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World leaders gather to mark 100 years since WWI armistice In London, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier became the first German head of state to place a wreath at the Cenotaph war memorial in central London. He arrived with Prince Charles, who laid the first wreath on behalf of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, who looked on from a nearby balcony. The wreath that Steinmeier laid at the Cenotaph bore the following handwritten message: "Honored to remember side by side/Grateful for reconciliation/Hopeful for a future in peace and friendship." Ahead of the ceremony, the British government said Steinmeierʼs wreath was laid "in a historic act of reconciliation." Some 70 world leaders gathered at the famous Arc de Triomphe in the French capital to mark 100 years since the end of World War I. Commemorations in Paris had been scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. local time (1000 UTC), the time that the Armistice signed by the Allies and the Germans on November 11, 1918, went into force.
Woman in Australia charged over supermarket strawberry needle scare Australian police said a "complex" and "extensive" investigation led to the arrest of a 50-yearold woman, who has been charged with sticking sewing needles in strawberries. "This is a major and unprecedented police investigation with a lot of complexities involved," Detective Superintendent Jon Wacker said in a statement on Sunday. "The Queensland Police Service has allocated a significant amount of resources to ensure those responsible are brought to justice," Wacker added. Police have charged the woman with seven counts of contaminating goods.
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CSU chief Horst Seehofer expected to step down The CSU recently suffered heavy election losses
After Angela Merkel pledged to retire as the head of her CDU party, the leader of Bavariaʼs CSU party Horst Seehofer is also expected to step down.
No-kill chicken eggs go on sale in Germany Every year in Germany 45 million male chicks are shredded or gassed to death because they donʼt produce eggs. Now eggs produced using a new method that isnʼt so brutal are in supermarkets. The first eggs made using a new method that doesnʼt involve the mass killing of male chicks are hitting German supermarkets. Every year, 45 million male chicks in Germany are thrown into mechanical shredders or gassed to death moments after coming out of their shells because they cannot lay eggs and are not as meaty as broiler chickens. However, a new
technique developed by German researchers at the University of Leipzig with funding from Agriculture Ministry allows hatcheries to identify the sex of chickens before they hatch. "With this method there will no longer be a need in the long-run to kill male chicks," Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner said in Berlin on Thursday. Although not all hatcheries use the procedure, Klöckner was optimistic that the method would be put into widespread use. "This is a big day for the welfare of animals in Germany. And with this, we are the pacesetters in Europe," she said.
New research reveals how toxoplasmosis alters the brain Scientists have shown how the toxoplasmosis parasite hides away in the brain, altering synapses and potentially causing depression, schizophrenia and autism. Mice infected with toxoplasmosis parasites behave strangely: They lose their natural fear of cats. Presented with the smell of cat urine, they even seem attracted to the deadly predator, scientists have found. Toxoplasmosis is caused by the pathogen Toxoplasma gondii, a unicellular parasite that occurs worldwide. It affects birds and mammals, including humans. However, it can reproduce only in the digestive system of a cat. Cats excrete
the toxoplasmosis pathogen in their feces, meaning you might pick it up cleaning the family petʼs litter box, or gardening. Humans can also become infected by eating contaminated food. And a great many of us do. Up to half of all adults are infected with toxoplasma pathogens. But mostly, the parasite goes unnoticed. Toxoplasmosis is dangerous to people with a weakened immune system or unborn children whose mothers are infected during pregnancy. But for most of us, the most we might suffer is a brief bout of flu-like symptoms with fever, fatigue, muscle pain and diarrhea.
German Greens make EU election pledges on asylum, climate change Germanyʼs Green Party wrapped up its congress in the eastern city of Leipzig on Sunday, vowing to demand a new EU-wide asylum system during next Mayʼs euro elections. "The right to asylum is not negotiable," proclaims the partyʼs European program, and urges a common European law that allows labor migration from outside the bloc. The manifesto calls for all applicants to be offered a fair asylum procedure, where they are registered at the EUʼs external borders, have their applications processed in a timely manner, and are then fairly distributed among member states. Currently, delays in registering and processing asylum claims are partly responsible for migrants traveling to other EU countries, where they live under the radar.
Chinaʼs Singles Day shopping spree smashes record Online shoppers in China looked set on Sunday to break last yearʼs record for money spent during the countryʼs Singles Day, an annual consumption binge now entering its 10th year. Consumers seemed undeterred by the challenges besetting the worldʼs second-largest economy, buying more than $14 billion (€12.3 billion) of goods overall in the first two hours, and more than $19 billion from the e-commerce giant Alibaba in the first nine hours. The latter figure is $3 billion higher than at the same time last year, according to the South China Morning Post , and has put Alibaba on track to pass its sales record of $25.4 billion last year, the paper said.
