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The ‘good German’ who never forgot the kindness he received as a prisoner of war Spalding Gentlemen’s Society explores the story of a German prisoner of war who repaid the kindness shown to him.
Rutland Times
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August 3, 2025
A small, wooden jewellery box and a painted cradle in the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society collection tell a wartime story of “a good German”. The box was made by a prisoner of war who spent his captivity working for a farmer at Woolram Wygate, writes...
Mishkid turns tragedy to triumph through music
Punch
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August 2, 2025
Budding artiste, Meshael Felix, better known as Mishkid, is channelling his harrowing life experiences into his music. The singer’s early life was marked by a string of devastating losses. He lost his only sister in 2000. Three years later, his...
Crunchyroll Announces New Anime Series During Germany's AnimagiC 2025
Bleeding Cool - Illinois
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August 2, 2025
Posted in: Anime, Crunchyroll, TV | Tagged: AnimagiC 2025, Crunchyroll During AnimagiC 2025, Crunchyroll announced several titles, including Roll Over and Die, This Monster Wants to Eat Me, and many more. Crunchyroll reveals eight new anime series...
German word of the day: Zugluft
The Local - Germany
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August 1, 2025
Quick, grab your scarf, 'es zieht!' Knowing this term could help protect you from a rogue draft, which is a serious matter in Germany. There is something in the air in Germany. Literally. No matter the time of year - whether it's blazing sunshine...
Art: Creative Resistance in the Age of AI and Authoritarianism
Yellow Scene Magazine - Colorado
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August 1, 2025
My friends, in the year 2025, we are both living in the future and the past, with one foot in each. As Artificial Intelligence has become increasingly prevalent, Generative AI, such as ChatGPT, has become a commonly used tool in workplaces,...
German chancellor calls Gaza situation ‘unacceptable’
Middle East Monitor
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August 1, 2025
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday called the humanitarian situation in Gaza “unacceptable,” according to media reports. Anadolu reports. “One thing is clear to us: The situation there is unacceptable. It must end as quickly as possible....
German Foreign Minister Visits Taybeh, Near Ramallah, Amid Escalating Settler's Attacks
MENAFN
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August 1, 2025
(MENAFN- Palestine News Network ) RAMALLAH /PNN/ German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul inspected the aftermath of Israeli settlers attacks in the town of Taybeh east of Ramallah today, condemning the violence as organized terrorism and crimes...
German Educators Push For Islamic Religious Education to Be Standard Part of Public School Curriculum
TFPP Wire
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August 1, 2025
Germany’s largest education group is pushing for nationwide Islamic religious education in public schools, arguing it’s necessary for equal treatment and integration. But the move faces resistance, logistical hurdles, and growing public unease....
Germany’s angel of history is screaming
+972 Magazine
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August 1, 2025
For two months, Paul Klee’s notebook-page sized “Angelus Novus” (1920) hung alone in a small room at Berlin’s Bode Museum, the centerpiece of the much-anticipated exhibition “The Angel of History.” With its wide-eyed, jagged-toothed angelic...
I had £1,000 speakers and used to lie about on the floor listening to them: Boney M's Liz Mitchell on being rich in the 80s
This Is Money
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August 2, 2025
Liz Mitchell was the original lead singer with Boney M, whose chart toppers include Rivers Of Babylon, Rasputin and Daddy Cool. The band, founded 50 years ago, have sold more than 100 million records. Mitchell, 73, was appointed MBE in the King's...
Flaco Jimenez, 86, conjunto, Tejano music star, dies
The Antelope Valley Press - California
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August 2, 2025
HOUSTON — Flaco Jimenez, the legendary accordionist from San Antonio who won multiple Grammys and helped expand the popularity of conjunto, Tejano and Tex-Mex music, died Thursday. He was 86. Jimenez’s death was announced Thursday evening by his...
Nazis murdered my family in the Holocaust. Now Germany is punishing me for protesting Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Mondoweiss
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August 2, 2025
On Wednesday, July 30, I stood trial in a German court for my opposition to genocide, Zionism and for challenging Germany’s “reason of state,” which sets forth its unconditional military, ideological, and financial support for the fascist,...
How Bachata, the music of poor, Black Dominicans became a global sensation
Scroll.in
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What began as songs about heartbreak in the brothels and barrios of the Dominican Republic in the 1960s has become a worldwide sensation. Even the Bee Gees have gotten a bachata spin. Prince Royce’s bilingual take on the 1977 hit “How Deep Is Your...
ART Engineering brings interactive Flower Carousel to Lochmühle amusement park
Blooloop
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July 31, 2025
ART Engineering, an amusement ride manufacturer that develops roller coasters, dark rides, carousels, water rides and more, is celebrating the opening of a new Flower Carousel family attraction at Lochmühle amusement park in Germany. The colourful...
See/Hear: The Best Movies, TV and Music for August 2025
InsideHook
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Welcome to See/Hear, InsideHook’s deep dive into the month’s most important cultural happenings, pop and otherwise. Every month, we round up the biggest upcoming movie, TV and album releases, ask some cool people to tell us what they’ve been into...
German Police Raid Former Zelenskyy Adviser’s Home Amid Ukrainian Anti-Corruption Probe
EUToday
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August 1, 2025
14German authorities have searched the residence of a former senior Ukrainian official, Rostyslav Schurma, following a request from Ukrainian anti-corruption investigators. The raid took place on 15 July in Starnberg, Bavaria, and was carried out...
Euronews Culture's Film of the Week: 'Dracula: A Love Tale’ - Luc Besson’s accidental high camp gem
Euronews
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August 1, 2025
Mere months after Robert Eggers returned vampires to their Gothic roots with Nosferatu, his stylish exhumation of F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent German Expressionist classic Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, it’s now Luc Besson’s turn to sharpen his...
Israelis lament, and cling to, societal divides on a holiday mourning ancient disunity
The Times of Israel
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August 2, 2025
JTA — Two days before Tisha B’Av, the Israeli scholar Tomer Persico warned that the country was facing another destruction of Jerusalem, this time of its “moral and religious core” brought on by Israel’s conduct in Gaza. Citing the verse from...
Domestic violence in Germany has never been so high, new report shows
Euronews
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August 2, 2025
The number of victims of domestic violence in Germany reached a new high in 2024, German newspaper Welt am Sonntag reports, citing the latest data from the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA). Around 256,942 cases were registered—more than ever...
Thousands of people did something surprising after Germany banned the Pride flag
LGBTQ Nation - California
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August 2, 2025
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