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The German Football Federation (DFB) has opened an investigation into reports that referee Fabienne Michel was subjected to sexist abuse by fans during a third-division fixture last weekend, according to German public broadcaster Sportschau. Michel, 30, is currently the only female referee in Germany’s top three professional football leagues and took charge of the 3. Liga game between SC Verl and Rot-Weiss Essen last Friday. In the build-up to Verl’s opening goal in the first half, she inadvertently stood in the way of Essen midfielder Klaus Gjasula as he tried to get in position to block the shot. “The referee ran…

Bosnian Serb police on Friday expelled a top German foreign ministry official from Republika Srpska (RS), Bosnia and Herzegovina’s ethnic Serb entity, after she met with opposition groups. German Secretary of State for European Affairs Anna Lührmann said representatives of RS leader, Milorad Dodik, threatened her with “violence” in the entity’s capital city, Banja Luka. In a post on social media, Lührmann wrote that Dodik had “demonstrated again his destructive behaviour.” “His representatives threatened me and my delegation with violence,” she added. Lührmann had to cancel her Friday meetings and left Banja Luka under police escort, according to the Bosnian national…

TikTok should already be shut down in the United States, according to the law. Last year, the Biden administration demanded that the Chinese video app’s US operations either be sold or face a nationwide ban over national security issues. Lawmakers were concerned how the company deals with US-based user data and possible Chinese government manipulation. The idea of forcing ByteDance, its Chinese owner, to sell to an approved non-Chinese owner received a lot of bipartisan Congressional support and was signed into law by Joe Biden last April. The federal law targets “foreign adversary controlled applications” and specifically mentions TikTok and ByteDance.…

US President Donald Trump has described an embezzlement case against Marine Le Pen as a “witch hunt”.It comes as the French far-right leader called for protests this weekend over her conviction. Ms Le Pen was handed a five-year ban on running for office after a court found her and two dozen figures from her National Rally (RN) party guilty of embezzling EU funds.The conviction will prevent her from running in the 2027 presidential election, where she was hoping to unseat President Emmanuel Macron.In a Truth Social post late on Thursday, Mr Trump praised Ms Le Pen and added: “She suffered…

Veteran Indian actor Manoj Kumar passed away on Friday at the age of 87. According to reports, he died in Mumbai due to heart-related complications. He was dubbed “Bharat Kumar” because of the patriotic nature of his films, focusing primarily on unity and national pride. Bharat is the ancient Sanskrit word for India. Modi offers says Kumar’s films ignited ‘spirit of national pride’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered his condolences on the passing away for the senior actor, saying his movies “ignited a spirit of national pride and will continue to inspire generations.” Kumar was also a member of Modi’s…

The release of Netflix’s “Adolescence,” which depicts the fallout from the online radicalization of young boys by misogynistic figures such as Andrew Tate, is highlighting what people have suspected for a long time: Spending too much time online has a detrimental effect on teenage minds.  The show is even impacting government policy decisions. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he’d watched “Adolescence,” which has spurred the UK government to examine how to address the “emerging and growing problem” posed by online radicalization of young boys. Every generation of parents fears teenagers are being corrupted by things outside their control: Socrates was accused of corrupting…

Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has firmly dismissed the repeated calls by President Donald Trump and his administration for the United States to take control of Greenland. “This is not only about Greenland or Denmark, this is about the world order that we have built together across the Atlantic over generations,” Mette Frederiksen said from Greenland on Thursday. Speaking at a press conference flanked by the island’s incoming and outgoing prime ministers, she switched to English to directly address the United States. “You cannot annex another country, not even with an argument about security,” she said. Greenland officially belongs to…

The German Football Association (DFB) announced Almuth Schult’s retirement on Monday. The 34-year-old has been without a club since leaving the Kansas City Current in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) in December last year. She is expecting her fourth child in October. “It was always clear to me that I would be available for the national team as long as my competitive sports career lasted. It has always filled me with pride to represent my country and to hear the anthem,” said Schult: “A career is marked by ups and downs, and I’m happy about every single one of…

South Korea’s Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday, months after the ousted president’s declaration of martial law threw the country into chaos. Yoon was not present in court to hear the verdict. In a nationally televised unanimous verdict, the court’s acting chief Moon Hyung-bae said the eight-member bench upheld Yoon’s impeachment, finding that Yoon’s martial law declaration “violated” the constitution, did not not follow correct procedures and interfered with the independence of the judiciary. The verdict also said Yoon violated his duty as commander-in-chief by mobilizing troops. Yoon: ‘I am so sorry and regretful’  Yoon apologized…

As expected, US President Donald Trump announced new tariffs on April 2. This batch of tariffs will hit both the country’s closest allies, like Japan, and adversaries, like China. At an elaborate ceremony in the White House Rose Garden, Trump said the day would “forever be remembered as the day American industry was reborn.” He added that the duties would bring in trillions of dollars “to reduce taxes and pay down our national debt.”  What has Trump proposed? The tariffs add a 10% tariff on nearly all imported goods from all trading partners. Additionally, reciprocal tariffs would be imposed on imports from dozens of countries. For imports…