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Australian Open: defending champion Wozniacki is out
Caroline Wozniacki needs to bury the dream of a title defence at the Australian Open. She loses against another Ex-champion, from Melbourne. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, however, not show any weakness. Defending champion Caroline Wozniacki has failed at the Australian Open of tennis professionals to Ex-champion Maria Sharapova. The Dane lost in the third…
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Google buys watches-competence
The fashion Label Fossil for Smartwatch technology. And the Texans seem to do so well, that the Internet giant Google has become aware of. Now the aim is to jointly develop and sell. With 40 million dollars, Google gets the watch specialists Fossil. A part of the development division of Fossil to switch to Google,…
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Investigative journalist in Ghana shot
The Journalist was involved in the uncovering of a major corruption scandal at the Ghana football Association. Furthermore, the Association’s President stumbled. Now a member of Parliament for the act is held responsible. Ahmed Hussein-Suale had been shot by the Unknown in the back of the neck and the chest, as if he had been…
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Why the case Magnitz made such headlines
The case of Frank Magnitz shows how the political debate in Germany is polarized in Parts. Populists such as the AfD will benefit from this mood – although they are also affected. Securing a crime scene after the attack on the AfD-politician Magnitz Pictures can say more than words, is a wisdom of the ages.…
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TV-duel in the Indonesian election campaign
Both Indonesian presidential candidates want to make their country “successfully” and “in the future.” The human rights violations of the past has left behind. In Indonesia, the two candidates for the presidential election are on 17. April, incumbent, Joko Widodo (“Jokowi”) and former General Prabowo Subianto, and their two Vice-presidential candidates, Ma’ruf Amin, and Sandiaga…
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Brazil’s vicious circle of violence
Public safety is the acid test for the new government of Brazil’s President, Jair Bolsonaro. The celebrated Anti-corruption judge and Minister of justice Sérgio Moro, to take action against crime and violence. In search of drugs, gangs: police operation in Rio slum Cantagalo–Pavão–Pavãozinho Burning buses and banks, bombs under the Overpasses. The first weeks of…
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The case of Anis Amri: A “valuable witness” in the Bundestag
A Syrian asylum-seeker reported to the parliamentary Committee of inquiry about his time with the Islamist assassin of Berlin. The witness puts the authorities in expository. Shortly after the assassination of the Islamists anise Amri on Berlin’s Breitscheidplatz in December 2016 Mohamed J. shared in the summer of 2015 to his room in an asylum-home…
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Qatar wins controversial match against Saudi Arabia
In the hostile atmosphere of the world Cup hosts of the 2022 through against the championship-experienced Saudi Arabia. Record Champion Japan is shaking briefly at the end wins. And also the Oman allowed to cheer. The atmosphere between the parties was friendly at this Asian Cup, But in the match between Qatar and Saudi Arabia,…
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DHB Team with a good performance against Serbia
Even if it is in the last group match of the Handball world Cup against Serbia, nothing more, shows the German team an ambitious performance. Two Berlin’s players form a strong axis. It’s hard to say whether the cheering was really loud when Paul Drux fired the Ball into the Serbian goal, or if Silvio…
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Ulrich Khuon: “You can say that the artistic freedom is in question”
The verbal attacks of the AfD against the German theatre have received a new undertone. The party is now a case for the protection of the Constitution. Theatre-artistic Director Ulrich Khuon is concerned anyway. The messages about the massive verbal attacks of the AfD against the German theatre and cultural scene sound disturbing: of the…
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Australian Open: Zverev, Wawrinka fails
Germany’s best tennis player, Alexander Zverev, in the third round of the Australian Open. In contrast, Ex-tournament winner Stan Wawrinka loses, as well as the German Philipp Kohlschreiber and Laura Siegemund. Alexander Zverev has achieved with great effort in the past two years, the third round at the Australian Open of tennis professionals. The world…
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No German weapons deliveries to Saudi Arabia
The Federal government has extended the stop for the Export of military equipment to Saudi Arabia. According to new Figures, the total exports of German weapons declined in the past year. Saudi Arabia’s crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is considered by many observers as the mastermind of the murder of Jamal Khashoggi The Federal government…
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Human Rights Watch: Not without hope
Especially the human rights violations of China and Saudi Arabia, denounces Human Rights Watch in World Report in 2019. Also in European countries there is criticism. However, the reason for quiet optimism. In spite of all the violations of human rights: Not all of them want to see the authors of the “World report 2019”…
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The hunt for League Primus Dortmund begins
Borussia Dortmund has gained an advantage in the fight for the championship. But the competition has not yet given up. But what are the chances of FC Bayern, Borussia Mönchengladbach and RB Leipzig? BVB-player and coach Lucien Favre (2.v.r.) cheer. If it were up to Julian nail man, then the FC Bayern should not be…
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Pacemakers with nuclear battery?
