Christopher Millerflipped into Around BerlinTesla Inside Tesla’s Attack on Germany’s Auto Establishment Bloomberg - Stefan Nicola German rangers stand guard to shoo away visitors from a nondescript stretch of forest near Berlin, where a sign nearby warns of “Lebensgefahr” …
Christopher Millerflipped into GermanyOrgan Donation Too old for new heart? Germany faces dearth of organ donors Reuters - Reuters EditorialBERLIN (Reuters) - Siegfried Richtsteig has been waiting in hospital for more than 130 days for a heart that would allow him to do the things he enjoyed most, like playing with his grandchildren, before
Christopher Millerflipped into StufftrestsEntertainment (UK) Attenborough warns of climate 'crisis moment' bbc.co.uk - David Shukman "The moment of crisis has come" in efforts to tackle climate change, Sir David Attenborough has warned.
Christopher Millerflipped into GermanyBusiness U.S. private equity "plague" descends on Germany's elevator industry Axios - Dan Primack In 2005, a top German politician famously referred to private equity as a "plague of locusts," long predating U.S. political hostility toward the …
Christopher Millerflipped into StufftrestsEnvironment 'It's heart-wrenching': 80% of Blue Mountains and 50% of Gondwana rainforests burn in bushfires The Guardian - Lisa Cox and Nick EvershedAt least 80% of the Blue Mountains world heritage area and more than 50% of the Gondwana world heritage rainforests have burned in Australia’s ongoing bushfire crisis. The scale of the disaster is such
Christopher Millerflipped into GermanyThe Arts In Germany, a Jewish Millennial Argues That the Past Isn’t Past The New York Times - Valeriya SafronovaESSEN, Germany — Growing up in the 1990s in Berlin, the writer Max Czollek remembers, he and classmates occasionally unearthed human bones when they were playing outside their school. Years later, he that
Christopher Millerflipped into GermanyBusiness Germany Considers The Cost Of Kissing Coal Goodbye Forbes - Stephen PopeIn these days of heightened climate change awareness, Germany, the largest economy in Europe and fourth largest in the world is hastening its plans to stop using coal. As a result, certain utilities are
Christopher Millerflipped into GermanyGermany Germany's other migration wave: the pensioner exodus Reuters India - By Stoyan Nenov and Thomas EscrittSIRAKOVO, Bulgaria (Reuters) - As retirement neared a decade ago, German butcher Waldemar Hackstaetter took stock of his finances and concluded he and wife Hildegard couldn't afford to remain in their
Christopher Millerflipped into StufftrestsOpinion Want to Stop Australia’s Fires? Listen to Aboriginal People The New York TimesCARPENTARIA, Australia — Aboriginal people in this country firmly believe that we are the longest-surviving culture in the world. We were raised with the knowledge that our ancestors have adapted to changing
Christopher Millerflipped into Europe on my mindTravel (Australia) World's best airport: Munich Airport is Europe's best, and it might be the world's traveller.com.au - Ben Groundwater There's a European airport that has its own brewery. A real brewery. It has a beer garden too, one that is actually covered by a glass roof but which …
Christopher Millerflipped into Germany Lübeck, Germany After Dark gypsynester.com Visiting Lübeck, Germany was one of those lucky coincidences that sometimes happen when traveling. We chose it as a stopover on our wintertime …
Christopher Millerflipped into GermanyJewish Culture The British Jews Who Want to Go Back to Germany tabletmag.com - Vladislav Davidzon Three nights before the British elections, London was teetering in the state of anxious discomposure that had become its new normal. Soon, the …
Christopher Millerflipped into GermanyAutos Testing Porsche's new 911 in Germany Car and Driver - Tony Quiroga"I don't think I'd vacation in Germany," declared our British photographer and now German resident, Tom Salt, as we poured along the A7 autobahn in a 2020 Porsche 911 Carrera S at a blissful 130 mph. words
Christopher Millerflipped into Europe on my mindLifestyle (UK) Rhine River: 10 unmissable sights to explore Good Housekeeping - Alex McFadyen Starting high up in the Swiss Alps and flowing through Germany to the Netherlands, the Rhine River travels through some of Europe’s best-loved …
Christopher Millerflipped into GermanyAuschwitz 'Only eyes': Auschwitz liberator recalls death camp inmates 75... Reuters - Reuters EditorialMUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - His jacket sparkling with war medals, 96-year old David Dushman holds back the tears as he remembers the eyes of emaciated prisoners at the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz which
Christopher Millerflipped into StufftrestsWollemi National Park Australia's prehistoric Wollemi pine trees saved from bushfires in secret government mission CNN - By Sara Spary, CNN(CNN) — An ancient grove of pine trees whose ancestors are thought to have stood tall among dinosaurs some 200 million years ago has been saved from Australian bushfires in a covert firefighting mission.
