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Germans and Americans ʼworlds apartʼ in view of relations A study published on Monday by the Pew Research Center found that Americans and Germans were "worlds apart" in how they viewed their countriesʼ relations with one another. While most Germans said current ties were at something of a low point, a comfortable majority of Americans viewed relations positively. In the US, only a quarter of people surveyed said they felt relations were bad, compared with 73 percent of Germans. That figure represents a sharp upturn in negative assessments of the situation compared with 2017, when 56 percent of Germans said relations were poor. However, despite their generally gloomy appraisal, only one in 10 Germans said the relations were "very bad." On the level of cooperation between the countries, Germans were also more circumspect. Seven in 10 Americans said they would like to see the countries collaborate more, while only 41 percent of Germans were keen to see closer cooperation.
UNEP: Still a chance to put out ʼclimate fireʼ — hereʼs what we need to do Detailing the gulf between where we are headed with CO2 emissions and where we need to be, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has released its annualEmissions Gap Report ahead of next weekʼsCOP24 climate summit in Poland. The report finds that current national Paris Agreement commitments fall short of what is needed to limit global temperature increases to a maximum of 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels. This hole between where we are on climate protection versus where we actually need to be is known as the emissions gap. UNEP warns that if we do not close the emissions gap by 2030, the possibility of capping warming at 2 C above the preindustrial benchmark will be unreachable. The report also raises concerns over the dwindling feasibility of achieving the far more desirable 1.5 C ceiling of warming.
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Emannuel Macron: ʼYellow vestʼ protests wonʼt change fuel tax He also announced that France will delay capping nuclear power
Though he acknowledged the widespread anger over fuel taxes, the French president said he would not back down from his environmentally friendly policies.
Trump threatens General Motors after announced closures in Midwest Donald Trump has warned General Motors that itʼs "playing around with the wrong person" following plans to close multiple plants in North America. Almost 15,000 jobs will be shed in Ohio, Michigan, Maryland and Ontario. General Motors (GM) may have delivered net income of close to $2.5 billion (€2.2 billion) in the third quarter of 2018 and be on a sound financial footing, but the companyʼs intention to cease operations in three Midwestern statesand the Canadian province of Ontario has beenmet with disdain by the US president. Plans were announced on Monday to cut the General Motors workforce by 15 percent in a move that will hit white-
collar workers hardest, but would also see more than 6,000 production line jobs go as GM looks toinvest in future technologies. These would most likely affect three assembly plants in Detroit, Ohio and Ontario as well as two factories in Michigan and Maryland that build transmissions and batteries. "They better damn well open a new plant there very quickly," Trump told The Wall Street Journal. "I love Ohio. I told them ʼyouʼre playing around with the wrong person.ʼ" Trump added: "I said ʼI heard youʼre closing your plant,ʼ" he recalled from his conversation with Barra. "Itʼs not going to be closed for long, I hope, Mary, because if it is you have a problem."
Why we should stop human gene editing Chinese researcher He Jiankuiʼs claim that heʼs helpedmake the worldʼs first genetically edited babies whose DNA was altered with the new powerfulCRISPR/Cas9tool sounds as credible as it does scary. The researcher cited two documents to prove his case — an application request sent to the ethics committee of the HarMoniCare gynecological clinic, where he claimed the
fertilization was carried out; and a paper informing affected patients in detail about the procedures involved. An investigation is now underway to find out whether the provided documents are genuine and whether the ethics committee really approved the experiments. The clinic in question has already denied the fertilization and the birth of the babies took place in its compound.
India should abandon plans to recover Americanʼs body, rights group says
If Indian policecontinue in their pursuit to recover the body of an American missionaryallegedly killed by islanders on North Sentinel Island, the indigenous Sentinlese tribe could be "wiped out" if any outside diseases were introduced, Survival International said on Monday. "The risk of a deadly epidemic of flu, measles or other outside disease is very real, and increases with every such contact," the organization, which works to protect tribal people, said. John Allen Chau, 26,is believed to have been killedlast week after paying fishermen to smuggle him to the island, which is part of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago in the Bay of Bengal. The Indian government has for years closed off the island to visitors to protect the tribe. Notes left behind by Chau said that he wanted to bring Christianity to the island. He had visited it multiple times before by canoe and said in his diary that he believed he would be killed if he returned.
Germany offers to mediate between Russia and Ukraine Angela Merkel and various members of her Cabinet have appealed to both sides of the Ukraine-Russia conflict to de-escalate amid Ukraineʼs calls for more military support from Germany and NATO. A major crisis in the fouryear conflict was triggered on Sunday when Russia fired on and seized three Ukrainian navy ships entering the Sea of Azov through the Kerch Strait. Russia accused the crews of a border infraction, and the Russian intelligence agency FSB said the presence of intelligence officers on board, admitted by Ukraine, amounted to a "provocation."
