VOETBAL – Manchester United heeft contact opgenomen met Zlatan Ibrahimovic, die komende zomer transfervrij is. De ploeg van manager Louis van Gaal is daarmee Chelsea te snel af. ‘Ibra’ praat overigens ook met Paris Saint-Germain over contractverlenging. (Goal)…[+]
Nieuws volgens datum: 15 Mar, 2016
No change to Merkel’s migrant policy despite election setbacks
GERMANY – The German government has said there will be no change in the country’s immigration policy despite right-wing gains in three state elections. The anti-immigrant AfD party had campaigned against what it called Chancellor Merkel’s “catastrophic” decision to welcome a million migrants and refugees last year. But the AfD remains a minor force, especially in western Germany.
The poll was seen as a test of support for Mrs Merkel’s refugee policy. Her Christian Democrats (CDU) lost votes but remained the strongest party in the poor eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, where the AfD made its biggest gains, taking a quarter of the vote. That made it the second-biggest party there.(BBC)…[+]
‘Come grab it real fast’: Budget airline apologizes for sexist adverts
MALAYSIA – A Malaysian budget airline has given in to mounting pressure and apologised after it used photos of women’s buttocks to promote discounted flights. Firefly, a subsidiary of Malaysia Airlines, faced a backlash from the public, including women’s rights groups, for objectifying women in adverts that appeared online and in national newspapers last week. The images, which were posted on Facebook and emailed to subscribers, showed the lower half of women’s bodies, in pencil skirts, with flight discounts printed on their backsides. Firefly was heavily criticized after the ads were published last week. One was posted on Facebook under the headline ‘Come grab it real fast,’ with accompanying image that suggested a woman had sat in wet paint on a bench.(Daily Mail)…[+]
Car bombing in Ankara: Turkey seeks revenge
TURKEY – Turkey’s air force hit Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq Monday, hours after a car-bombing that killed 37 people in the Turkish capital, the state-run Anadolu news agency said.
Anadolu Agency says nine F-16s and two F-4 jets raided 18 positions of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK in the northern Iraq, including the Qandil mountains where the group’s leadership is based. Police meanwhile carried out raids in the southern city of Adana, detaining suspected rebels of the outlawed PKK, the agency reported. The private Dogan news agency said at least 36 suspects were taken into custody.
(CBS News). (Reuters)…[+]