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Germany: Thousands evacuated over theme park bomb threat Police say a bomb threat that forced the evacuation of a theme park in western Germany was a false alarm. A Halloween-themed event attended by thousands of people was disrupted. An amusement park near the German city of Bottrop was evacuated on Friday evening due to an alleged bomb threat. Some 11,000 people had to leave the Movie Park Germany premises, located in the western state of North RhineWestphalia, following what turned out to be a false alarm. Movie Park is a seasonal amusement park that centers on famous films. On Friday, the park was celebrating a multi-day Halloween special, which included horror movie screenings, haunted houses, musical entertainment, rides and a childrenʼs Halloween section. Read more: German police face off with environmentalists on way to Hambacher Forest protest At 5:15 p.m. local time (1515 UTC), the park received a call from an unknown individual warning about a bomb.
Joachim Löw leaves Jerome Boateng out of Germany squad The 24-man German squad was announced on Friday ahead of a friendly against the 2018 World Cup hosts and a Nations League fixture against rivals the Netherlands. Notably absent from the group is Jerome Boateng, while a surging Marco Reus is back in the picture. Boateng has won 76 caps for Germany and was a key player in the 2014 World Cup triumph.
Democrats take wind out of Trumpʼs economic sails
German budget to spend more on military in 2019
Trump has warned that if Democrats won power in the midterm elections, the US economy would see higher taxes, endangering jobs as a result. But cohabitation means legislative stagnation is more likely.
Defense spending will go up by several billion euros next year, according to a newly agreed budget plan. The budget maintained Germanyʼs zero-deficit tradition, but only by digging into its refugee reserve fund. After over 15 hours of negotiations and numerous revisions, Germanyʼs parliamentary budget committee hammered out the countryʼs budget for 2019 early on Friday morning. Opposition politicians took issue, however, with theincreased military spendingwhile renewable energies and other areas saw more modest raises. Total spending will increase, with some €356.4 billion ($404.3 billion) in expenditures planned for next year — €13 billion more than 2018.For the sixth year in a row, the government has proposed a balanced budget with no new debts — holding on to its socalled "schwarze Null" or "black zero" policy.
The Democratsʼ legislative priorities are not likely to change the $20 trillion (€17.4 trillion) economy very much, mainly because thatʼs the way cohabitation works. But if nothing else, Democrats can stop or slow down some of Trumpʼs more extreme plans. Ironically, this could in turn offer Trump a convenient scapegoat if he runs in 2020 and if the economy slows, as expected, after the impact of tax cuts wears off. Bigger questions perhaps surround the overall direction and impetus of the Trump project
from an economic perspective and also the direction of the worldʼs largest economy. When the US sneezes, after all, we all in the rest of the world catch a cold. The US economyis experiencing one of its longest periods of growth in its modern history, up about 3 percent this year, fueled mainly by low interest rates and deficit-funded tax cuts at the end of last year. Economists point also to the economic cycle and the medium term after-effects of Barack Obamaʼs policies.
Iconic Italian composer Ennio Morricone at 90 Ennio Morricone wrote the scores for numerous movies, including famous Spaghetti Western films like "Once Upon a Time in the West." Hollywood tried to lure him to the US countless times. He was even offered a mansion once, entirely for free — but Ennio Morricone declined. He recently admitted he doesnʼt speak English, and felt that at his age, it was too late to learn. Anyway, he said, he is a Roman at heart. Ennio Morricone was
born born on November 10, 1928, in the Italian capital. His father Mario, a trumpet player, realized early on that his son was also musically talented. Ennio started composing music at age six, and was enrolled at the conservatory when he was 12. He first learned to play the trumpet — following his fatherʼs advice, who argued that his own talent fed his family well. Ennio later studied composition, graduating in two instead of the usual four years: a natural-born talent.
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Ceasefire on IsraelGaza border largely holds as UN warns sides are on ʼbrink of warʼ A ceasefire announced by Hamas largely held along the Israel-Gaza border on Sunday, a day after the most intense exchange of fire between Israel and the Palestinian group since the 2014 Gaza war. Israeli warplanes carried out dozens of airstrikes in the densely populated Gaza Strip on Saturday on what it said were Hamas military, training and supply targets, while Hamas and Islamic Jihad fired nearly 200 rockets and mortars at Israel. Read more: Israel and Gazaʼs militant groups agree to ceasefire The Israeli airstrikes wounded more than 20 people and killed two teenage boys, Palestinian health officials said, while a Hamas rocket injured four Israelis. Hamas, which has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007, and Islamic Jihad announced the Egyptian and UN-brokered ceasefire late Saturday. The Israeli military said its response would depend on the situation on the ground. After the ceasefire announcement, four mortars were fired into Israel early Sunday. In response, Israeli planes destroy at least one launch site. Israel also carried out three airstrikes later in the day on what it said were Hamas squads launching incendiary balloons and kites across the border.