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☆ How ‘shoe doping’ changed marathon times forever – in ways we still don’t fully understand
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-12 | by ( Liam Tharme | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +16 min

This is the story of how the marathon has changed, told by some of the people behind the technological revolution. Marathon running is done individually but succeeds best when athletes work in packs, either with official pacemakers or using each other to share workloads and draft. They put one into a marathon shoe in a 2006 study, got sub-elite athletes to run on treadmills, and found a 1.3 per cent benefit in terms of energy reduction. “We set up at that point (2016), one of the most in-depth and best controlled studies on running shoes. Hoogkamer uses MRI scanners at the University of Massachusetts, which “you can’t really run in.” Some opt for ultrasound devices and others for muscle oxygenation sensors.

Persons: Eliud Kipchoge, Kipchoge, Roger Bannister’s, He’d, Alex Halada, Kelvin Kiptum’s, Paula Radcliffe’s, Tigst Assefa, Peres Jepchirchir, Tim Hutchings, Kenenisa Bekele, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, ”, Maxwell Muttai, Benno Nigg, “, Wouter Hoogkamer, Nike’s, ’, ” Nigg, Hoogkamer isn’t, he’s, it’s, you’re, Marco Tacca, Muttai, They’re, they’re, Nike Vaporfly, Hoogkamer, Liam Tharme, Soh Rui Yong, Molly, “ There’s, Rui Yong, Yong Teck Lim, Soh, “ Asics, Hutchings, —, Mike Marsland Organizations: Breaking2, Getty, London, Research, University of Calgary, Nike, University of Colorado, of Colorado, Athletic, Adidas, University of Massachusetts, New York City Marathon, Sports, Asics, Brands, World Athletics, Formula, Nike Vaporfly Locations: Vienna, Rio de Janeiro, Monza, Nike’s Alphaflys, AFP, Chicago, Berlin, Tokyo, Boston, London, Chicago , New York, supershoes, Paris, Boulder , Colorado, “, Rio

☆ Trump win would hammer growth and send inflation soaring in Europe, ECB official says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Kelly Cloonan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Trump win would pose risks to economic growth and inflation in Europe, ECB member Joachim Nagel says. Officials in Europe, for their part, are warily eyeing what a Donald Trump win would mean. Nagel's comments come just weeks before the US presidential election and follow previous warnings from ECB members about the potential impact of a Trump win. AdvertisementBack in January, ECB president Christine Lagarde said a Trump win is "clearly a threat" to Europe considering the policies he implemented during his first term in office. She pointed to Trump's tariffs, commitment to NATO, and climate change policies, which she said were misaligned with European interests.

Persons: Joachim Nagel, Nagel, —, Donald Trump, Trump, he'd, " Nagel, there's, it's, Harris, Kamala Harris, Christine Lagarde Organizations: Trump, Service, European Central Bank Governing, Tuesday, Bloomberg, Federal, NATO Locations: Europe, Germany, Berlin, Italy, EU

Washington CNN —President Joe Biden will no longer travel abroad this week as a major hurricane speeds toward Florida. The statement comes ahead of Biden’s expected remarks this morning on Hurricane Milton’s anticipated impact and ongoing recovery efforts for Helene. There have not yet been any discussions in earnest about when the postponed trip would be rescheduled, another White House official said. The White House had appeared aware of the optics of the president potentially being abroad after a catastrophic storm. “He’s gotten updates about the hurricane and (is) obviously continuing to get updates on what is happening on the ground as after the horrible hurricane, Hurricane Helene, and so that will continue.”There is little time remaining in his presidency to reschedule.

