German official say growing numbers of pregnant immigrant women are paying German men to pose as fathers so that they can qualify for residency. German broadcaster RBB found up to 700 cases in Berlin alone. “There are many unreported cases” said Ole Schroder, a top interior ministry official.
Some pregnant immigrant women are reported to have paid fake fathers and solicitors as much as €5,000 to get paternity registered. Once that is done, the baby automatically becomes a German citizen and the mother has the right to stay.
Martin Steltner, a state prosecutor in Berlin, told ARD television there were signs of widespread abuse involving paternity, for example one man claiming to be the father of 10 children. The fake fathers rarely pay any child support, as many are living off social welfare, ARD reports.
Immigration is a major issue ahead of parliamentary elections in September. The influx hit some local authorities especially hard, as they struggled to house and integrate the new comers.
Redding, California
A northern California mother of two who vanished nearly a month ago is safe after being found bound alongside an interstate, Shasta County sheriff's officials reported Thursday. Sherri Papini, 34, disappeared on Nov.2 after leaving home to jog, her family said. Police and dozens of volunteers previously searched an area around Mountain Gate, an unincorporated community near Redding.
Shasta County sheriff Tom Bosenko said investigators now believe Papini was abducted. Bosenko said she was released by her captor or captors early on Thanksgiving Day along I-5 in northern Yolo County. Papini was taken to a local hospital where she was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and released.
Bosenko said investagors have not located a suspect or suspects. He said he didn't know a possible motive or whether the abduction was targeted or random.
New Delhi, India
India's crown is slipping: It can no longer claim to be the fastest growing major economy in the world. The annual rate of growth slumped to 6.1% in the quarter ended March 31, down from 7% in the previous quarter. That was much weaker than economists had forecast and means India has again fallen behind China, which recorded growth of 6.9% in the same quarter. Indian government figures released Wednesday showed that growth for the 2016 - 2017 fiscal year slowed to 7.1%, from 8% the year before.
The weaker GDP numbers suggest Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to scrap 86% of India's paper currency late last year might have halted India's economic boom in its tracks.
In a bid to crack down on tax evaders, Modi abruptly banned all 500 and 1,000 rupee notes -- the two largest denominatons at the time -- on Nov.8.
Kapoeta, South Sudan
At least 15 children have died in South Sudan from a botched attempt to immunise them against measles, officials say. They were vaccinated with the same unsterilised syringe, and the vaccine was not stored properly, according to an investigation into the deaths. The same needle was used over and over again, without sterilisation. As a result, the immunisation campaign caused severe infection and sepsis. The team administering the vaccinations was “neither qualified nor trained” to do so, the health minister said. About 300 people were vaccinated during the campaign in the Kapoeta region, including 32 other children who fell ill, but survived, Riek Gai Kok added.
Measles outbreaks in the country are a key target of the United Nations Children's fund (UNICET), which is aiming to vaccinate 1.2 million children this year. Sepsis is a potentially deadly immune response triggered by an infection which spreads quickly in the body. It can lead to multiple organ failure and death.
London, United Kingdom
Net migration to the UK was estimated to be 248,000 in 2016 -- a fall of 84,000 from 2015, figures show. The Office for National Statistics said the change was driven by “a statistically significant” increase of 40,000 people leaving the country. These were mostly EU citizens -- 117,000 emigrated, up 31,000 from 2015.
The ONS report from 2016 includes six months of data following the EU referendum. Its figures for the year estimated immigration at 588,000, with emigration of 339,000. The difference between the two gives the total for net migration. For the overall figures, the last time net migration was below 250,000 was in the year of March 2014.
Work remains the most common reason for international migration, with 275,000 people coming into the UK for work in 2016 -- down 33,000 from 2015.
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1709 - Sentence Translation
Sentence-1 Like food and shelter, clothing is a basic human need. One reason people began wearing clothing was for protection. Rough garments protected them from animal bites, scratches, and burns. Clothing also kept the people warm and dry.
Sentence-2 The professor said his best teaching years were between 35 and 50 because he was more open to new ideas. As he grew old, he became more mature, more responsible and sensitive to the world around him.
Sentence-3 Without disease or the aging process, the only things to kill humans would be accidents, suicides, and murder. If that were the case, our average life span would probably be 1,200 years or more.
Sentence-4 American community colleges provide general education courses for all post secondary students. According to statistics, this year over 12 million students were enrolled in community colleges, amounting to more than half of all undergraduate students in the US.
Sentence-5 The prospect of a hung parliament saw the value of sterling slide against the dollar. By Friday, sterling was down 1.7% against the dollar at $1.2735. The weakening pound makes imported goods' prices higher and reduces domestic demand.
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Although successful people and failures both agree that luck and connections are the main ingredients of success, they view these factors differently. Those people who fail say that they were prevented from succeeding by uncontrollable forces. They view luck as a throw of the dice, as an almost magical force. They believe that connections are an accident of birth. But that's not the case for successful people, who attribute their accomplishments to their own talent and effort. They are persistent and diligent. They see luck in terms of timing of taking advantage of opportunities as they arise. To them connections are not really a birthright. And they accept responsibility for controlling their own lives.
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According to a panel of scientists working for the WHO, climate change affects the fundamental requirements for health: clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food and secure shelter. Extreme high air temperatures contribute directly to deaths from cardiovascular and respiratory disease, particularly among elderly people. In the heat wave of summer 2010 in Europe, for example, more than 70,000 excess deaths were recorded. High temperatures also raise the levels of ozone and other pollutants in the air that exacerbate cardiovascular and respiratory disease. Urban air pollution causes about 1.2 million deaths every year. Globally, the number of reported weather-related natural disasters has more than tripled since the 1960s.
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