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A former concentration camp guard has gone on trial 76 years after World War II ended for helping in the murder of 3,518 detainees at Sachsenhausen near Berlin.

Josef S is charged with aiding and abetting the shooting of Soviet POWs and the murder of others with Zyklon B gas. Time is running out for Nazi-era perpetrators to be brought to justice, and he is the oldest defendant to go on trial thus far. Lower-ranking Nazis have only recently been prosecuted. The conviction of former SS guard John Demjanjuk ten years ago established a precedent that allows prosecutors to charge persons with aiding and abetting Nazi crimes during WWII.

Direct involvement in a murder has to be shown up to then. Due to German privacy regulations, the defendant was identified as Josef S and escorted into a specially equipped sports hall at a jail in Brandenburg a der Havel, where the trial began under tight security.

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Two researchers have been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering the principles of a new type of chemical that can help make the field of chemistry more green.

The award was won by German researcher Benjamin List and British-American researcher David Macmillan. Born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1968, List holds a PhD from Goethe University in Frankfurt. He is currently the director of the Max Planck Institute for Cochlear Implants.

Born in Bellshill, UK in 1968, Macmillan holds a PhD from the University of California, Irvine, USA. He is currently a professor at Princeton University in the UK. The prize money of $ 11.4 lakh (Rs 8.2 crore) will be shared between the two.

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The top 16 airlines in Europe will refund within seven days of cancelling their flight. The decision was made in discussions with the European Commission and the National Protection Authority. The companies also said they were committed to providing information about their rights if the airlines were likely to cancel.

Aegean Airlines, Alitalia, Austrian Airlines, Air France, British Airways, Brussels Airlines, EasyJet, Iberia, Eurowings, KLM, Lufthansa, TAP, Norwegian and Ryanair are all committed to providing better conditions for passengers.

Airlines have also indicated that passengers with unused vouchers received by passengers during the early stages of the Covid 19 epidemic can be reimbursed only if they clearly select them.

Passengers who book a flight through an agent and find it difficult to get a reimbursement from them can ask the airline directly for their refund. Transportation Commissioner Adina Valian said the airlines were committed to resolving concerns, including reimbursement.

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Australia approves India’s Covid vaccine Covishield. With the launch of the International Air Service, passengers who have been vaccinated by the Covishield will be admitted to the Vaccinated category.

The decision is reassuring for many, including students from India. The ban on international flights will be lifted next month. The Chinese vaccine is approved by Sinovac, along with Covishield.

At the same time, the World Health Organization (WHO) says that covid mortality rates are declining worldwide. The last week of September saw 33 lakh new cases and 55,000 deaths. 10% less than the previous week.

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Rachel Haynes, Australian women’s cricketer and vice-captain of the team, shares the joy of giving birth to a baby boy amid frustration at not being able to play in the lone cricket Test against India. Rachel Haynes, who made headlines for her same-sex marriage, and Australian star life partner Lee Polton gave birth yesterday. Haynes wrote on social media that the baby was named Hugo Polton Haynes.

Haynes, who was part of the Australian team for the Pink Ball Test against India, suffered a hamstring injury during the ODI series. Haynes returned to Sydney with the assurance that he would not be able to play due to injury. It was after this that Haynes’ partner Lee Polton gave birth to the baby.

The baby was born last August to Australian pace bowler Megan Schutz and her partner Jess Holioke, who made history in international cricket through same-sex marriage. Megan Schutz and Jess were married in March 2019. Amy Satterthwaite and Lee Tahoo, a gay couple in New Zealand cricket, also shared the good news of the baby’s birth on social media. The couple gave birth on January 13. The couple’s Lee Tahoo revealed the birth of the baby on Instagram.

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Two Belarusian coaches are being investigated for allegedly attempting to coerce an athlete to return home from the Tokyo Olympics.

After criticising her trainers, Krystsina Tsimanouskaya claims she was transported to the airport in Tokyo against her will. After expressing concerns about her safety, the athlete was given police protection and later granted refuge by Poland. The International Olympic Committee and the World Athletics Federation have launched a “formal procedure” into the matter.

The inquiry against the two coaches, who had their Olympic accreditations revoked and were withdrawn from the Games, will be conducted by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).

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Switzerland allows same-sex couples to marry and adopt. Sixty-four percent voted in favor of a referendum seeking permission to amend the law.

Switzerland has become the 29th country in the world to legalize heavenly marriage and one of the last countries in Western Europe. Although same-sex couples have so far had civil registration permission for their partnership, this did not give a partner with foreign citizenship equal rights to marriage, including obtaining Swiss citizenship and joint adoption of children.

The law will come into effect from July 1 next year. While the Catholic Bishops’ Conference opposed the law reform, the Protestant Church supported the referendum.

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According to a new rule proposed by the European Commission, manufacturers will be required to develop a universal charging solution for phones and small electronic devices (EC).

The goal is to reduce waste by encouraging people to reuse their old chargers when purchasing a new gadget. According to the plan, all smartphones sold in the EU must include USB-C chargers. Apple has stated that such a move would be detrimental to innovation. Apple’s iPhone series has an Apple-designed “Lightning” connector, making it the most popular smartphone with a unique charging port.

“We continue to be concerned that tight regulation mandating only one type of connector stifles rather than encourages innovation, harming consumers in Europe and around the world,” the company told the BBC. It went on to say that by 2030, it wants every Apple device and usage to be carbon neutral.

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Despite his father’s concerns, a 12-year-old child in the Dutch city of Groningen has won a legal battle to get vaccinated against Covid-19 so that he can visit his dying grandma.

A judge concluded that the vaccination would lessen his risks of infecting the woman, who has advanced cancer. Vaccines have been approved for Dutch children aged 12 to 17, however children under the age of 17 require the consent of both parents. Vaccine scepticism is on the rise in the United States.

The boy should be vaccinated as soon as possible, according to Groningen District Court Judge Bart Tromp, because his interests were more essential than his father’s fears. Judge Tromp dismissed the boy’s father’s claims that immunizations were “in the testing phase” and presented hazards to reproductive organs, claiming that they lacked scientific support. While children were less likely to become extremely ill as a result of the infection, he warned that they could have long Covid.

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The UK government has clarified its position on Covishield, stating that the major concern is vaccination certification, not the vaccine itself. Alex Ellis, the British High Commissioner to India, indicated that all sides are in talks to address the issue.

“We’ve established that Covishield isn’t a concern. The UK is welcoming to visitors, and we’ve already seen a large number of visitors from India, whether they’re tourists, businesspeople, or students “According to Ellis. He went on to say that India and the United Kingdom “have been having deep technical discussions regarding certification, with the builders of the CoWIN and NHS apps, about both apps.”

More than 62,500 student visas were issued “in the year ending June 2021,” according to the UK High Commissioner to India, a nearly 30% increase over the previous year. According to UK regulations, Indian travellers who have received both doses of the Covishield vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India (SII) are considered unvaccinated and must complete a 10-day period of self-isolation.

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