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Luxembourg election presents tough challenge to PM Xavier Bettel The future of Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel hangs in the balance as some 256,000 voters head to the polls in the European landlocked Grand Duchy on Sunday. Any party or alliance needs to obtain 31 seats to form a government. Opinion polls suggest Bettel could lose the vote due to his unpopular economic policies and declining support within his Democratic Party and coalition partners. A high growth rate under the coalition has put pressure on housing and infrastructure. According to polls, a quarter of voters were undecided in who to vote for.
Harry Redknapp: Why people are falling in love with the Iʼm a Celeb star It may be on the "other" channel but we are loving this yearʼs Iʼm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here. The reason this season is the best yet? Two words... Harry. Redknapp. The former Tottenham managerʼs name was the most Googled topic in the UK on Sunday, with more than 200,000 searches. For millions of football fans, the "Redknapp dynasty" is nothing new, but for younger viewers of the ITV show, they may not have been as familiar with Harry before he went in the jungle. We wanted to answer a few of the most commonly asked Harry Redknapp-related questions.
Cancer drug from German pharma giant Bayer gets US approval Vitrakvi, a new drug from pharmaceutical companies Loxo and Bayer, effectively fights various cancers caused by genetic mutation.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday approved an advanced cancer treatment drug that combats solid tumors caused by a rare genetic mutation. The drug will be sold under the brand name Vitrakvi in a partnership between USbased pharmaceutical company Loxo Oncology and Germanyʼs Bayer. Vitrakvi, commonly known as larotrectinib, works by targeting a biomarker, or a gene that identifies a disease. This enables the drug to work across different types of tumors
rather than the location in the body where a tumor started.The mutation that Vitrakvi targets is called neurotrophic tyrosine kinase, or TRK, and is a gene fusion found in solid tumors. Around 3,000 Americans, or 1 percent of solid tumor cancer patients, are affected by TRK fusion every year, Bayer reported. In clinical trials Vitrakvi was shown to significantly reduce tumors in 81 percent of patients with 24 different types of cancers while causing only mild side effects.
Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci dies at 77 Known as one of the giants of Italian cinema, Bertolucciʼs films won numerous international film prizes over the years, with "The Last Emperor" picking up nine Oscars. talian director Bernardo Bertolucci has died after a long illness, Italian media reported on Monday. His publicist, Flavia Schiavi, told Variety magazine that the director passed away at his home in Rome at 7 a.m. local time
(600 UTC) from cancer. Famous for films like "Last Tango in Paris" and "The Sky over the Desert," Bertolucci had won numerous prizes at film festivals around the world, including the Venice Film Festival and Cannes. His 1987 film "The Last Emperor" was awarded nine Oscars, including for best director and best adapted screenplay. Bertolucci was considered one of the last living giants of Italian cinema.
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Sri Lanka seeks investment, but China questions linger You donʼt need to be an expert on international trade routes to look at a map and understandthat Sri Lankaʼs location is one of potentially serious economic advantage. The island nation — population 22 million — sits at the southern tip of India, almost as close to the Middle East and the Horn of Africa as it is to South East Asia. The value of this location has not been lost on its northern neighbor China.Under Xi Jinpingʼs so-called ʼBelt and Road Initiative,ʼ the Chinese government has pumped billions into Sri Lanka in the form of both foreign investment and loans in recent years. This reliance on Chinese money is part of a long-standing Sri Lankan problem. With a major trade deficit, as well as crippling levels of debt, the country needs foreign money. China has rushed to fill the gap more enthusiastically than anyone else. The current Sri Lankan government came to power in 2015, when it replaced former President Mahinda Rajapaksaʼs administration. His government had been unabashedly eager to seek Chinese money, regardless of the costs, and it left the incoming government with a major web of deals — and debt — to untangle.
Cocaine worth €30 million seized in northern France French customs officials discovered the massive haul in a container which arrived from South America to the port of Le Havre. Police say that cocaine trafficking to France reached record levels last year. Some €30 million ($35 million) worth of cocaine has been confiscated from a container in the northern French port city of Le Havre. Customs impounded 752 kilograms of the narcotic on Friday, which had arrived on a ship from South America. France 3 TV Normandy cited a customs source as saying the discovery was made during a routine check of containers from abroad. The Agence France-Presse news agency said no arrests have been made yet. French Budget Minister Gerald Darmanin praised customs officials for their "exceptional" haul. Customs at Le Havre seized 3.5 tons (3,175 kilograms) of cocaine last year, according to an annual police report on trafficking. Read more: German police seize 50,000 LSD tabs in record haul against international drugs ring Record year for trafficking