Nuclear mini batteries are small, maintenance-free and durable. Russian researchers have found a way without dangerous Gamma radiation, the duration of heart pacemakers could be significantly extended. On the way to medically usable nuclear batteries Russian researchers have achieved a major technological progress. They managed the radioactive isotope Nickel-63 as a possible energy source in…
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Deutsche Bank – no way out in sight?
The German Bank could make in the past fiscal year, for the first time since 2014 a profit – however, the American competition is already well ahead. How should it go further? In these Figures, a fear and worry can become Deutsche Bank. American large banks such as Citigroup, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Goldman…
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These companies threaten because of Nord Stream 2 US sanctions
The US Ambassador in Berlin, called on German companies to rethink their participation in Nord Stream 2. Can US sanctions put a stop to the construction of the Baltic Pipeline from Russia to Germany at all? “We continue to stress that companies involved in the Russian energy export sector, participate in something that is associated…
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Australian Open: Wawrinka fails in round two
The former Australian Open winner Stan Wawrinka loses in Melbourne his second-round match. Also for the German Philipp Kohlschreiber and Laura Siegemund, the first Tennis Grand Slam tournament of the year is finished. The three-time Grand Slam winner Stan Wawrinka is still looking for his best form. The 33-year-old Swiss lost in the Australian Open…
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Bauhaus festivities begin in Berlin
In 2019, hundreds of events, the characters of the legendary Bauhaus. To kick off the celebrations, Federal President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier paid tribute to the influence of the school of art architecture and Design. The training centre belong to the world’s most influential cultural impulses of Germany, said the Federal President on Wednesday evening…
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Albania wants open borders in the Region
The young Kosovars Gent Cakaj to be Albanian foreign Minister – but President Ilir Meta rejects the. Because Cakaj to support border changes in the Region, the Meta does not want to. Until a year ago Albanians barely knew the name of Gent Cakaj. Now, the 28-Year-old Kosovars all the rage. Edi Rama, the socialist…
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CERN: the accelerator ring of the Superlative planned
The new particle accelerator at CERN is to be called Future Circular Collider and 100 kilometers long. The physicists want to achieve even higher energy collisions than the present Large Hadron Collider. The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at the European organization for nuclear research, CERN, is known the world over. It is in terms of…
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OECD: the Integration of migrants is progressing
More migrants into Jobs, better services in the school: The OECD progress in the Integration of foreigners in Germany was recorded. Challenges remain, especially for low-Skilled workers. The Organisation for economic co-operation and development (OECD) sees “considerable progress” in the Integration of migrants in Germany. In Berlin, the OECD has presented a study according to…
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Reiners: “eSports is more than on the Couch play some games”
Yannick Reiners recently for eSports-Team of Borussia Mönchengladbach. In a DW Interview, the 23-year-old FIFA Gamer talks about the newly established Virtual Bundesliga “VBL” and his goals with Borussia. The eSport-FIFA Team of the Borussia: Stefan Beer, Michael Gherman, Yannick Reiners, Georgios Papatolis (v. l. n. r.) DW: this Wednesday, the Virtual Bundesliga (VBL). You’re…
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“One day we will have peace”: a Meeting with the Israeli author Lea Fleischmann
40 years ago, the Jewish Lea Fleischmann left the Federal Republic of Germany. Since then, she tried to explain to German Jewry. For that you got at the beginning of the year, the Federal cross of merit. A Meeting in Jerusalem. “You need to get to the house entrance Dalet,” says Lea Fleischmann. “Wait there,…