Persons: Joe Biden, “, Hurricane Milton, Biden, Hurricane Helene, Karine Jean, Pierre, Biden’s, Helene, Helene –, Trump, Hurricane Dorian, Berlin –, –, Olaf Scholz, Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer, Donald Trump ., Kamala Harris, Milton, ” Jean, ”, “ He’s, That’s, Pierre said Organizations: Washington CNN, Republicans, Biden, White, Ukraine, British, NATO, Ukraine Defense Contract, White House, reschedule Locations: Florida, Germany, Angola, Hurricane, Poland, Berlin, Saharan Africa, France, United Kingdom, Ukraine

☆ LinkedIn goes deeper into puzzle games with Tango, following success of Queens
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A man opens the LinkedIn social network app on his smartphone at the breakfast table in Berlin on July 5, 2024. Every morning, Emily Ritter spends 15 minutes in bed checking her Instagram, Messages, Slack and Strava apps and playing The New York Times' Connections and Strands games on her phone. LinkedIn, which Microsoft acquired for $27 billion in 2016, rolled out its first three games in May, and Queens has emerged as the hottest of the trio. On Tuesday, the company launches game number four, and it's going deeper into logic puzzles with a title called Tango. The New York Times offers eight games, and made a splash in the market in 2022 with the purchase of viral word game Wordle.

Persons: Emily Ritter, Ritter, Daniel Roth, Roth, It's Organizations: New York Times, LinkedIn, San, Microsoft, Facebook, Activision Locations: Berlin, San Francisco, Queens, U.S

☆ German inflation drops to 1.8% in September, below expectations
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The September harmonized CPI figure had been forecast to come in at 1.9% according to a Reuters poll. The German harmonized CPI figure was last under 2% — which is the European Central Bank's target rate for inflation — in February 2021, LSEG data indicated. For that, the still elevated core inflation rate would also need to ease notably. Within Europe, data published last week showed that the harmonized inflation rate in France and Spain fell below the 2% target in September. "The recent series of disappointing economic sentiment indicators and lower-than-expected inflation data have provided new strong arguments for ECB doves," he said.

Persons: Destatis, Sebastian Becker, Becker, Carsten Brzeski Organizations: European Union, Deutsche Bank Research, CNBC, European Central Bank, ING, ECB Locations: Berlin, Germany, European, Westphalia, Europe, France, Spain

☆ I moved to Germany from the US with 4 kids. Here, I have a lot more time for myself.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Erin Liam | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Celia Robbins relocated with her family to Berlin after her husband got a job in Germany. Last year, the kids and I moved to Berlin so they could attend international school. AdvertisementBack in the US, I had been helicopter-parenting my kids, having a lot of control over every aspect of their lives. I was beholden to my kids' schedule in the USI spent about two hours every day in the car, driving my kids to school or to a long list of extracurriculars. But here in Berlin, kids are expected to manage their own things and get themselves to places.

Persons: Celia Robbins, Robbins, she's, —, would've, he'd, Let's, I've, it's Organizations: Service, Embassy of, Cornell University, Rostock —, UN Locations: Berlin, Germany, American, United States, America, Ithaca , New York, Rostock, I'm, New York

☆ H&M shares fall as much as 8% on profit miss and scrapped earnings margin target
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Sam Meredith | In Samuelmeredith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The logo of Swedish clothing retailer H&M hangs over one of its stores on March 28, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. Shares of H&M tumbled as much as 8% on Thursday after the world's second-largest listed fashion retailer posted a miss on operating profit and abandoned its earnings margin target. The Swedish clothing retailer reported that operating profit for the group's fiscal third quarter came in at 3.51 billion Swedish crowns ($345.8 million), which compared to 4.74 billion Swedish crowns a year ago. H&M dropped its earnings margin target for 2024 after warning of more challenging conditions earlier in the year. At present we estimate that this year's operating margin will be lower than 10 percent," H&M's Ervér said in a written statement.

