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Huawei invites Griezmann to talk after he cut ties

(AP) - Chinese tech giant “Huawei opposes discrimi- software, I am announc-
Huawei wants to talk to nation of all types, includ- ing the immediate termina-
French soccer player An- ing the use of technology to tion of my partnership with
toine Griezmann about its carry out ethnic discrimina- the company,” Griezmann
human rights record. tion,” the company said in a wrote in an Instagram post
statement on Monday. “We on Thursday.
The Barcelona forward had do not develop or sell sys-
promoted Huawei's smart- tems that identify people by The soccer player challenged
phones in advertisements but their ethnic group, and we do Huawei to deny the accusa-
cut ties last week because of not condone the use of our tions, condemn repression
“strong suspicions” the com- technologies to discriminate of Uighurs, and use its in-
pany had tested facial recog- against or oppress members fluence to improve human
nition software intended to of any community.” rights.
help China’s surveillance of
the mostly Muslim minority Griezmann’s announcement “We have not and will never
Uighurs. followed media reports that support the use of technol-
Huawei had tested software ogy to discriminate against
Huawei responded by in- that could help China track vulnerable or marginalized internet companies, is at the to slash birth rates among Ui-
viting Griezmann to talk and repress Uighurs. groups,” Huawei said in the center of U.S.-Chinese ten- ghurs and other minorities as
and learn about its work “at statement. sion over technology, security part of a sweeping campaign
the highest level, inside the “Following strong suspicions and spying. to curb its Muslim popula-
company” to address human that the Huawei company Huawei, China’s first global tion, even as it encourages
rights, equality and discrimi- has contributed to the devel- tech brand and the biggest An AP investigation found some of the country’s Han
nation. opment of a ‘Uighur alert’ maker of switching equip- that the Chinese government majority to have more chil-
thanks to facial recognition ment used by phone and is taking draconian measures dren.

Kim wins US Women's Open debut with record-tying comeback

sports, she won wearing a grief of learning her father- cured the title.
mask. in-law died unexpectedly in
North Dakota on Saturday Ko, the No. 1 player in the
Starting the final, frigid night. She was in tears Sun- world who only recently re-
round at Champions Golf day morning on the range, turned from South Korea
Club five shots behind, the before rain pushed the final where she rode out the CO-
25-year-old South Korean round to Monday. VID-19 pandemic, also bird-
wore a heavy down jacket ied the 18th when it was too
between shots and delivered Olson, winless in seven years late to catch Kim. Ko closed
a 4-under 67 for a one-shot on the LPGA Tour, had a two- with a 68, one of only six
victory over Amy Olson and shot lead on the back nine players to break par in the fi-
Jin Young Ko. after 54-hole leader Hinako nal round.
Shibuno faltered. But she
Kim became the seventh couldn’t do anything about Shibuno closed with a 74 and
player to rally from five shots Kim’s late charge, and Olson finished two shots back.
behind in the final round of fell back when her hybrid
(AP) — A Lim Kim made for the largest comeback the U.S. Women's Open, and on the par-3 16th bounded Kim finished at 3-under 281
her first U.S. Women's and win the biggest event the first since Annika Soren- over the green and into thick, and won $1 million. She add-
Open appearance a mem- in women's golf. stam at The Broadmoor in brown rough, leading to bo- ed to South Korean domi-
orable one Monday, clos- 1995. gey. nance of this major, the ninth
ing with three straight And in the final major of this She birdied the final hole for winner in the last 13 years.
birdies to tie the record pandemic-disrupted year in Olson held her own amid the a 72 after Kim had already se-

Wolfsburg's Weghorst apologizes for playing down virus fears

(AP) — Dutch striker Wout We- “I know many people who have been the virus.
ghorst apologized on Monday infected with the coronavirus, and “You can tell that something was hap- Germany’s central disease control
for appearing to make light of therefore I know exactly what its ef- pening in the body. You can tell that center on Monday reported 16,362
the coronavirus in a social media fects are and how dangerous it can there’s still something, even if you new confirmed cases — about 4,000
post. be,” Weghorst wrote. “I merely want- don’t have symptoms,” Steffen told more than a week before. The Rob-
ed to point out that with this issue, as radio station NDR2 in a podcast. ert Koch Institute reported 188 new
Weghorst was trending on Twitter in with all others in general, you should “Every now and then you feel weak deaths, bringing the country’s death
Germany due to his Instagram story educate yourself as much as possible or have days in which it is more dif- toll to more than 22,000.
in which he seemed to endorse a and listen to as many different opin- ficult to breathe.”
message saying, “Imagine a vaccine so ions as possible.”
safe you have to be threatened to take Former Germany goalkeeper Jens
it -- for a disease so deadly you have Weghorst, one of the Bundesliga’s top Lehmann, a board member at Hertha
to be tested to know you have it.” scorers, plays for Wolfsburg, which Berlin, prompted a social media back-
has had four positive cases among its lash on Saturday when he seemed to
Weghorst added, “THIS!!! People in- players. Kevin Mbabu, Renato Stef- play down the risk of the coronavirus
form yourself,” prompting a backlash fen, Josip Brekalo and Marin Pon- by comparing it to flu. He deleted the
on social media. gracic all tested positive for COV- Tweet.
ID-19 since the outbreak began.
Weghorst deleted the story and apol- Leipzig coach Julian Nagelsmann said
ogized for any hurt or upset he may Steffen is still suffering side effects on Friday that South Korea forward
have caused. including a loss of taste weeks after Hwang Hee-chan felt “almost dead”
his infection. for a week when he was infected with