Rio 2016: Olympic Games declared open in dazzling show
The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio declared open with colourful ceremony celebrating Brazil's history and diverse culture.
The 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro have officially opened with a flamboyant ceremony celebrating Brazil’s history and cultural diversity, all to the pulsating beat of samba, bossa nova and funk.
Marathon runner Vanderlei Cordeiro, who was denied victory at the 2004 Athens Games when he was attacked by a spectator, lit the cauldron on Friday after an exuberant show of Brazilian cultural touchstones and breathtaking fireworks.
'Turkey will become an important country of origin for refugees'
Media reports say more Turkish citizens are fleeing to Germany - especially Kurds. Asylum attorney Heiko Habbe thinks the German government is partially responsible for the situation.
DW: Mr. Habbe, asylum requests from Turkey are on the rise according to the German newspaper "Tagesspiegel," which cited recent statistics from the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). These state that last year 1,719 Turkish citizens applied for asylum, and in the first six months of this year there have already been 1,767 requests. Why is that?
Heiko Habbe: Firstly, that is not a worrying development - in light of the overall number of 800,000 asylum requests last year, and 200,000 the year before. But of course there is concern that the trend has to do with political developments within Turkey: From the resurgence of the Kurdish conflict, which - as far as one can tell - is being intentionally stoked by the Turkish government, to the mass incarcerations that have been taking place in the wake of the recent failed coup attempt.
Day 29, curfew continues in Kashmir as death toll rises to 54
Schools, colleges, business establishments, petrol pumps banks and private offices remained closed while public transport remained off roads.
By: PTI | Srinagar | Updated: August 6, 2016 1:58 pm
Curfew continued on Saturday in many parts of Kashmir, a day after fresh violence left three persons dead and 150 injured, while normal life remained paralysed for the 29 consecutive day. “Curfew remains in force in six police station areas of Srinagar — Nowhatta, Khanyar, Rainawari, Safakadal, Maharajgunj and Batamaloo — as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order,” a police official said.
Clashes broke out between protesters and security forces in Anantnag and Shopian districts of south Kashmir on Saturday even as the curfew continued and normal life remained paralysed. 21 persons were injured in violence in Chee in Anantnag when protesters staged a rally, another police official said, adding the security forces used various crowd control measures to disperse the protesters. Protesters pelted stones at a police post at Herpora in Shopian but there were no reports of anyone getting hurt in the incident so far, he added.
In Rio, shadow 'opening ceremony' takes off – in protest of Olympic Games
As tens of thousands have taken to the streets in protest of the government and Olympic spending, activists use music to voice their discontent.
A huge, abandoned concert hall in Rio de Janeiro was filled Thursday night with performances by Brazilian musical stars from iconic pop star Chico Buarque to contemporary Rio rapper BNegão.
The Olympic Games inspired the event, but the musicians, speakers, and crowd were not there to celebrate international athleticism, or even to trumpet their own nation's stars.
Rather, it was “the anti-Olympics,” the rapper BNegão, whose real name is Bernardo Santos, told The Washington Post. Or, more specifically, this was an event known as the "Ceremony-Party-Act of Olympic Re-existence," a politically satirical name for a protest concert that drew crowds to the abandoned Canecão: the "Big Saucer" concert hall that has been closed since 2010.
Japan spots 230 Chinese fishing boats off disputed islets
AFP
Some 230 Chinese fishing vessels and six coast guard ships, including three apparently carrying weapons, sailed into waters close to disputed East China Sea islands on Saturday, Japan's foreign ministry said.
The two countries are locked in a long-running dispute over uninhabited islets in the East China Sea known as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China. However, it is rare for so many Chinese fishing vessels to be spotted in the area.
After catching sight of the coastguard ships in the contiguous waters at 8:05 am (2305 GMT, Friday), the Japanese foreign ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau lodged a strong protest with the Chinese embassy in Tokyo, it said.
Israeli Company That Helped Build Gaza’s Wall Is Less Sure About Donald Trump’s
AN ISRAEL-BASED SECURITY company that provided intrusion detection technology for the barrier between Israel and the Gaza Strip has offered to help Donald Trump secure the U.S. border — but suggests that building an actual wall along every section of the border is not the way to go.
Sa’ar Koursh, the CEO of Magal Security Systems, told Bloomberg News that he would be happy to help Trump. “We would join forces with a major U.S. defense company that has experience with such projects worldwide,” he said. “We’ve done it in the past and we would definitely want to do it.”
For Magal, border-wall building is a lucrative enterprise. It has installed perimeter detection systems between the Gaza Strip and Israel, and has deployed its surveillance and intrusion detection systems in theoccupied West Bank.
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