As Germany readies to mark 35 years since the Berlin Wall fell, one symbol of the former communist East has become an icon of reunification, seen by millions every time they cross a street.East Germany’s “Ampelmann” or pedestrian “traffic light man” is now instantly recognisable thanks to his chunky outline and wide-brimmed hat.He almost disappeared …
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Sculptor Aung Naing Lin has spent decades carving Buddha statues to help guide Myanmar’s faithful — but getting the marble he needs from rebel-held quarries in the midst of civil war is now a perilous task.Buddhist-majority Myanmar has been mired in bloody conflict since the military toppled the government of Aung San Suu Kyi in …
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Hamas-run Gaza’s health ministry said Monday Israeli forces were bombarding the last partially functioning hospital in the territory’s north, as Israel formally notified the UN it is cutting ties with the main aid agency for Palestinians.Vowing to stop Hamas from regrouping in northern Gaza, Israel launched a major air and ground assault nearly a month …
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Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said Monday he did not have the heart to talk about football ahead of his team’s Champions League clash against AC Milan, because of the devastating floods in the Valencia region.Los Blancos’ La Liga match against Valencia on Saturday was postponed because of the situation in the east of Spain, …
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Quincy Jones, the polymath hitmaker who ruled the American music industry with a magic touch for well over half a century, has died. He was 91 years old.The singular artist was surrounded by family at home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Bel Air when he died Sunday, his publicist Arnold Robinson said in a …
France became the latest country to quit the International Boxing Association (IBA), to “guarantee French boxing its place at the Olympic Games”, governing body FFBoxe said in a statement on Monday.The IBA, the long-standing ruling body of traditionally amateur competitions, such as the Olympics, is involved in a brawl with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) …
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Panic buttons for poll workers, special weapons teams deployed on rooftops, and hundreds of National Guard personnel on standby. The 2024 US presidential campaign has been a particularly volatile one, and security for Election Day on Tuesday is being ramped up to unprecedented levels given concerns over possible civil unrest, election chicanery, or violence against election …
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Nearly 600 police officers in England and Wales were sacked in the year to March 2024, figures showed Tuesday, as police chiefs battle to restore public confidence after a string of scandals.The sackings — a 50 percent rise on the 394 dismissed the previous year — include 74 officers kicked out of policing for sexual …
Germany’s Foreign Minister visited Ukraine on Monday in a symbolic display of support but offered no concrete assurances as the war-battered country sounded the alarm over thousands of North Korean troops building up in Russia and diminishing foreign aid. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday that Kyiv believed 11,000 North Korean troops had reached the Kursk border …
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Thousands of rescuers pumped water from submerged buildings, churned through muddy streets and cleared debris on Monday as Spain braced for more deaths from its worst floods in decades.The toll stands at 218 dead — all but four in the eastern Valencia region after authorities revised the total from 217 late Monday — and could …
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