Persons: LSEG, Daniel Ervér, Helena Helmersson, Ervér, Inditex, M's Ervér, M Organizations: Reuters, UBS Locations: Berlin, Germany, Swedish, Zara, London, Stockholm

☆ Carlos Alcaraz leads Team Europe to comeback victory over Team World in the Laver Cup
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Carlos Alcaraz led Team Europe to a comeback victory over Team World in the Laver Cup on Sunday, triumphing in both his singles and his doubles matchups. It marked Europe’s fifth win in the Laver Cup and first since 2021. “It’s great, obviously, we came here with a goal, all of us, that is to win the Laver Cup,” said Alcaraz. Alcaraz defeated Taylor Fritz to secure Laver Cup victory for Team Europe. For me, to spend time with these players in Team Europe, it’s a lot of fun.

Persons: CNN — Carlos Alcaraz, Alcaraz, Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton, Frances Tiafoe, Casper Ruud, “, ”, Sascha, Alex Zverev, ” Zverev, Fritz, Ebrahim Noroozi, Zverev, Daniil Medvedev, Shelton, Björn Borg, John McEnroe, ‘ We’re, ” Borg, Yannick Noah, Andre Agassi Organizations: CNN, Europe, Team, Laver, Tiafoe, Team Europe, Cincinnati Locations: Berlin, Europe, Berlin’s, San Francisco

☆ Europe could be drifting into a downturn as France and Germany fight economic and political woes
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-23 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Europe could be drifting in to a downturn as its biggest economies, Germany and France, fight political and economic woes at home. In Germany, composite purchasing manager's index (PMI data) measuring business activity in both sectors, came in at XXXX, down from XXX in August. In France, meanwhile, the composite PMI fell in September to an eight-month low of 47.4 from 53.1 in August. In the euro zone as a whole, the PMI data showed a decline from XXX last month to XXX, in September. Once Europe's poster-child for growth, Germany is now likened to the "sick man" of Europe by economists.

Persons: Pariser, —, Chancellor Olaf Scholz's, J.P, Greg Fuzesi Organizations: Pariser Platz, PMI, Social Democratic Party, SPD Locations: Berlin, Germany, Europe, France, Brandenberg, Thuringia, Saxony, Morgan

☆ Exit polls suggest reprieve for Germany’s Scholz, as his party looks set to fend off far right in state vote
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

BERLIN Reuters —German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) looked set to fend off the far right in a state election in Brandenburg on Sunday after trailing behind the Alternative for Germany (AfD) throughout the campaign, exit polls indicated. “Dietmar Woidke and his Brandenburg SPD have made a furious comeback in recent weeks,” said SPD party general secretary Kevin Kuehnert. “For us in the federal SPD, this evening, if things go well, the problems that lie ahead of us will not have gotten any bigger. The SPD is polling just 15% at national level, down from the 25.7% it scored in the 2021 federal election. Maryam Majd/Getty Images/FileNo time for complacencyThe vote in Brandenburg comes three weeks after the Russia-friendly AfD became the first far-right party to top a state election in Germany since World War Two, in Thuringia.

Persons: Olaf Scholz’s, Scholz, Dietmar Woidke, “ Dietmar Woidke, ”, Kevin Kuehnert, Olaf Scholz, Maryam Majd, Woidke, Tino Chrupalla, Sahra Wagenknecht Organizations: BERLIN Reuters —, Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats, SPD, ZDF, Brandenburg SPD, ARD, Communist, Greens, Free Democrats Locations: Brandenburg, Germany, Berlin, Ukraine, Russia, Thuringia, Saxony, Europe

☆ Vermont caps emergency motel housing for homeless, forcing many to leave this month
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

BERLIN, Vt. — This fall, hundreds of the most vulnerable people experiencing homelessness in Vermont must leave state-funded motel rooms where they’ve been living as the state winds down its pandemic-era motel voucher program. The move is prompting outcry from municipal leaders and advocates who say many don’t have a place to go. The biggest exodus — about 230 households — is expected on Thursday when they reach a new 80-day limit stay in the motel rooms that the Legislature imposed starting in July. A new 1,110-room cap on the number of motel rooms the state can use to house those people in the warmer months from April through November also kicked in Sunday. The households will be eligible for motel housing again on Dec. 1 as winter sets in.

