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In summer , Germany offers no small variety of sweet snacks to cool your pallet and soothe your sweat glands. Here is our guide to the best of them. If there’s one thing Germans enjoy, it’s eating with the seasons. From Spargelzeit (asparagus season) in late spring, to the mountains of Lebkuchen (Gingerbread biscuits) which can be found in households during the long winters, foods have their time and place. When it comes to summer there is plenty of choice, from healthy seasonal vegetables to tasty picnic food. Here are some of our favourite sweet snacks enjoyed by Germans during the summer months.   Spaghetti-Eis   What could be better than ice cream? No, really, what could be better than creamy cold sugary yummyness in delicious flavours on a hot day? Nothing. Nothing at all. Hmm but maybe… what about ice cream in the shape of spaghetti? Seriously, we love this idea, which was brought to Germany by Dario Fontanella, Mannheim’s answer to Willy Wonka. The ice...

LOS ANGELES :  All four Winston-Salem Open singles quarter-finals and both doubles semi-finals played on Friday. Top seeds Benoit Paire and Denis Shapovalov reached the semi-finals of the weather-hit ATP Winston-Salem Open on Friday, seeking a confidence-boosting title as they build towards the US Open. France’s Paire, ranked 30th in the world, survived an erratic second set to beat Spain’s Pablo Carreno - Busta 7-6 (7/5), 1-6, 6-3. He booked a semi-final meeting with American Steve Johnson, who downed Australian John Millman 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-4. Paire is seeking his third title of 2019 after victories in Marrakesh and Lyon while second-seeded Canadian Shapovalov is in just his second semi-final of the season. The rising Canadian star hadn’t won back-to-back matches since reaching the last four in Miami in March. But he appears to have turned things around with the US Open starting on Monday in Flushing Meadows, with the help of new coach Mikhail Youzhny. Shapovalov...

The 24-year-old from Hyderabad became the first Indian to achieve the feat by thrashing familiar rival Nozomi Okuhara of Japan 21-7 21-7 in one of the most lop-sided finals ever. PV Sindhu created dominating performance to outclass third seeded Nozomi Okuhara from Japan 21-7, 21-7 to win a gold medal in the World Championship s 2019 on Sunday. In the process, the fifth seeded  PV Sindhu bettered her 2017, 2018 appearances in the World Championships final and became the first Indian to win the marquee tournament. PV Sindhu, without breaking a sweat, closed the first game in 16 minutes. Nozomi Okuhara, on the other hand, continued to make unforced errors to allow PV Sindhu clinch the championship point and seal the final in 38 minutes. With the historic victory, the Rio Olympics silver medallist Sindhu leads the head-to-head battle against Okuhara 8-7. The 2016 Olympics silver medallist had previously beaten the Japanese in the Indonesia Open 2019. Sindhu completely took ...

Saint-Jean-De-Luz , France — Speaking at the G-7 summit in Biarritz in France, Trump praised Chinese President Xi Jinping and welcomed his desire for a deal. President Trump said on Monday that China is ready to come back to the negotiating table and the two countries will start talking very seriously.  “China called last night our top trade people and said ‘let’s get back to the table’ so we will be getting back to the table and I think they want to do something. They have been hurt very badly but they understand this is the right thing to do and I have great respect for it. This is a very positive development for the world,” Trump said.  “I think we are going to have a deal,” he added. “They have supply chains that are unbelievably intricate and people are all leaving and they are going to other countries, including the United States by the way, we are going to get a lot of them too”  “Actually we are getting along very well with China right now, we are talki...

In recent years , the country has rushed to pursue “intelligent education .” Now it’s billion-dollar ed-tech companies are planning to export their vision overseas. Experts agree AI will be important in 21st-century education—but how? While academics have puzzled over best practices, China hasn’t waited around. In the last few years, the country’s investment in AI-enabled teaching and learning has exploded. Tech giants, startups, and education incumbents have all jumped in. Tens of millions of students now use some form of AI to learn—whether through extracurricular tutoring programs like Squirrel’s, through digital learning platforms like 17ZuoYe, or even in their main classrooms. It’s the world’s biggest experiment on AI in education, and no one can predict the outcome. Silicon Valley is also keenly interested. In a report in March, the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation identified AI as an educational tool worthy of investment. In his 2018 ...

Visa has unveiled a suite of new security services and capabilities to detect and disrupt fraud threats targeting banks and merchants. These should help protect the integrity of the payments ecosystem by detecting and disrupting fraud threats targeting financial institutions and merchants. They are available to Visa clients at no additional cost or sign-up. “Cybercriminals attempt to bypass traditional defences by stealing credentials, harvesting data, obtaining privileged access, and attacking trusted third-party supply chains,” said RL Prasad, senior vice president for payment system risk at Visa. “Visa’s new payment security capabilities combine payment and cyber intelligence, insights from breach investigations, and law enforcement engagement to help financial institutions and merchants solve the most critical security challenges.” Among the free tools are Visa Vital Signs, which actively monitors transactions and alerts financial institutions of potential fraudule...