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A 23-year-old woman who was mauled to death by a dog in southwest Ireland appears to have been the owner of an XL bully. The woman, who was named locally as Nicole Morey, was killed on Tuesday evening at a house in Ballyneety, County Limerick, at around 11.40pm.Her body has been taken to University Hospital Limerick for a post-mortem. Irish broadcaster RTE said the dog involved in the attack was understood to be an XL bully.According to her social media, Ms Morey was the loving owner of what appears to be an XL bully.In one video on TikTok, she is…

German reunification may have happened back in 1990, but to many former East German citizens, the football divide still remains a sore point. Ten German cities are hosting the men’s European Championship from June 14 to July 14, but only one is in former East Germany (GDR): Leipzig. Berlin hosts the final, but the German capital’s Olympic Stadium is in what was West Berlin, formerly an island of capitalism surrounded by the communist East. Even counting Leipzig as eastern German football-wise has its quirks. The Bundesliga team that plays in the city’s Euro host stadium did not exist before 2009 when the Red…

The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday announced a quarter-point interest rate cut. The rate was lowered to 3.75%. This is the first reduction in five years. The eurozone has been grappling with inflation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Rates had been on hold since October. The ECB put in place several interest rate hikes starting in mid-2022. What did the ECB say about the cut? Inflation is projected to reach 2.5% in 2024. The ECB had previously foreseen an inflation rate of 2.3%. It is expected to fall to 2.2% in 2025 and 1.9%…

It came as a shock to Guatemalan exporters: according to media reports, China had recently banned the import of Guatemalan coffee and other goods. There was no official explanation. Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo, however, presumed there was a connection to his country’s ties with Taiwan. “We will take care of it,” Arevalo said. Apart from Paraguay, Guatemala is now the only Latin American country with diplomatic ties to Taiwan. Beijing regards the island nation as part of the People’s Republic of China. In recent years, Honduras and Nicaragua changed sides, turning their backs on Taiwan and seeking rapprochement with Beijing. Several small conflicts in Latin America The blockade…

India’s general election has delivered a surprise setback for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which failed to win an outright majority and now needs the backing of its coalition partners to be in power. Over the past decade, Modi and the BJP have enjoyed authority and dominance over national politics. His third term as prime minister, however, will likely be not as smooth-sailing as it was during the past decade, given the challenges of coalition politics. On foreign policy, though, the election outcome will not have much impact, say experts. Since Modi came to power in 2014, New…

England football fans have been told “don’t be dicks” as a German police chief asked them to refrain from singing the “Ten German Bombers” chant during this summer’s European Championship.The appeal comes after Three Lions fans were heard singing the song, which mocks German casualties during World War Two, at England’s friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina at St James’ Park on Monday. German police chief Peter Both has responded by urging England fans to refrain from its use during the Euros, which get under way in Germany on 14 June.Speaking on the 80th anniversary of D-Day, Mr Both pointed to…

“Role models are important so that other women realize what is possible,” Sabrina Wittmann said in an interview published on the website of the German Football Association (DFB) in early April. A few weeks later, she has become just such a role model. Appointed as interim head coach at Ingolstadt in early May, the 32-year-old went undefeated in her five games in charge. Now the club have announced that they have removed the “interim” tag from her title and the third-division outfit are set to enter the new season with her at the helm. In a statement, sporting director Ivo…

Turkey remained Europe’s most prolific jailer in 2022 with an incarceration rate of 405 inmates for every 100,000 inhabitants, pan-European rights organization Council of Europe revealed Thursday. The total Turkish prison population was reported at 348,265 inmates. Turkey’s prison population rate rose 15% year-on-year, in line with a long-term trend observed since the failed coup of 2016, Marcelo Aebi, the lead researcher for CoE’s annual penal statistics report, explained. “In Turkey, there’s a lot of people sentenced under anti-terrorism laws,” Aebi, a criminologist at the University of Lausanne, told DW. Ankara has blamed the attempted coup on supporters of the US-based…

The renowned “50 Best” list of the world’s best restaurants has been revealed in Las Vegas – with a new restaurant taking top spot.Disfrutar in Barcelona took the crown from Central in Lima, Peru (previous winners are ineligible and instead join a Best of the Best list). Eating the standard menu costs £247 (€290) – with an extra £136 (€160) if you want the wine pairing.To be fair, you do get around 30 courses.They also offer a unique menu for your table for between €1,050 and €390 per person – the more people, the less it costs. Read moreUK’s top…

There has been no official football league in Pakistan since 2019 due to various FIFA suspensions and political infighting but that is set to change. The Pakistan Football League (PFL) was unveiled this week in Islamabad. The new men’s competition, set to kick off in November, is not only different because it is franchise-based – it also headed by Michael Owen. The former Liverpool, Real Madrid and Manchester United striker is the PFL’s global ambassador.   Owen, who first went to Pakistan in 2021, believes the only way is up. As well as no regular league, the Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) has no president and the men’s…