Persons: they’ve, Jen Armbrister, I’ve, ” Armbrister, She’s, Bruce Jewett, They’re, I’m, ”, Heidi Wright, Armbrister, Wright, nothing’s, “, William Fraser, Phil Scott, “ It’s, ” Scott, can’t Organizations: U.S . Department of Housing, Urban, Republican Gov Locations: BERLIN, Vt, Vermont, Montpelier, Barre, Berlin, ” Montpelier City, City, Chittenden County, Vermont’s, Burlington

$ 5.34 $ 5.34 Estimated Environmental cost + $ 22.02 Say a pound of beef costs $5.34 at your local supermarket. The Hidden Environmental Costs of Food Damage to the natural world isn’t factored into the price of food. The proponents of true cost accounting don’t propose raising food prices across the board, but they say that increased awareness of the hidden environmental cost of food could change behavior. (True cost accounting also typically includes things like labor rights and dietary health, but here we’re focusing on environmental costs.) Large disparities between the retail price of food and its environmental costs are found in the proteins many of us eat every day.

Persons: True Price, ”, Claire van den Broek, “ They’re, Alexander Müller, True, “, Scott Swinton, Roger Cryan, Mario Herrero, chickpeas Organizations: United Nations, Rockefeller Foundation, True, Sustainability, Michigan State University, American Farm Bureau Federation, New, Cornell University, Price, Beef, Oxford University, “, U.S . Department of Agriculture, Mountain, United Nations Food, Agriculture Organization Locations: Dutch, United States, Berlin, New York State, Denmark, Walmart.com, U.S, North America, Europe, Brazil, India, Netherlands, Germany

☆ German warships visit the Philippines amid its South China Sea clashes after angering Beijing by sailing through the Taiwan Strait
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Tensions are high in the South China Sea, as China continues its aggressive tactics against Philippine vessels. JAM STA ROSA/AFP via Getty ImagesClashes between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea have been escalating for months as China unjustly claims sovereignty over a majority of the South China Sea, defying international law while increasing efforts to assert its authority in the area. While traveling to Manila, the Baden-Württemberg and Frankfurt am Main transited the Taiwan Strait, sparking backlash from China. The German warships transited the Taiwan Strait last week for the first time in 20 years. "International waters are international waters," he said .

Persons: —, Per Andreas Pfaffernoschke, Pfaffernoschke, Mao Ning, German Defense Ministry Boris Pistorius, Mao Organizations: Service, Business, Baden, Philippine, ROSA, Getty, Ministry of Foreign, German Defense Ministry, Command Locations: Philippines, Taiwan Strait, Germany, China, South China, Berlin, Frankfurt, Manila, AFP, Beijing, Baden, Württemberg, Taiwan, Main

☆ I moved from India to Europe for work and was living my dream. 10 years later, I walked away from it all.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Go to newsletter preferencesSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. I spent the next three years with the company in India, then moved to the company's office in Dubai for two years, and then to Amsterdam. I enjoyed being done with work by 5 or 6 p.m. and having the rest of the day to myself. I'd been watching India's growth since I left and felt like I had missed the boom by leaving in 2014. I also felt like there was no career growth for me in Europe.

Persons: —, Sarvesh Rajagopal, it's, I'd, I'm Organizations: Service, United Arab, McKinsey, Business, ING, Indian Institute of Management Locations: United Arab Emirates, Netherlands, Germany, India, Dubai, Amsterdam, Berlin, Europe, Ukraine, Latin America

☆ Can you can leave your estate to your pet?
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Alexandra Peers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Some people really do leave money to their pets. Estate attorneys told CNN they’re seeing more incidences of people making financial plans for their pets after they die. Twenty-nine states have enacted pet trust laws since 2008, and now every state, plus Washington, DC, has some form of guidelines, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. However, if a person names a guardian for their pet, they can leave money and property to that person. dpa/picture alliance/Eventpress/SipaFlorida attorney Peggy Hoyt, author of “All My Children Wear Fur Coats,” told CNN she urges her clients to leave comprehensive instructions for pet caretakers.

