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Solving Rohingya crisis will require ʼinternational pressureʼ During my visit I at least felt a sense of optimism. Bangladesh and Myanmar are communicating with each other over the return of the refugees. China and India are also providing assistance in building accommodation. However, it will still be a long time before the refugees can return. The Rohingya are still not confident that they are safe and welcome in Myanmar. The Rohingya are still not confident that they are safe and welcome in Myanmar.
Pakistan election: Imran Khan claims victory "We were successful and we were given a mandate," Imran Khan said in a televised address on Thursday, claiming victory for himself and his PTI party inPakistanʼs national election. Khan also used his acceptance speech to declare that India and Pakistan had to come to an agreement for lasting peace in the restive Kashmir border region. "The leaders of Pakistan and India should sit down at a table and resolve the Kashmir issue," he said. Khan also announced plans to bolster the countryʼs welfare system. His party is expected to win up to 119 seats in the 272-seat parliament. It remains to be seen if his party will win an outright majority or have to form a coalition. Khan also announced plans to bolster the countryʼs welfare system. His party is expected to win up to 119 seats in the 272-seat parliament. It remains to be seen if his party will win an outright majority or have to form a coalition.
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Melania Trump reportedly causes stir by watching CNN on Air Force One Mrs. Trump can watch
Donald Trump reportedly "raged" at his staff when he saw Melaniaʼs TV set to CNN instead of Fox News on Air Force One, reported the New York Times.
ECB on course to end eurozone stimulus despite trade tensions The European Central Bank remains on track to pull the plug on its massive stimulus program for the eurozone, despite an uncertain global trade outlook and signs of slowing growth in the 19-member bloc. The European Central Bank (ECB) remains unperturbed by global trade tensions, leaving its plans to exit massive stimulus for the eurozone by December unchanged assigns of a transatlantic thaw appeared. The ECBʼs 25-member governing council said on Thursday it was holding its benchmark refinancing rate at a record low of zero. Read more: The ECB: 20 years of protecting the euro However, the Frankfurt-based bank said it was cutting its monthly bond
purchases from €30 billion ($35 billion) to €15 billion from October to December, when the quantitative easing scheme is due to end. With inflation rebounding, the ECB decided last month to end a €2.6 trillion bond purchase scheme by the end of December but also promised protracted stimulus for years to come as the eurozone economy remains far from full health. "The Governing Council expects the key ECB interest rates to remain at their present levels at least through the summer of 2019, and in any case for as long as necessary to ensure the continued sustained convergence of inflation to levels that are below, but close to, 2 percent over the medium term," the ECB said in a policy statement.
Aquatic imagery: The power of water in art throughout the ages For many people, there is no better place on sweltering summer days than to be somewhere by the water. A small bay on the sea, a clear blue lake, a burbling stream or even the public swimming pool is what people long for. Read more: David Hockneyʼs swimming
pools: a Britʼs artistic take on California Artists, too, have been drawn by water in various shapes and forms over the centuries. Medieval paintings show bathers romping naked in a pool, other artist focus on lilies in ponds or bright blue suburban swimming pools.
DFB President Reinhard Grindel rejects racism accusations In a statement released by the German football association (DFB) on Thursday, Reinhard Grindel said that he had been "hurt" by the personal attacks on him, which came in response to the controversy that followed former national team player Mesut Özil having his photo taken with Turkish PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdogan. He also said that he "vehemently rejected" theaccusations of racismagainst both him personally and the DFB as a whole. "The values of the DFB are also my values. Diversity, solidarity, anti-discrimination and integration are all values and convictions that are very close to my heart," he said.
Germany reacts to Juncker-Trump trade deal with cautious relief German politicians and business leaders reacted with relief, surprise, and some skepticism to the apparent trade tariff breakthroughthat European Commission President JeanClaude Juncker achieved on his trip to Washington to meet US President Donald Trump. German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier was among the first to express his approval, tweeting that the new deal would "avoid trade war & save millions of jobs!"
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Police identify source of deadly Novichok nerve agent in UK deaths British police announced Friday that they found a bottle containing the Novichok nerve agent in the home of one of the victims of a nerve agent poisoning in Wiltshire last month. "On Wednesday, 11 July, a small bottle was recovered during searches of Charlie Rowleyʼs house in Amesbury," police said in a statement. The statement said scientists from Porton Down defense laboratory confirmed the bottle contained the Novichok nerve agent, the same poison used against Sergei Skripal and his daughter earlier this year. "Further scientific tests will be carried out to try and establish whether it is from the same batch that contaminated Sergei and Yulia Skripal in March," the force said, adding that a link to the Skripals remained "a main line of enquiry for police." Dawn Sturgess died in a hospitalon Sunday after exposure to the nerve agent. Her partner, Rowley, isstill in critical condition, but has regained consciousness.
