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One Hundred Years of Leica: How a Tiny German Camera Changed Photography Forever
PetaPixel - California
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August 1, 2025
This year, the world celebrates the 100th anniversary of a camera that revolutionized photography: the Leica I. Often called the Leica Standard, this compact 35mm rangefinder was introduced at the 1925 Leipzig Spring Fair and marked the beginning...
Dayton Art Institute reveals 2025 Oktoberfest details
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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“Oktoberfest isn’t just a beloved Dayton tradition, it’s the Dayton Art Institute’s largest fundraiser,” said DAI Director and President Michael R. Roediger, in a press release. “This weekend of art, celebration and community directly supports the...
Tom Cleverley looking to create winning culture at Plymouth Argyle
Plymouth Herald
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August 1, 2025
The Tom Cleverley era at Plymouth Argyle officially begins with their 2025/26 League One season opener against Barnsley at Home Park tomorrow. Appointed as head coach in June after the Pilgrims' relegation from the Championship last term and the...
New video shows Israeli-German hostage pleading for life in Gaza
Daijiworld News
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August 1, 2025
Daijiworld Media Network – Jerusalem Jerusalem, Aug 1: The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group on Thursday released a fresh video of Israeli-German hostage Rom Braslavski, who was abducted during the October 2023 terror attack at the Nova music...
Tejano Music Trailblazer, Flaco Jiménez, Dead at 86—Grammy Winner Collaborated With Bob Dylan & The Rolling Stones
American Songwriter
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August 1, 2025
Leonardo “Flaco” Jiménez, the iconic Tejano performer who collaborated with Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones, has died at age 86. The Tex-Mex accordion legend’s family announced his death in a July 31 social media post. “He was surrounded by his...
COVID-19’s Effect on Diagnoses in German Refugee Centers
Bioengineer.org
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August 1, 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic has left an indelible mark on global health systems, skewing not only the immediate response to infection rates but also altering the landscape of healthcare access for vulnerable populations. Nowhere is this more apparent...
Final US Report On Afghan Mission Paints Damning Picture
Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty
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August 1, 2025
A US body set up in 2008 to assess efforts to support Afghanistan has made its 68th and final quarterly report to Congress -- with damning details of waste and “pervasive corruption” over the course of the nearly 20-year Western intervention as...
German Foreign Minister visiting Israel as EU pressure grows over Gaza
The National News
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Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul is due to arrive in Israel on Thursday evening on a high-stakes trip to try to convince Israeli counterparts to allow more aid into Gaza. The foreign minister signalled Germany may be reconsidering its...
Will Germany raise retirement age beyond 67?
Deutsche Welle
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August 1, 2025
For German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche, there's a simple way to fix Germany's pension system: "We need to work more and longer," she flatly told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper in late July, instantly triggering a new debate...
Electrical workers uncover 5,000-year-old burial pits in Germany
Yahoo News
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Germany’s ongoing SuedOstLink high-voltage electric powerline project is one of the nation’s largest ongoing infrastructure endeavors. But construction along the 105-mile-long transmission route is also yielding some of the country’s most striking...
Conjunto music pioneer Flaco Jimenez is dead at 86
United Press International (UPI)
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Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Texas conjunto music pioneer Flaco Jimenez, 86, died while surrounded by his family at one of his son's homes on Thursday night, his family announced. Flaco was born in San Antonio in 1939 and began performing with Tex-Mex bands at...
Ana Ivanovic divorced husband Bastian Schweinsteiger after seeing clear proof of German's affair & girlfriend: Reports
Sportskeeda
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August 1, 2025
A recently surfaced report from Serbia suggests that Ana Ivanovic's divorce with Bastian Schweinsteiger stemmed from the former WTA No. 1 finding out for herself about the German soccer legend's affair with Silva Kapitanova, a Bulgarian woman. The...
Germany deports family to Iraq despite legal ruling declaring they can remain
World Socialist Web Site
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August 1, 2025
In the early hours of July 22, the Qassim family, including four young children, were violently awakened. Police officers immediately took them to the Leipzig/Halle Airport, where they were forced to board a plane to Baghdad for deportation to...
Music review: Walworth History Through Song (St Peter’s, Walworth)
Church Times
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July 31, 2025
OF SIR JOHN SOANE’s three churches, the first was St Peter’s, Walworth. It was a daughter church of St Mary’s, Newington, at the time in the diocese of Canterbury, and was consecrated by the Archbishop in 1825. A concert last month at St Peter’s...
Honey is part of our culture, nature, and future, say Igor Ganea and Yuri Skutaru, co-founders of the international company Le Souffle d’Adore
All Andorra
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July 31, 2025
Yuri Skutaru (left) and Igor Ganea (right) are entrepreneurs and co-founders of the international company Le Souffle d’Adore, which produces premium honey in the heart of Andorra. Their state-of-the-art facility, located at Encamp, stands out not...
Asia’s New Generation: Young Art Collectors from Seoul, Shanghai, Bangkok and Beyond
Frieze
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Soyoung Lee | Seoul, Korea Soyoung Lee. Photo: Jiuk Kim Installed high on a wall of collector Soyoung Lee’s home in Seoul is a dramatic fabric-and-wire sculpture shaped like a moth orchid. The recent acquisition is a piece from Korean artist...
Uncertain Times for Germany, Its Jewish Community and Its Relationship With the United States...
The Jewish Exponent - Pennsylvania
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August 1, 2025
Brian J. (“B.J.”) Hoffman Germany has arguably been Israel’s most loyal and dependable ally in Europe. Driven largely by its experience under the Nazi regime and its genocide of European Jewry during the Shoah, Germany has reckoned with its dark...
Flaco Jimenez, Texas accordionist who expanded popularity of conjunto and Tejano music, dies at 86
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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His family did not disclose a cause of death. Jimenez’s family had announced in January that he had been hospitalized and had been “facing a medical hurdle.” His family did not provide any other information on his medical condition at the time....
German tourist ‘Mama’ in Vilu Reef for the 46th time
Sun Online International
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German tourist Barbel Guard Richter, known affectionately by the team of Sun Siyam Vilu Reef as 'Mama', has visited the resort for the 46th time. When Mama arrived in Vilu Reef on Saturday, coinciding with Maldives' Independence Day, the resort...
Hamas armed wing releases video of Israeli-German hostage held in Gaza
The Indian Express
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August 1, 2025
The armed wing of the Palestinian militant group Hamas has released a new video showing an Israeli-German man taken hostage during the October 2023 attack that triggered the ongoing war in Gaza.The six-minute video, shared on Thursday, features...