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Djokovic takes on French Open outsider as Alcaraz faces Musetti
AFP, Published on 04/06/2023
» PARIS - Novak Djokovic steps up his bid Sunday for a record 23rd men's Grand Slam singles title against Peruvian outsider Juan Pablo Varillas at the French Open, while world number one Carlos Alcaraz faces a tricky test in Lorenzo Musetti.
Sister city strains
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 28/05/2023
» City officials in the northern German port of Kiel were flattered this year when the Chinese port of Qingdao -- about 40 times its size -- proposed partnering up as a sister city. They rushed to embrace the offer.
Germany says controversial Chinese stake in Hamburg port to go ahead
AFP, Published on 11/05/2023
» BERLIN - The German government said Wednesday that it would allow a Chinese firm to buy a stake in a Hamburg port, after the terminal was classed as critical infrastructure.
Museums return silver lost to the Nazis
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 30/04/2023
» It was noon on Nov 10, 1938, when Nazi officers came to the door of William Bergman's Munich home, arrested him for being a Jew and shipped him off to the Dachau concentration camp, about a 30-minute drive away.
Charles III to remember WWII bombing victims in Hamburg
AFP, Published on 31/03/2023
» BERLIN: Britain's King Charles III will commemorate German victims of World War II Allied air raids on Friday, a gesture carrying great significance for both countries.
Charles warns Europe security under threat in German speech
AFP, Published on 30/03/2023
» BERLIN - King Charles III called Russia's war in Ukraine a threat to European democratic values Thursday in the first speech by a monarch to the German parliament but said allies like Britain and Germany can draw courage from their unity.
Charles decries 'scourge of war' against Ukraine
Published on 30/03/2023
» BERLIN: King Charles III called Russia’s war in Ukraine a threat to Europe’s democratic values in the first speech made by a monarch at the German parliament, but said allies like Germany and Britain can draw courage from their unity.
Leaps of joy
Life, James Keller, Published on 30/03/2023
» Presented in collaboration with the Tourism Authority of Thailand and B.Grimm, the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra continued their wonderfully varied 2023 concert season at the Thailand Cultural Centre earlier this month with a programme devoted entirely to the incomparable genius of German composer Felix Mendelssohn.
Transport 'mega-strike' hits Germany
AFP, Published on 27/03/2023
» BERLIN: Transport staff across Germany staged a major strike on Monday to push for wage hikes in the face of brisk inflation, bringing commuter lines to a halt in many cities.
Shaking off the laundromat blues
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 26/03/2023
» In last week's item concerning boutiques I wondered whether their influence could extend as far as the world of laundromats. My thanks to reader Jenifer Divine in Hamburg for informing me that in the German city's St Pauli district there is a laundromat dedicated to Jimi Hendrix which just about gives it boutique status.