Persons: Karl Lagerfeld, Chanel, ”, “, can’t, Leona Helmsley, Helen Neafsey, —, Leona Helmsley’s, it’s, Majel Barrett, Roddenberry, Gene Roddenberry, Karl Lagefeld, Choupette, Lagerfeld, Peggy Hoyt, Leslie Ann Mandel, Arthur Herzog III, Danielle Mania, ’ Organizations: CNN, American Society for, Karl, Palazzo Italia, Hamptons, Associated Humane Societies Locations: Washington, Greenwich, Conn, New York, Asia, Shanghai, Berlin, Germany, Sipa Florida, New Jersey

☆ A disappointed Rafael Nadal withdraws from Laver Cup over fitness worries
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Homero De La Fuente | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Twenty-two-time grand slam singles champion Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from next week’s Laver Cup due to fitness concerns, the tournament announced on Thursday. “I’m really disappointed to share that I won’t be able to compete at the Laver Cup in Berlin next week,” Nadal said in a statement. The Laver Cup has not announced who will replace Nadal to join Alexander Zverev, Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, Casper Ruud and Stefanos Tsitsipas in Bjorn Borg’s Team Europe. Nadal announced in April that he would play in this year’s Laver Cup in Berlin and was still expected to play despite withdrawing from the US Open due to concerns about his fitness. This year, Nadal played in only seven tournaments including the French Open and the Olympics, but has failed to return to the form expected from the former world No.

Persons: Rafael Nadal, week’s, “ I’m, ” Nadal, “, Bjorn, ” Rafael Nadal, Carlos Alcaraz, Clive Brunskill, Novak Djokovic, Nadal, Alexander Zverev, Daniil Medvedev, Casper Ruud, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Roger Federer, Roland Garros, Clay ”, I’ve, ” Spain's Rafael Nadal, Germany's Alexander Zverev, Emmanuel Dunand Organizations: CNN, Laver, Europe, Team Spain, Olympics, Getty Locations: Berlin, Swiss, Paris, AFP

☆ Commerzbank shares jump 17% after UniCredit buys 4.5% stake from the German government
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Commerzbank shares jumped on market open on Wednesday, after Italian bank UniCredit acquired a 4.5% stake in the Frankfurt-based lender from the German government. Commerzbank stock was up 17.5% at 9:37 a.m. London time. The stake acquisition marks the first step in Berlin's exit from its position in the German lender. The German government said it had sold around 53.1 million shares — or a roughly 4.49% tranche out of its 16.49% total shareholding — in Commerzbank for roughly 702 million euros ($775 million) to UniCredit. Also on Wednesday, the German lender said Commerzbank chief Manfred Knof will fulfil but not seek to renew his term after the end of his contract in December 2025.

Persons: Commerzbank, Eva Grunwald, UniCredit, Manfred Knof Organizations: UniCredit, Bank, CNBC Locations: Frankfurt, London, Commerzbank, Berlin, Milan

CAIRO — The splendor of the Queen of the Nile is the star not of any Egyptian museum, but of the Neues Museum in the German capital, Berlin, where thousands admire the 3,400-year-old bust of Nefertiti every day in a domed hall. Therefore, the home of the bust should be the Grand Egyptian Museum. The Nefertiti bust on display at the Neues Museum in Berlin. The Neues Museum did not respond to a request for comment. In July, the New York Museum of Metropolitan Museum of Art returned more than a dozen Cambodian artifacts.

