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Top South Korea security officials talk nuclear in North The most senior South Korean officials to travel to the North in decades are seeking to ease nuclear tensions with the US. The delegation became the first to meet Kim Jong Un since the leader took office in 2011. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hosted a dinner Monday for a group of South Koreaʼs top security officials, according to reports by the Yonhap news agency. The envoys traveled to North Korea looking to pave the way for talks between the nuclear-armed North and the United States. It is the first time Kim has met with South Korean officials. The 10-member delegation is made up of five senior officials, including national security advisor Chung Eui-yong and spy chief Suh Hoon, and five supporting officials. The group is due to return to Seoul on Tuesday. "We plan to hold in-depth discussions for ways to continue not only inter-Korean talks but dialogue between North Korea and the international community including the United States," said Chung, who is leading the delegation.

Turkey asks Germany to extradite Syrian Kurdish leader Salih Muslim The Syrian Kurdish politician, who faces terrorism charges in Turkey, was spotted at a pro-Kurdish demonstration in Berlin. Days earlier, he had been briefly detained in the Czech Republic on Turkeyʼs request. Turkey on Monday asked German authorities to detain and extradite Salih Muslim, the founder and former co-chair of Syriaʼs Democratic Union Party (PYD), the countryʼs state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Monday. Muslim was detained in Praguelast week on a Turkish arrest warrant while attending a conference on the Middle East.A Czech court later ordered his releaseon the assurance that he will remain in European Union territory and cooperate in any further proceedings in his extradition case.

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Matteo Salvini: Italyʼs far-right success story The man who unseated the twenty-year leader of Italyʼs far-right party

The Lega Nord chief has said he has a "right" to govern after winning 17 percent of the vote in national elections.

German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer pays ʼflyingʼ visit to Mobile World Congress Deutsche Telekom has ʼflownʼ in a special guest to showcase its broadband capabilities at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The German telecom giant focused on its activities to advance 5G mobile networking.

Deutsche Telekomʼs Head of Innovation Claudia Nemat was just wrapping up her description of the European Aviation Network, a project that allows passengers to use broadband thousands of meters up in the air, when she casually invited CEO Timotheus Höttges up on stage, claiming she had a surprise for him. Next thing,legendary German goalkeeper

Manuel Neuerappeared on the screen behind them. He was sitting in a plane, live-streaming the Deutsche Telekom press conference. "Howʼs it going?" Höttges asked breezily.

Neuer grinned and pointed his smartphone out the window at the clouds.

The gimmick concluded a press event that was dedicated to showcasing Deutsche Telekomʼs advances in 5G, its new voice assistant Magenta (meant, Nemat stressed, as an alternative, not as a replacement to counterparts like Alexa) and a pair of smart glasses that could one day display a checklist for doctors to consult before performing surgery.

German university hospital defends auto firmsʼ nitrogen dioxide test ethics No experiments on animals or humans can take place in Germany without a go from an authorized ethics committee. Dr. Thomas Kraus from Aachen University Hospital says this was the case in the most recent NO2 scandal.

The European Research Group on Environment and Health in the Transport Sector (EUGT) "did not impinge in any way on the nitrogen dioxide (NO2) research it commissioned Aachen University Hospital to do," Professor Thomas Kraus from the

hospital told the German press agency DPA on Monday. The EUGT is a now defunct organization that was funded

by German carmakers Volkswagen, Daimler and BMW plus partsmaker Bosch, thus raising questions of possible conflicts of interest. In 2013, 25 healthy volunteers were exposed to NO2 pollution for three hours, Kraus said. "None of them had any negative health effects," he went on, adding that the tests were meant to measure the impact of pollutants in the workplace.

Guatemala vows to move embassy in Israel to Jerusalem The Guatemalan leader has thanked US President Donald Trump for "leading the way" on Jerusalem. But this wouldnʼt be the first time the Central American country has maintained an embassy in the holy city.

Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales on Sunday announced he would return his countryʼs embassy in Israel to Jerusalem in May during an annual policy conference held by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). "In May of this year, we will celebrate Israelʼs 70th anniversary, and under my instructions,two days after the US moves its embassy, Guatemala will return and permanently move its embassy to Jerusalem," said Morales.

German energy executive severely injured in acid attack The finance chief of an RWE renewable energy subsidiary was struck by unknown assailants as he crossed a park near Düsseldorf. Police said they were investigating "in every direction." A German energy executive has been badly injured in an acid attack, his company confirmed early Monday. Bernhard Günther, the CFO ofenergy giant RWEʼs green subsidiary, Innogy,was struck as he crossed a park in Haan, a well-to-do suburb of Düsseldorf on Sunday.

