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ʼPoland in Europeʼ Donald Tusk calls for pro-EU vote at Warsaw rally Thousands of people turned up in the Polish capital, Warsaw, on Saturday to show support for the European Union and encourage people to vote in Sundayʼs European Parliament election. Speaking at the rally, EU Council President Donald Tusk encouraged people to vote for pro-EU parties, saying it would be a vote for a "free, democratic, Poland without fear, without constraint, without contempt for others." It was thesecond time within weeksthat Tusk had appeared to criticize the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party for disregarding the countryʼs constitution and to stand up for the EU. "A secure Poland in a strong and united Europe is the most precious political value for Poles today," Tusk said.
Pakistan doctor held after more than 400 children test positive for HIV Sikandar Memon, head of the AIDS Control Program in Pakistanʼs southern Sindh province, said earlier this week that 410 children and 100 adults had tested positive for HIV in Larkana. Pakistanʼs Health Ministry has registered 23,000 HIV cases across the country. Officials said the use of unsterilized syringes causes most HIV infections in the country. The HIV cases in Larkana, a home district of former-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, started emerging in early April. Local physician Muzaffar Ghangharo, who has AIDS, was arrested on suspicion of intentionally infecting his patients.
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Austriaʼs Sebastian Kurz calls for snap elections after corruption scandal Footage showed the far-right deputy allegedly offering contracts to a supposed Russian investor
Austrian Chancellor Kurz has requested new elections after a corruption scandal brought down his vice chancellor.
SpaceXʼs Starlink satellites: 7 questions for Elon Musk Starlink is the epitome of a megaconstellation: It aims to provide global internet with a constellation of 12,000 satellites. Its nearest competitor, OneWeb, aims to launch just 600. But what does any of it mean? SpaceX and its celebrity-leader, Elon Musk, have a reputation for being fast and first in all manner of technologies — from digital payments to cars, rockets, hyperloops, energy grids, missions to Mars, and now the internet itself. When it comes to spacebased global broadband, however, SpaceX is in second position. The company is kickstarting itsStarlinkproject with 60 satellites.
OneWeb, another USbased communications company beat SpaceX to it — albeit with just a tenth of the satellites. OneWeb is in cahoots with a European aerospace firm, Airbus. Together, they launched their first six space-based internet satellites in February. Their goal is to createa web of 600 satellitesin lowEarth orbit (LEO) — thatʼs anywhere up to 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) from the ground, but close enough to ensure communication between space and Earth is swift. In February 2018, SpaceX launchedtwo Starlink tester satellites. Musk said his megaweb of broadband would serve those people who were "least served."
Fighting the spread of illegal landfills in France as trash piles up in ʼsea of wasteʼ A strong wind ruffles Alban Bernardʼs short, gray hair as he strolls along what looks like an unspoiled path a couple of hundred meters from the town of Carrieres-sous-Poissy. But itʼs not quite as bucolic as it seems at first glance. He is, in fact, walking toward what he has dubbed "the sea of waste." Less than a kilometer away from this Parisian suburb, an estimated 36 tons oftrash have been dumped illegally. In some place, the heaps of sofas,
glass, shoes, trash bags and other debris in this otherwise empty field reach the height of two men. Bernard discovered the landfill site while walking his dog in January last year. A resident of Carrieres-sous-Poissy for the past 10 years, it was the first time heʼd noticed thewastehidden behind the foliage. "It was horrifying," he recalled. "I thought I would faint. There was an ocean of waste in front of me, stretching as far as the eye could see."
Nationalist and far-right parties rally in Milan ahead of EU vote Nationalist and far-right parties from across Europe took part in the rally in the northern Italian city of Milan on Saturday. Austriaʼs Freedom Party (FPÖ) canceled its participation at the rally as Vice Chancellor HeinzChristian Strache stepped downover a corruption scandal. However, Alternative for Germanyʼs (AfD) Jörg Meuthen (photo) confirmed his support for the FPÖ. "The FPÖ is our close partner," Meuthen said at the rally. He added that he would not "stab the FPÖ in the back" due to what he called a "singular issue." Strache resigned after a secretly filmed video from 2017 appeared to show him offering someone posing as the niece of a Russian oligarch government contracts in return for political backing.
Australiaʼs conservatives keep power in ʼmiracleʼ election win Labor party leader Bill Shorten admitted defeat in Australiaʼs national elections on Saturday. The Liberal party-led ruling coalition looked set to win at least 73 seats to Laborʼs 65. "Without wanting to hold out any false hope, while there are still millions of votes to count and important seats yet to be finalized, it is obvious that Labor will not be able to form the next government," said Shorten, conceding the election to incumbent Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
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Muslim fashion for women exhibition stirs controversy in Germany Muslim head coverings have always been a controversial topic, as they embody so many issues, whether womenʼs rights worldwide or Western prejudice and discrimination against Muslims. Now that the first exhibition dedicated to fashion consciousness of women in Islam is opening at Frankfurtʼs Museum Angwandte Kunst, the debate surrounding headscarves has been rekindled in Germany. Titled "Contemporary Muslim Fashions" and first shown at the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco, the exhibition, however, does not aim to answer the numerous political and social questions related to hijabs or burkinis. "The focus of the exhibition is really fashionable modest dress and what weʼre trying to show in the exhibition is that there is a lot of choice for the mass of Muslim women," said Jill DʼAlessandro, curator of the "Contemporary Muslim Fashions" exhibition in San Francisco.
