A Tafel (food bank) in the western town on Marl rejected accusations of racism on Thursday after it decided to stop serving single adults in the wake of the refugee crisis. Renate Kampe, the head of the charity in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia, told broadcaster WDR on Thursday that they would be accepting no new single adults for the time being due to the fact that they had reached the limit of their capacity to distribute more food. Source TheLocal
Israel is the first country to have used the U.S.-made F-35 stealth fighter in combat, the Israeli air force chief said on Tuesday in remarks carried by the military’s official Twitter account. Source: Reuters
Leaders of 5 Star and League choose an academic, Giuseppe Conte, to head the government, allowing them to lead from behind the scenes. Italy’s two antiestablishment parties nominated a political novice to become the next prime minister, a choice that would allow the parties’ leaders to operate as the powers behind the throne. Source: The Wall Street Journal
French President Emmanuel Macron’s trip to Russia this week once threatened to split France from its European allies. Now it’s part of a wider European effort to tie President Vladimir Putin to the Iran nuclear accord. Source: Bloomberg