Neymar omitted from FIFA Best shortlist Brazilian forward Neymar is a surprise omission from the FIFAʼs Best Menʼs Player award shortlist. Thereʼs also a complete lack of Germans on the menʼs list, but Dzsenifer Marozsan is in contention for the womenʼs gong. Brazilʼsearly exit from the World Cupand a somewhat injury-hit debut season at Paris Saint-Germain, where he nevertheless racked up 28 goals and 16 assists in 30 games, are likely to have contributed to Neymarʼs absence. The rest of the list is largely familiar, with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who won the first two editions of the award in 2016 and 2017, among the 10 names.
Facebook shares dive 20 percent on growth fears, China venture cancellation
Earlier this week, a Chinese business registration website showed that Facebook — which has been blocked in China for a decade — had registered a subsidiary in the eastern city of Hangzhou. A Facebook spokeswoman said Tuesday the company was planning to open an innovation hub for Chinese developers and startups, similar to projects in Brazil, France, India and South Korea. Read more: Facebook apologizes after privacy ʼbugʼ makes posts of 14 million users public The
same day, however, Facebookʼs registration of its 30-million-dollar Hangzhou subsidiary was taken down from the central government website. State media reports about the innovation hub appear to have been censored. A person familiar with the matter told the New York Times on Wednesday the Chinese government decided to withdraw Facebookʼs registration due to disagreements between local officials and the national internet watchdog, the Cyberspace Administration of China.
Biodiversity collapse imminent in worldʼs tropics, study says More than three-quarters of all plant and animal species live in the tropics. But time to protect them is running out, a new study finds. A current study suggests that thedamage to biodiversity in the tropics could even be worsethan expected if we donʼt get a grip on the environmental problems there. An international team of researchers from around the world put a figure on biodiversity in tropical regions, looking at forests, savannahs, freshwater regions and coastlines. Their results: Even though the tropics cover only about 40 percent of the
Earthʼs surface, they harbor a whopping 78 percent of all plant and animal species, including amphibians, terrestrial mammals, fish, ants and flowering plants. And these tropical regions are even more important for birds: 91 percent of all terrestrial birds live in those warm and humid zones. Many more living elsewhere cross or visit the tropics on their annual migrations. The tropics are also home of almost all shallow-water corals known so far. Most of these tropical species are found nowhere else, and researchers estimate that at least 150,000 species are as yet unknown to science.
Borjour wines on Chairlift Night On July 28th, the Zugliget Chairliftwelcomes visitors to take a ride after nightfall. Up on János Hill, the wine stands of Borjour will be waiting for you with Hungarian, Italian and Spanish varieties – and a DJ, of course.
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Can Germany conquer global e-car markets? Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), a division of Bloomberg focused on research and analysis of energy investment, carbon markets, and low-carbon energy solutions, has released its 2018 global long-term "Electric Vehicle Outlook" report which forecasts electric vehicle (EV) trends to 2040. One take-home message that emerges from the report is that the future of EV is bright, with rapid increases in battery electric vehicle (BEV) production volume expected in coming years. BNEF estimates that e-cars are likely to reach unsubsidized price parity with comparable internal combustion engine powered vehicles (ICEVs) by about 2024, as battery-pack prices continue to drop. Another insight provided by Bloombergʼs data is that although German carmakers have until recently been slow and reluctant to move away from ICEVs and toward EV production, in the past couple of years, they have begun shifting gears.
Hong Kong rule new Haruki Murakamiʼs novel ʼindecentʼ A backlash was growing in Hong Kong after Obscene Articles Tribunal ruled "Killing Commendatore", the 2017 novel by noted Japanese author Haruki Murakami, to be "indecent." By Thursday, more than 2,100 people had signed an online petition backed by 21 activist groups for the censors to remove the categorization Classifying the novel as indecent would "bring shame to Hong Kong people," the petition says, stressing that no other novels by the 69-yearold author have ever been classified as indecent in Hong Kong, Taiwan, or mainland China. "If this is set to be a precedent case, Hong Kong would become the most conservative Chinese area," the South China Morning Post quoted the document as saying. Read more:Hong Kongʼs democracy movement ʼneeds new ideasʼ ʼExplicit sexual detailsʼ The latest Murakami book revolves around a portrait artist whose wife unexpectedly asks for a divorce. It features occasional sex scenes, similar to the authorʼs previous works. Earlier this month, the Office of Film, Newspaper and Article Administration in Hong Kong said they had received a public complaint about "explicit sexual details" in the novel, which they passed on to the censorship board.