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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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