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Germany pledges additional military aid for Ukraine and spearheads European rearmament drive
World Socialist Web Site
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August 15, 2025
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attends a cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, August 6, 2025, [AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi]Germany is participating in the new NATO military aid package for Ukraine and will contribute...
UAH Hosts Students From Germany and Southeastern U.S. At International Space Weather Camp
Newswise
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August 14, 2025
BYLINE: Russ Nelson Newswise — The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, recently welcomed students from across the Southeastern U.S. and (ISWC), a two-week immersive program exploring space weather...
Music, art, wines from around the world and Oktoberfest celebrations in the Vail Valley this weekend
Vail Daily - Colorado
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Bachman-Turner Overdrive Get ready to head down the memory lane of classic rock with Bachman-Turner Overdrive on Saturday at the Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek. The 1970s rockers will take you back in time with hits like “Takin’ Care...
SLIPKNOT Reportedly Nearing $120 Million Deal For Music Royalties And Publishing
Blabbermouth - California
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August 14, 2025
According to Billboard, SLIPKNOT is close to completing a deal to sell its music catalog for approximately $120 million. The deal between members of the long-running metal band and HarbourView Equity Partners includes the rights to SLIPKNOT's...
German youth explores sustainable heritages in southwest China province
Borneo Post
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August 14, 2025
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Threads WhatsApp Telegram Kuch tries on Miao batik and silver accessories while participating in a “Village T” fashion show in Kaili, southwest China’s Guizhou Province on July 5, 2025. – Xinhua photo GUIYANG (Aug 15):...
How Movies Make Music Fans: Billy Joel Documentary Shows How the Right Film Can Win New Audiences
Billboard
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August 15, 2025
Music films don’t get much respect — most of the older ones are basically brand extensions, and many of the new ones are extended ads. These days, most biopics and “rockumentaries” are made at least partly to introduce older artists to a new...
The Other Frankfurt: Germany’s Off-the-Radar City on the Polish Border
Go World Travel Magazine - Colorado
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August 14, 2025
Frankfurt an der Oder, Germany's border city with Poland. Image by Teka77 from Getty Images via Canva Frankfurt… When you hear that word, you think of that splendid, vibrant German city, Frankfurt am Main. There is, however, another Frankfurt,...
Tuggar urges deeper Nigeria-Germany cultural relations
Peoples Gazette
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August 14, 2025
Nigeria’s minister of foreign affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has underscored the need for investors to leverage Nigeria-Germany cultural ties to drive the country’s growth. Mr Tuggar gave the advice while receiving the Salute Nigeria Initiative,...
World Humanoid Robot Games Opens with Street Dance, Martial Arts, Music
Design and Development Today - Wisconsin
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August 14, 2025
BEIJING (AP) — Humanoid robots hip-hop danced, performed martial arts and played keyboard, guitar and drums at the opening ceremony of the first World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Thursday evening. The competition begins Friday with more...
How this Montrealer became a rising star in the world of tabletop miniature painting
CBC/Radio-Canada
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August 14, 2025
Alex Dos Santos is not your typical artist. He never trained professionally in drawing, painting or other visual arts. And nothing in his engineering background would hint at his passion for artistry. But what's even more unconventional is his...
The descendant of the only German officers who survived a plot to kill Hitler tells her family’s fascinating story
Northeastern Global News - Massachusetts
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August 14, 2025
Northeastern Hillel’s Rabbi Sara Paasche-Orlow is descended from German resistance fighters, spies and post-war Nazi hunters whose stories of fighting against the Nazi regime impact her spiritual practice today. General Kurt von...
Mother Of Fallen Soldier Meets Jamey Johnson, Shares Heartfelt Story Of Son’s Love For His Music
Whiskey Riff
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August 14, 2025
Jamey Johnson has always had a long-history of military service. Serving four years in the Marine Corps Reserve, the “In Color” singer reached the rank of corporal in Company L, 3rd Battalion 23rd Marines as a mortarman. Famously, he began...
Frontier Culture Museum celebrates 250 years of American independence
WMRA & WEMC - Virginia
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August 14, 2025
As the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of independence from Great Britain, the Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton is considering the unique contributions of the people of Virginia’s frontier to American independence. WMRA’s Meredith...
Nudist night at German history museum is a sell out
The Times
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The dress code for the evening tours of the Baden-Württemberg House of History in Stuttgart is bald in its simplicity: guests are asked to turn up with a small towel to sit on, and nothing else. “We ask for your understanding,” the invitation...
Jiangbing Zhou named the Nixdorff-German Professor of Neurosurgery
Yale University - Connecticut
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August 14, 2025
Jiangbing Zhou, a pioneer in the development of the stimuli responsive traceless engineering platform (STEP) technology which has the potential to revolutionize genome editing, was recently appointed the Nixdorff-German Professor of Neurosurgery,...
Connecting the Heavens and Earth Through Art
Hyperallergic
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August 14, 2025
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Turkish, Arabic names face highest bias in Germany’s job market
Sabah
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August 14, 2025
A new study conducted by Siegen University has exposed deep-rooted name-based discrimination in Germany’s job market, finding that applicants with Arabic or Turkish names receive far fewer responses from employers than those with German-sounding...
Seth Boustead, composer and cofounder of Access Contemporary Music
Chicago Reader - Illinois
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August 14, 2025
Credit: Alain Milotti Seth Boustead is a composer, pianist, and arts manager. Raised by a single mother in Missouri and Arizona, Boustead studied composition at the University of Missouri, then moved to Chicago in 1995. In 2004, he cofounded the...
“There is no censorship here in Germany,” Federal Government Says
The European Conservative
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August 14, 2025
The German government has dismissed a U.S. human rights report alleging restrictions on freedom of expression in Germany, while a prominent opposition leader endorsed the criticism of the government. The U.S. report claimed that free speech is...
German Progressives Go After AfD Again
The European Conservative
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August 14, 2025
At a time when Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has emerged as the most popular political force in the country, overtaking even the traditional parties that have governed for decades, Germany’s state apparatus—together with allied cultural and...