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Germany Champions Reforms While Industrial Model Faces Global Stress Test
Addis Fortune
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Jens Hanefeld, Germany’s envoy in Addis Abeba, touched down last September with a resume that mixes three decades of diplomacy, a decade running Volkswagen’s global lobbying shop and the trained eye of a historian. Serving as ambassador to...
Tone setting: The Briefing for 7 August 2025
Global Competition Review
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Credit: effjott.art/Shutterstock Tönnies, one of Europe’s largest meat-processing companies, is reportedly ready to escalate its beef with Germany’s Federal Cartel Office. The company’s co-owner has said it is contemplating a potential petition to...
JAY STANSFIELD INTERVIEW: Birmingham forward opens up on dealing with family tragedy, Tom Brady's influence on the club's winning culture and dreams of playing for England at the World Cup
Daily Mail
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August 4, 2025
Tom Brady might play the leading role in the Amazon Prime documentary on life at Birmingham City but the most poignant storyline lies elsewhere. Blues' American owners, with the backing of NFL legend Brady, believe they can reach the Premier...
Moderate gains and major revisions paint a mixed economic picture
AZ Big Media - Arizona
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August 4, 2025
The U.S. unemployment rate changed little in July at 4.2% while total nonfarm payroll jobs increased by 73,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ August 1st employment situation summary. Job gains occurred in ambulatory health care...
ECOSENS: Economic and social considerations for the future of nuclear energy in society
Innovation News Network
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August 4, 2025
The ECOSENS project provides a detailed picture of Europe’s perception of nuclear energy and emerging technologies. Nuclear energy, particularly using advanced technologies and/or small modular reactors (SMRs), is receiving increasing attention...
This Day in History on August 4: Britain Declares War on Germany, World War I Commences
EdGlenToday - Illinois
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August 4, 2025
August 4th has long been a date marked by moments that have shaped the course of history across the globe. One of the most impactful events associated with this date happened during World War I. On August 4, 1914, the United Kingdom declared war...
New mural addresses "disproportionate art access" in mountain town
CBS 4 - Colorado
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A new mural in one of Colorado's most popular resort towns is getting a lot of attention, not only for the man who painted it, but because what it can represent for the mountain community that's sometimes called "elite." The project was...
84 Per Cent of Germans Believe People Afraid to Speak Their Mind for Fear of Consequences
Breitbart
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August 4, 2025
More than eight in ten Germans said that they believe people are afraid to express their full opinions amid an increasingly censorious political climate in the country. A survey published on Monday by the Institute for New Social Responses (INSA)...
Foreign producers show interest in musicians from Kyrgyzstan
24.kg
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August 4, 2025
Kyrgyz traditional music groups have captured the attention of foreign music producers. The Ministry of Culture of Kyrgyzstan reported. The interest emerged during Rukh Sanat World Festival of Traditional Culture and Music, held on August 1–3 on...
Lidiya Yankovskaya joins list of classical musicians leaving U.S.
Chicago Sun Times - Illinois
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August 4, 2025
Among the ranks of classical musicians leaving the United States, there will soon be another name: Lidiya Yankovskaya, the former Chicago Opera Theater music director who is a familiar presence on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra podium. Around the...
International Chopin Piano Festival: 'Musical cocoon': Polish mountain town hosts Chopin fest
RTL Today
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August 4, 2025
A few hundred people gather in front of a large white tent in the peaceful spa town of Duszniki-Zdroj, nestled on the Polish-Czech border. Inside, the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra is preparing to open the 80th edition of the...
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Heidi Klum and Sofía Vergara Stun in Matching Best Friend Outfits on 'Project Runway'
InStyle
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Heidi Klum and Sofía Vergara stunned in matching best friends outfits for Project Runway. The German model wore a chartreuse-colored long sleeve dress, while the Modern family alum opted for a pineapple-yellow suit with a merlot-red vest. The...
Arajet showcases Dominican culture with new onboard music experience
Dominican Today
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Santo Domingo.- Dominican airline Arajet is reinforcing its cultural identity by introducing original Dominican music onboard its flights. Beginning this month, passengers will be welcomed and bid farewell with specially composed merengue and...
Crunchyroll Announces Several Series Pick-Ups at AnimagiC in Germany
Animation Magazine
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August 4, 2025
Global animate platform Crunchyroll held its Crunchyroll Panel at AnimagiC 2025 on Saturday, August 2, at the Congress Center Rosengarten in Mannheim, Germany. During the panel, several acquisitions of highly anticipated titles were announced that...
This Weekend in History on August 2 and 3: Adolf Hitler Becomes Führer of Germany
EdGlenToday - Illinois
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August 3, 2025
August 2 and 3 have long been days marked by transformative events that have shaped the world in significant ways. In the 19th century, August 2 marked a critical moment during the Franco-Prussian War. In 1870, the Battle of Mars-la-Tour unfolded,...
Minaris Advanced Therapies Opens New State-of-the-Art GMP Facility to Support Global Cell and Gene Therapy Growth
Korea Herald
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August 4, 2025
MUNICH, Aug. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Minaris Advanced Therapies, a leading global contract development and manufacturing organization and testing provider, has announced the opening of its new GMP manufacturing facility in Munich, Germany. The...
Video Stub for Gert Wellisch: Savior of Sand Island Lighthouse
PBS Wisconsin
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August 7, 2025
[music] Narrator: Sand Island, one of the westernmost of the Apostle Islands. Its centerpiece: a picture-perfect Gothic-style lighthouse built in 1881. During its four decades in service, Sand Island Light was home to two dedicated official...
Sydney Sweeney and Ana de Armas break the Internet with a star-studded trailer for a thriller that will shock you
MARCA
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August 7, 2025
Actualizado 06/08/2025 - 19:35 CDT Can Sydney Sweeney, 27, rise above her American Eagle controversy with a standout role in Ron Howard's survival thriller "Eden"? After a viral July 2025 ad campaign sparked accusations of promoting eugenics with...
Meet art dealer Larry Gagosian’s latest girlfriend, model Erica Pelosini
South China Morning Post
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August 4, 2025
“It” couples aren’t just a Hollywood phenomenon: it turns out the art scene can get hot and bothered over its own power pairings. One such figure whose love life has been a subject of gossip and speculation for years now is prolific art dealer...
How three singer-songwriters changed Sydney church music
Sydney Anglicans
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August 3, 2025
When a band starts making waves, stories always emerge about how its members first met – at school, at university, at the pub, gigging around. Around the turn of the millennium there was just such a meeting, when Rob Smith and Nicky Chiswell, who...