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Germany to compensate Algerian Jewish Holocaust survivors Jews who lived in Algeria during the Vichy regime will receive compensation, said the Claims Conference. Algerian Jews were "one of the last" groups to be recognized by Germany, the organizationʼs vice president told DW. The Claims Conference Hardship Fund on Monday announced that a new group ofJewish Holocaust survivorswill be eligible forcompensation from the Germany government.

The group consists of Jews who lived in Algeria between July 1940 and November 1942. Those eligible for compensation will receive a one-time payment of €2,556 ($3,180), which the German government will begin paying out in July. "Even at this late stage, itʼs very important both for the individuals, because it acknowledges what they went through, and in general, because it creates a historical record which will stand the test of time," Eric Schneider, who serves as executive vice president of the Claims Conference, told DW. "The further we get away from the events, I think thereʼs the greater possibility of Holocaust revisionism … When the German government takes responsibility and acknowledges the event, then it makes it a lot harder to refute it.

British parliamentary doping report slams Wiggins, Sky

Walmart raises minimum age for buying German guns to 21 metalworkers Walmart became the biggest refinally secure tailer to raise the minimum gun wage agreement buying age to 21. The decision comes on the heels of Americaʼs largest gun storeʼs decision to raise the age limit and to stop selling assault style rifles.

Walmart, the US retail giant, announced Wednesday that it will no longer sell firearms and ammunition to people younger than 21. It also said it would remove items resembling assault-style rifles from its website.

Walmart said it made the decision after the company reviewed its firearm sales policy in light of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people. The teenage gunman used an AR-15 rifle. Walmart said it took "seriously our obligation

to be a responsible seller of firearms."

They also emphasized their background of "serving sportsmen and hunters." The move comes on the heels of Dickʼs Sporting Goods announcement earlier in the day that it would restrict the sale of firearms to those under 21years old. "When we saw what the kids were going through and the grief of the parents and the kids who were killed in Parkland, we felt we needed to do something," said Dickʼs Chairman and CEO Ed Stack on ABCʼs "Good Morning America."

The top ten mistakes that make life easy for cyber-criminals We donʼt know exactly how they did it. But we do know which common mistakes make it easy for hackers to find an in and cause damage.

If a cyber-spy wants to launcha successful attackand protrude deeply into a system he needs lots of information — the more, the better. The deeper he gets into a network, the more information he can gather.

And that in turn will help

him launch an even deeper attack. A good hacker has also gathered information about the chain of command and work processes at the company he plans to attack and knows how to convince people to do what he wants. The greatest protection administrators and users can put up is being stingy with personal data and maintaining a healthy degree of secrecy. But in most offices and businesses, this is much easier said than done.

A British parliamentary report has sharply criticized Team Sky and Bradley Wiggins for using permitted medication to enhance his performance at the 2012 Tour de France.

Sky and Wiggins have rejected the criticism. The report published on Monday by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee, said Team Sky and Bradley Wiggins, had crossed an "ethical line" by using corticosteroids to treat a medical condition during the 2012 Tour.

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Following weeks of bitter fighting, a wage agreement for the German metal and electrical industries has finally been struck. Employees were able to secure higher wages and more flexible working hours.

A wage agreement was reached in the early hours on Tuesday in Germanyʼs metal and electrical industries. The powerful IG Metall union announced the deal initially covering workers in the southern German state of BadenWürttemberg, but expected to be eventually implemented for a total of 3.9 million workers in the sector nationwide. According to the deal, employeesare to receive a pay hike of 4.3 percent from April this year. Additionally, monthly one-off payments of €100 ($124) were agreed for January through March. Employers and trade union representatives also agreed on the possibility of workers reducing their hours from 35 to 28 hours per week for two years, should they need to look after children or care for older relatives.

A record 28 French restaurants get Michelin threestar ratings Twenty-eight French restaurants have been honored with the gastronomic sectorʼs most coveted rating. Thatʼs a record number of three-star ratings for any single country in the Michelin Red Guide.

A comeback by La Maison des Bois mastermind Marc Veyrat (pictured) and the emergence of Christophe Bacquieʼs Hotel du Castellet as another culinary force in southern France have given the country a record for most restaurants to hold a vaunted foodie guideʼs coveted three-star maximum. Set for official release on Friday, Michelin France has become the most prestigious of the publicationʼs 31 national editions and the domestic culinary bible. Michelin has faced criticism that its stars reward pomp and presentation rather than the food itself and for the guideʼs putting restaurateurs under unbearable scrutiny.

The guide has made many a chefʼs name; others say it has nearly broken their wills.