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Germany has Apologized for a Leopard Joke that offended Africans

Germany apologized yesterday for using a leopard emoji  to mock Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Twitter, which offended Africans, the Associated Press reported, quoted by BTA.

Germany's foreign ministry joked with Russia's foreign minister during his tour of Africa, tweeting that he was not there to look for leopards but was trying to justify Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Editorial: Everything is in flux

In politics, as in everyday life, everything is in flux, and that view of the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus is today predominant because broader economic, social, public health, geopolitical and other conditions are constantly shifting and have an impact on society, changing the public's frame of mind.

US-China Officials Begin Trade War Talks in Beijing

US and Chinese officials have been holding a first day of talks in Beijing aimed at resolving their damaging trade dispute, reports BBC. 

Last year, both countries imposed billions of dollars' worth of tariffs on each other's goods.

The two-day talks mark the first formal meeting since they agreed to refrain from any further tariffs for 90 days.

Albania Company 'Falsified US Links' to Win Road Contract

The General Prosecutor's Office in Tirana told BIRN on Friday it would probe allegations that a company had used false documents to win an 18-million-euro public works tender in Albania.

 The Albanian-registered company allegedly pretended to be a branch of a major US-based contractor to get the contract.

Sentence of cleaning lady who faked diploma put on hold

A cleaning lady who doctored a certificate documenting her primary education so that she could be hired at a publicly-funded nursery has had her sentence put on hold.

A court in Larissa, central Greece, earlier this month sentenced the 53-year-old, who had worked in a nursery for 15 years, to 10 years in jail on charges of defrauding the public.

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