Rory McIlroy still ʼright thereʼ in Wells Fargo Championship Rory McIlroy believes he remains a leading contender at the Wells Fargo Championship despite falling five shots off the lead at the halfway stage. World number four McIlroy, joint leader after an opening 66, dropped three shots on the final two par-fours and had to settle for a one-under-par 70. Despite the gap, McIlroy is optimistic about his chances at Quail Hollow.
How much damage are Trump’s tariffs doing to the Chinese economy? Chinese exports to the US have been subject to the Trump tariffs since last July. According to the US President, this is wrecking the Chinese economy but does the Asian power ultimately have more stomach for this fight? Growth in the Chinese economy has been slowing steadily for much of the last decade. From a rate of 12% annual GDP growth in 2010, the figure is now little more than half that. Last year, the Chinese economy grew by 6.6%. A rate like that would be cause for huge celebration in practically every major western economy,but it was actually the slowest year of growth China has experienced since 1990. 2018 was also the year in which US President Donald Trump started slap-
ping tariffs on Chinese imports, a practice which he continued in recent days with a fresh wave of levies. A crude calculation might directly connect that fact with Chinaʼs 29-year low growth rate. But is it as simple as that? "I think the slowdown is probably 50% due to the trade war and 50% due to the hit to credit from the crackdown on shadow banking, which has hurt the credit channel to the private sector," Allan von Mehren, Chief Analyst with Danske Bank, told DW.
K-pop as a route to Japan-South Korea reconciliation? Japanese teenagers are very attracted by South Korean K-pop and often travel to Seoul to learn the songs, dance moves and the language. Itʼs time for K-pop Yuuka Hasumi (17) is one of the Japanese youth who joined ACOPIA School in Seoul. It is a dance/vocal academy run under the ACOPIA Entertainment division. This division offers not only lessons on how to sing and dance like their favorite stars, but also on the Korean language and culture. K-pop dreams
As K-pop star wannabe, Yuka has long hours of vocal and dance training. That also means no privacy, no boyfriend and no phone, but she does not mind. She says, "It will be good if Japan and South Korea will get along through music." ʼNuts about K-popʼ Hasumi and Ibuki Ito (17) are performing at an ACOPIA School party in Seoul on March 16, 2019. In an interview with Reuters Lee Soo-chul, a board member of Seoul-Tokyo Forum said, "Theyʼre nuts about BTS [a boy band from South Korea] over there in Japan."
Budapest cafés welcome the reusable Aussie HuskeeCup Every year, we use several billion coffee cups to go – before they go to the bin. To help java lovers reduce their ecological footprint, many Budapest cafés have introduced Aussiecreated HuskeeCups: reusable, sustainable and easy to clean. The HuskeeCup is made of coffee husk, an organic waste material that’s produced at the milling stage of coffee production. Turning the hundreds of tons of discarded husks, usually dumped near factories and degrading the environment, into reusable coffee cups is a great way to keep Mother Nature just that little bit cleaner.
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E-scooters can hit German streets after upper house approval The German Bundesrat has voted to allow electric scooters on the countryʼs roads and bike paths. The UK is now the only major European country yet to approve their use. Germanyʼs upper house of Parliament, the Bundesrat, on Friday voted to allow the use of electric scooterswith a top speed of 20 kilometers (12 miles) per hour on roads and bike paths. The approval by the chamber enables e-scooter sharing firms to offer the vehicles for rent on city streets. Critics fear that this could lead to anoverburdening of cycle lanes and roadsand a high risk of injury both to riders and pedestrians. What was decided E-scooters may use cycle paths, but not sidewalks;The minimum age for using e-scooters is 14;The wearing of helmets is not obligatory;Users will not require a driving license;Scooters will be restricted to a maximum speed of 20 km/h (12 mph)
Airbnb cuts listings in Israeli West Bank settlements Home-rental platform Airbnb announced Monday it would no longer offer its service in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, drawing an angry response from Israel. Israel seized the West Bank in the 1967 Six-Day War, but most countries consider the Jewish settlements there to be illegal. The company said in a statement the decision would affect about 200 properties "in the occupied West Bank that are at the core of the dispute between Israelis and Palestinians." "Our hope is that someday sooner rather than later, a framework is put in place where the entire global community is aligned so there will be a resolution to this historic conflict and a clear path forward for everybody to follow," it added. Palestinian and human rights groups had long called on Airbnb to remove the settlement listings from its site. Waleed Assraf, head of a Palestinian anti-settlement group welcomed the development, saying if more companies followed it would "contribute to achieving peace." Israeli Tourism Minister Yariv Levin condemned the move as "the most wretched of wretched capitulations to the boycott efforts."