Persons: Nefertiti, Zahi Hawass, ” Hawass, Hawass, Michael Sohn, Pharaoh Akhenaten, Akhenaten, — Hawass, Hitler, “, Mona Lisa, ’, Rosetta Stone, ”, Napoleon, Charlene Gubash, Mithil Organizations: Neues Museum, Egyptian Museum, “, El, Houston Museum of Natural Sciences, Associated Press, New York Museum of Metropolitan Museum of Art, British Museum Locations: CAIRO, Berlin, Germany, Egypt, Tell, Cairo, Nefertiti's, “ Egypt, London, Alexandria, Louvre, Paris, Hong Kong

☆ ‘From the River to the Sea’ is not hate speech, Meta’s Oversight Board rules
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-04 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Meta’s Oversight Board has found that the phrase “From the River to the Sea,” used to express Palestinian support, did not break the company’s hate speech policies. The Board said it reviewed three cases involving the use of “From the River to the Sea” on Facebook and said that all appeals to remove the content were closed without human review. Those users then appealed to the Board, which exists for users to challenge Meta’s appeals process on Facebook, Instagram or Threads. In Germany, using the slogan “From the river to the sea” is now a criminal offense. The slogan used in the cases had wide reach through Meta’s platforms.

Persons: ”, Sean Gallup, Andy Stone, Meta, Rashida Tlaib, Brian Fung, Alaa Elassar, Jennifer Henderson Organizations: New, New York CNN, Defamation League, West Bank, Facebook, Meta, Getty, CNN, Islamic Relations, Muslim Locations: New York, Jordan, Gaza, Jerusalem, Palestine, Berlin, Germany, Palestinian, Israel, Muslim Arab American, Maryland

☆ Qualcomm ramps up challenge to Intel and AMD with latest AI PC chip
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-04 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Qualcomm took the wraps off the Snapdragon X Plus 8-core at the IFA conference in Berlin, Germany. The latest chips expand Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Series for PCs, which it launched last year. Meanwhile, Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Series is built on architecture from British chip designer Arm , allowing the processors to run complex applications with good energy-efficiency. A number of major PC makers have adopted Qualcomm's Snapdragon X series chips for their devices. Companies like Lenovo have launched Copilot+ PCs based on Qualcomm chips and Windows operating system.

Persons: Cristiano Amon, Amon, Neil Shah, Qualcomm's, Shah, Ramon Costa Organizations: Qualcomm, Intel, IFA, Samsung, Microsoft, CNBC, Counterpoint Research, Mobile, Windows, Lenovo Locations: Berlin, Germany, U.S

☆ Delivery Hero (DHER) plans IPO of Middle East unit Talabat in Dubai
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-29 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

BERLIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 04: The Delivery Hero office photographed on September 04, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Jeremy Moeller/Getty Images)European food delivery firm Delivery Hero says it plans to spin off its Middle East business Talabat and float it on the Dubai stock exchange later this year. In a brief statement Thursday, Delivery Hero said that it is "preparing a listing of its Talabat business on the Dubai Financial Market" in the fourth quarter. "A listing may be pursued through a secondary sale of shares by Delivery Hero which would retain the majority interest in the local listing entity after an IPO," Delivery Hero said in a statement. Shares of Delivery Hero jumped nearly 10% Thursday on the back of the Talabat IPO news as of 7:30 a.m.

Persons: Jeremy Moeller, Niklas Ostberg Organizations: Getty, Dubai, CNBC Locations: BERLIN, GERMANY, Berlin, Germany, Dubai

☆ She got back in touch with a vacation fling from over 15 years ago. What happened next was unexpected
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Alex and Ola met in a crowded bar and stayed up all night together on the island. Alex didn’t even know Ola was married – he didn’t post much, and he wasn’t on her radar anymore. To their mutual surprise, the connection Alex and Ola felt that night on the beach in Ko Phi Phi returned right away. In the fall, Alex met Ola’s children, who she immediately loved. Alexandra NelkeA year after she moved to Sweden, Alex and Ola bought a house together in Malmö, Sweden.

