breath as the votes were
being counted in the middle of season one. The writers had done a fantastic job of building up tension. I was totally emotionally invested when the referendum came around. I mean, just think back to the first episode where David and Nigel play cricket. Itʼs clear from their angry batting that they hate each other. At one point, Nigel hits a six. His teammates go wild, waving Union Jacks stuck on cocktail sticks around and shouting "take back control" like hooligans do when their teamʼs losing.
James Bond: Born in Germany? In his first James Bond novels, Ian Fleming didnʼt offer much information about the spyʼs origin and background. Bond obviously had to be British, given the fact that 007 worked for the UKʼs secret service, but thatʼs all that was officially known. Following the popularity of the first James Bond film, Dr. No (top picture), released in 1962, the author provided a few biographical details in his next novel that tied in with the background of actor
Sean Connery, who played the secret agent in seven films. In Flemingʼs You Only Live Twice (1964), Bond goes missing, and an obituary written by his superior, M., the head of the Secret Intelligence Service, mentions the names and nationalities of 007ʼs parents. His father was Andrew Bond, a Scottish man like Connery, while his mother, Monique Delacroix, was a Swiss national — adding to the spyʼs international flair.
German minister defends controversial industrial strategy During a visit to Algeria, German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier on Sunday defended a new government strategy to protect and promote German companiesin an increasingly competitive global economy. The "Industrial Strategy 2030" is necessary because German companiesare under increasing pressure from innovative firmsthat receive government support in the United States and Germany, Altmaier said on the sidelines of a trip to Egypt. In a guest column for Die Welt am Sonntag newspaper, Altmaier dismissed critics who said his ministryʼs "Industrial Strategy 2030" advocated protectionism and massive government interference in the economy. "The state can only nudge or give [the economy] a boost," he said. "Investments must come from the private economy."
Yemen government, rebels meet aboard UN ship for truce talks Representatives from Yemenʼs internationally recognized government and the Houthi rebels met on a UN vessel docked off the Red Sea port of Hodeida on Sunday. Both sides agreedduring December talks in Swedento withdraw their troops from the strategically important city and open humanitarian corridors by January 7. Butattempts to implement the planhave since flagged. The UNbrokered agreement aimed to pave the way for a resolution to Yemenʼs four-year conflict and avert a fullscale escalation in Hodeida, which is the main entry point for most of the countryʼs imported goods and humanitarian aid.
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Worried about Brexit, Brits stockpile food, supplies Nick Thomas, a 25-year-old hazardous waste operator from Cornwall, is insistent that Brexit will be fine. Probably. "If ʼno dealʼ goes badly, thereʼll be rioting on the streets and looting, national uproar. If people canʼt eat, theyʼll rise up and fight. But I canʼt see it happening — thatʼs a very worst case scenario," he said. Thomas, who voted to leave the EU because of the adverse effects of the common fisheries policy on his local area, is not ruling out the possibility of things going awry. He has stocked up with a substantial amount of dried goods – rice and pasta, primarily — as well as tinned beans and vegetables. "The main thing is the food supply chain," he said. "A couple of friends of mine have done the same as me and bought some big bags of rice and pasta, some long-life tins of food. But weʼre all of the same opinion that thereʼs nothing really to worry about."
Celticʼs James Forrest slid in to open the scoring Celtic moved six points clear in the Scottish Premiership as goals in the final 12 minutes by James Forrest and Timothy Weah floored St Johnstone. The visitors were thwarted by a series of Zander Clark saves before Forrest finally jabbed in Timothy Weahʼs cross. Weah scored Celticʼs second on the break before the visitorsʼ Kristoffer Ajer was sent off in the final minutes. The fifth-straight win may have come at a cost, with Mikael Lustig, Odsonne Edouard and Forrest all injured. St Johnstoneʼs third consecutive defeat - after a run of 10 wins in 14 games - leaves Tommy Wrightʼs side sixth in the table, five points adrift of Hearts.
Italy slides into recession as eurozone struggles Italyʼs economy contracted in the last two quarters of 2018, and the slowdown is expected to continue into 2019. Italyʼs problems are having their effects on the rest of the eurozone. Italyʼs gross domestic product (GDP) fell a steeper than expected 0.2 percent for the quarter ending in December 2018, following a fall of 0.1 percent in the previous three months. A technical recession is defined as two straight quarters of economic contraction. The Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) issued the figures on Thursday and reported agriculture, forestry, fishing and industry had all contributed to the economic downturn, while a rise in net exports failed to offset those declines. The service sector was
"substantially stable," ISTAT reported. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said government measures would lead to a recovery in the second half of 2019. He said the economy had been weakening since the start of 2017 and had been hit by the slowdowns in China and Germany. Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio blamed the previous government and said the data "certified the failure of the entire political class which Italians sent packing" in elections last year. It is the third recession for Italy in a decade.
Hormones and depression: Can the pill lead to suicide? The European Medicines Agency demands that a warning about a heightened suicide risk be included in the medication package insert for contraceptive pills. Iʼve only taken thecontraceptive pillonce in my life. It was in my early 20s, for about three months. During this time I burst into tears at the most inane issues. Missing my bus was the end of the world. But personal anecdotes, that should be emphasized, are not science and maybe as a young student I was just stressed and therefore easily upset. But there are scientific studies that do draw a connection betweendepression and hormonal contraception. One Danish study in
particular has received a lot of attention. It was published in 2016 and looked into the relationship betweenhormonal contraception and depression. The health data of more than one million Danish women between the ages of 15 and 34 were monitored over a total period of 13 years. The evaluation of the data showed that women who take a combined pill (estrogen and progesterone) are 23 percent more likely to also take antidepressants than women who do not use hormonal contraception. With the minipill (progesterone only) the probability was even 34 percent higher. Teenagers were even more susceptible to being negatively influenced in their mood by the pill.
Sting to return to Budapest for summer 2019 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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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).
Geely the car industryʼs rising ʼprofitability starʼ Ferdinand Dudenhöffer from the CAR Center Automotive Research at Germanyʼs Duisburg-Essen University called Chinese auto manufacturer Geely "the profitability star of the worldʼs car industry." A fresh study by the center points out that on average, a Geely car costs just €9,529 ($10,942), but the companysecures a 14.4 percent profit from revenues before tax and interest. Dudenhöffer says thatʼs a lot more than, say, the profit margins of foreign rivals BMW, Toyota or PSAOpel. The worldʼs largest carmaker, Wolfsburg-based Volkswagen, logs a profit margin of only 8.2 percent, the survey says. Geely is part of the Zhejiang Geely Holding,which also owns Volvo Cars, London EV-Taxi and Lotus.The holding has also acquired a 10 percent stake in Daimler. According to the CAR researchers, Geelyʼs rapid rise is based on its successful compact car platform, which it developed together with Sweden-based Volvo. "What Ferdinand Piëch managed to implement at VW from 1993 with the help of his platform strategyis in a way being copied now by Geelyʼs main shareholder and founder, Li Shufu," said Ferdinand Dudenhöffer, adding that the Chinese were becoming major players in the global auto market.