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Milan is proposing a new law to ban ice cream after midnight in an effort to protect the “tranquillity” of residents.For many, a late-night gelato is a part of Italian culture, but this is in danger under a new law being introduced in the city. A legislative starting paper has been filed by the city’s local government, and if passed it could see late-night ice creams banned as soon as next month.Covering 12 districts, the proposal would ban all takeaway food, including pizza, and drink after midnight in an effort to clamp down on noisy groups crowding on the streets…

The German Federal Prosecutor’s office on Monday said three German nationals were arrested under the strong suspicion of having worked for the Chinese secret service. Prosecutors believe the three may have been involved in research projects that could be useful for China to expand its maritime power. What are the allegations? The three suspects, Herwig F, Ina F. and Thomas R, were arrested by officers of the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) in the western German cities of Düsseldorf and Bad Homburg. The defendants’ homes and workplaces were also searched. The charges relate to espionage “at a point in time that cannot be precisely determined before June 2022.”Germany arrests…

India’s opposition Congress party has lodged a formal complaint with the Election Commission over a weekend speech delivered by incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Congress claims Modi “blatantly targeted” the country’s 200-million Muslims by using thinly veiled negative statements about “infiltrators,” which it said was a clear reference to Muslims. Speaking in Rajasthan on Sunday ahead of that state’s turn at the ballot box, Modi claimed that a previous Congress government had promised, “Muslims must have the first right over the nation’s wealth.” He went on to claim: “It will be distributed to those who have more children. It will be…

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing a widespread backlash after referring to Muslims as “infiltrators” during a campaign speech over the weekend. Congress, the main opposition party to Mr Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Monday reported the prime minister’s “deeply objectionable” comments to the Election Commission, saying they violated electoral law. The comments were made by the Hindu nationalist leader, who is seeking a rare third consecutive term since first being elected in 2014, during a speech on Sunday – just days after India’s mammoth, seven-week election kicked off.Almost a billion people across 21 states and territories are expected…

In the Afigya Kwabre district of Ghana’s Ashanti region, people like Kingsley Owusu are known for growing Ghana’s leading cash crop. Owusu and his comminity have been growing cocoa beans for over 30 years. For many years, the cocoa harvest had enabled him to take care of his children, who by now have all grown to adulthood. But now, at the age of 60, Owusu is worried about his own livelihood. “My production levels have gone down because of climate change and diseases. And illegal mining activities are also contributing to this,” Owusu told DW, adding that he barely makes enough to get by. Owusu used to…

Donald Trump tried to illegally influence the 2016 US presidential election by paying hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels, prosecutors alleged on Monday. The former US president faced court in Manhattan on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records over payments he made to his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, that prosecutors say were reimbursements for money paid to Daniels in order to bury her claims of a sexual encounter. “This was a planned, long-running conspiracy to influence the 2016 election, to help Donald Trump get elected through illegal expenditures to silence people who had something bad to say about his…

Rishi Sunak is to announce a £500m military aid package to Ukraine in its war against Russia alongside the UK’s largest provision of munitions so far.Some 400 vehicles, 60 boats, 1,600 strike and air defence missiles, and four million rounds of ammunition are included in the package. The announcement comes during a downswing for Ukraine as Russian forces have been gaining the upper hand in recent weeks.Read the latest updates on Ukraine-Russia warMoscow took the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka on 17 February and has been progressing ever since, occupying other villages. Last month, Russia launched an airstrike into Ukraine’s…

The late German football legend Franz Beckenbauer will be honored with a statue in front of Bayern Munich’s Allianz Arena, a club supporters foundation announced Sunday. The player and coach, also known as “der Kaiser” (the Emperor), is to be cast in bronze in an elegant pose as the game’s conductor. The Kurt Landauer Foundation said he will stand on a pedestal in the shape of the Bavarian flag’s rhombus. Beckenbauer, widely considered one of the best players of all time, passed away in January in Salzburg, Austria, and was buried in a cemetery south of Munich, near where he grew up.German…

The European Commission on Monday gave TikTok a 24-hour deadline to submit an assessment of potential health risks related to its new app TikTok Lite or face daily fines. It comes after TikTok “failed to provide” information earlier this month. TikTok Lite, a slimmed down version of TikTok, launched in France and Spain in March. It is optimized for slower internet connections and uses less memory. It enables users over the age of 18 to earn points that can be redeemed for vouchers or gift cards. The Commission says it wants the Chinese-owned company to show how it assessed the addictiveness and mental…

In the Afigya Kwabre district of Ghana’s Ashanti region, people like Kingsley Owusu are known for growing Ghana’s leading cash crop. Owusu and his comminity have been growing cocoa beans for 30 years or longer. For all these years, the cocoa harvest has enabled him to take care of his children, who all are now adults. But aged 60, Owusu now has to worry about his own livelihood. “My production levels have gone down because of climate change and diseases. And illegal mining activities are also contributing to this,” Owusu told DW, stresing that he barely makes enough to get by. Owusu used to produce about…