Persons: Alex Nelke, Ola Forsmark, he’s, ” Alex, you’re, Alex, ” Ola, Ola, kickstarted, ”, didn’t, Alex reconnecting, “, Alexandra Nelke, Alex didn’t, –, She’d, ’, Berlin Ola, Alexandra Nelke Alex, ‘ Life’s, Ola’s, Wolfgang —, “ I’ve, I’ve, she’s, they’ve Organizations: CNN, CNN Travel, Ko Phi Phi, Phi Phi, Facebook Locations: Thailand, Ola, Ko, Germany, London, Swedish, Asia, Bali, America, Sweden, Berlin, “, Malmö

How Online Hatred Toward Migrants Spurs Real-World Violence Social media posts assailing immigrants have fomented a climate of fear and hatred in Britain, Portugal and other countries. It followed months of vitriol on social media that came not only from disgruntled Portuguese, but also from prominent far-right figures inside and outside the country. “It’s not up-to-date for the social media age,” Leo Varadkar, the prime minister then, said. Asked whether he believes his social media posts contribute to violence, Mr. Robinson responded: “I believe the teachings in the Koran contribute to violence. July 29 1:42 p.m.Not much info yet, but it will be a Muslim culprit followed by violence protests 1:49 p.m.

Persons: ”, Rita Guerra, Patience, ” Lee Marsh, “, Elon Musk, X, Musk, TikTok, we’re, ” Tommy Robinson, Donald J, Trump, Joel Finkelstein, Tony Craig, “ It’s, —, ” Leo Varadkar, He now, Ro, rie, Marc, iona, Robinson, e, ari, rance Organizations: YouTube, Spurs, Center for Psychological Research, Italy British, Protesters, Sunderland, PA, Agence France, Institute for Strategic, Elon, Meta, The New York Times, National, Counterterrorism, Security, Network, Research, Staffordshire University, Reuters, Ireland, unc, rit Locations: Portugal, Portuguese, Lisbon, Porto, Britain, Germany, Ireland, Europe, Southport, Liverpool, Syrian, Wales, Italy, The Netherlands, Greenwich, London, United States, Russia, Netherlands, Leeds, Chester, New Jersey, England, Algeria, Dublin, Coolock

☆ German Court Fines Protester for ‘River to the Sea’ Chant
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Sarah Maslin Nir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A German court ruled on Tuesday that a protester who shouted “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” at a rally in Berlin in October had condoned criminal acts — the Hamas-led terrorist attacks on Israel — and gave her a fine of 600 euros, about $650. The slogan, which has radically different interpretations, was later banned in Germany, viewed as basically constituting a call for the elimination of Israel. The court case had been seen as a test of that law. The Israel-Hamas conflict has underlined the delicate balance in Germany between freedom of expression and the country’s relationship with Israel. One of the foundations of Germany since the Holocaust is support for Israel, a principle known as a Staatsräson, or “state reason.” Since Oct. 7, activism in Germany has been roiled by that tension, with cancellations, bans and fierce debates about what can and can’t be said about Israel and the war.

Persons: Israel —, Birgit Balzer, “, can’t Organizations: Israel Locations: Palestine, Berlin, Germany, Tiergarten, Israel

In May, former President Donald Trump declared that he was the only person who could obtain the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich from a Russian prison. That’s the way it should be, or this situation will get worse and worse.”Facts First: Trump’s claim that he gave opposing countries “NOTHING” to secure the freedom of American prisoners is false. “The previous administration also conducted prisoner exchanges. It’s not easy.”FactCheck.org debunked this Trump claim about his record on securing the release of American prisoners abroad when he previously made it in 2022. Read more here about four prisoner exchanges under Trump.

Persons: Donald Trump, Evan Gershkovich, Joe Biden, Gershkovich, Trump, ’, Jake Sullivan, John Kirby, Whelan, Trevor Reed, Biden, “, …, You’ve, It’s, FactCheck.org, Read Organizations: Wall Street, Biden White House, National Security, CNN, Trump Locations: Russia

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