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World’s largest freestanding cylindrical aquarium bursts in Berlin
BERLIN, Dec 16 (Reuters) – An aquarium in Berlin that was home to around 1,500 exotic fish burst early on Friday, spilling 1 million litres (264,172 gallons) of water and debris onto a major road in the busy Mitte district, emergency services said. Around 100 emergency responders rushed to the scene, a leisure complex that …
Breaking new ground: Nathaniel Berlin, Paul Marks, and Val Skinner
Nathaniel Berlin: Where did I go? What tangent did I come off of? Gretchen Case: This was just talking about the early days of Cancer Control. NB: Yes, right. That didn’t last very long. Rauscher went out, and I think he got [John] Bailar to develop the Control Program. Bailar didn’t last long at it. …
Breaking: IFA Berlin 2021 is canceled because of the coronavirus
The Germany tech expo IFA 2021 has been canceled because of uncertainties around the coronavirus pandemic. In a press release, Messe Berlin and gfu Consumer & Home Electronics GmbH have announced the key reasons for the cancellation – rapid emergence of COVID-19 variants in South East Asia and “continued uncertainties about the speed of the …
Anti-Israel protests: Riots break out in Berlin, Paris and London
AMSTERDAM — Many thousands of people protested against Israel in major European cities over the weekend as the latest Israel-Gaza conflict reached new heights. Several events featuring antisemitic rhetoric and rioting. In Brussels, London and Vienna dozens of men were filmed at rallies on Saturday shouting in Arabic: “Jews, remember Khaybar, the army of Muhammad …
Is COVID-19 breaking Angela Merkel’s political toolbox? – Interview with Janosch Dahmen | Germany| News and in-depth reporting from Berlin and beyond | DW
In her 15 years as chancellor, Angela Merkel has steered Germany through difficult waters many times. And when the pandemic hit Germany in early 2020, the country seemed to benefit from a leader who is a trained scientist and experienced crisis manager. So what went wrong? Janosch Dahmen worked as a doctor in Berlin’s clinics …
Graforce and Berlin Hotel Launch Negative Emissions Technology | Business
BERLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov 12, 2020– The Mercure Hotel MOA Berlin is set to become the first hotel and eventlocation worldwide with a negative CO 2 balance when generating heat. Thanks to the methane plasmalysis technology developed by Graforce, the MOA Berlin will not only generate its heat without any emissions. It will also be able to …
East Germany through its filmmakers’ eyes
BERLIN (AP) — As John F. Kennedy peered over the Berlin Wall into communist East Germany in 1963, red curtains blocked the U.S. president’s view through the Brandenburg Gate and a banner perched in front of it accused the United States of breaking an international agreement “to prevent the rebirth of German militarism.” A western …
Germany coronavirus: ‘Anti-corona’ protest in Berlin draws thousands
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Police said they had “no other option” but to disperse the protest Thousands of people have marched through the German capital Berlin in protest at coronavirus restrictions. Police imposed mandatory mask-wearing and social distancing – and by midday ordered demonstrators to disperse for flouting the order. The rally has been …
Europe George Floyd protests: Demonstrators gather in London, Berlin, Toronto
Demonstrators there and in Berlin waved signs reading “I can’t breathe” — some of the last words that the dying Floyd, captured by an onlooker’s video, gasped out in Minneapolis as a police officer pressed his knee down on Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes. London’s Metropolitan Police said they had made five arrests …