Christopher Millerflipped into Around BerlinBerlin Berlin Tempelhof Airport: The Legend of Tempelhof getyourguide.com • Take a look behind the scenes at one of the most spectacular buildings in Europe • Learn all about the former airport's varied history • Hear about the …
Christopher Millerflipped into GermanyBerlin In Brief: Fridays for Future protests erupt in Germany against Siemens support of Australian coal mine project kcrwberlin.com - By Omnified Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser said the company will move forward with their role in supporting the construction of a coal mine in Australia, despite a …
Christopher Millerflipped into StufftrestsAuschwitz The first official transport to Auschwitz brought 999 young women. This is their story. National Geographic - Heather Dune Macadam“I thought we were going on an adventure.” Survivors of the death camp in Poland recall the growing realization that they were prisoners. “We opened and closed Auschwitz,” Edith Grosman says. Edith and
Christopher Millerflipped into StufftrestsAging Some trees can live for more than 1,000 years and scientists may have figured out why CNN - By Katie Hunt, CNN(CNN) — Some trees can live for centuries or even millennia but the secrets behind their long life spans have eluded scientists. However, new research has found that the ginkgo tree, which can live more
Christopher Millerflipped into Around BerlinEast Berlin How Berlin's Mietskaserne Tenements Became Coveted Urban Housing CityLab - Feargus O'SullivanWhy do mid-rise tenements dominate Berlin? The Mietskaserne, or “rental barracks,” have shaped the city’s culture and its counterculture. Editor’s note: This is the second article in a series on the home
Christopher Millerflipped into Around BerlinSpandau Zum 75. Jahrestag der Auschwitz-Befreiung suchen wir Gedenkorte in Berliner Kiezen tagesspiegel.de - André Görke Geschichte, Aktualität und Hintergrund in unseren Leute-Newslettern, dienstags aus Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Marzahn-Hellersdorf und Spandau. …
Christopher Millerflipped into GermanyArt Have the Thieves Behind the Jewel Heist at Dresden’s Green Vault Made a $10 Million Ransom Demand? artnet.com - Naomi Rea German authorities reject the claims made by an Israeli security company that the thieves are trying to sell the missing jewels on the dark web. The …
Christopher Millerflipped into GermanyElectric Vehicles More than 400,000 German jobs at risk in switch to electric cars:... Reuters - Reuters EditorialFILE PHOTO: Cars drive through the "Sandkamp Gate" to the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, September 23, 2015. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt BERLIN (Reuters) - The shift to electric vehicles could cost
Christopher Millerflipped into StufftrestsWorld News Why officials are dumping food over the Australia fires CNN Officials in Australia are air dropping thousands of pounds of foods like carrots and sweet potatoes from planes to help feed wildlife affected by the fires.
Christopher Millerflipped into GermanyLeben So soll Clärchens Seele weiterleben tagesspiegel.de - Laura Hofmann Musik aus, Licht an, Clärchens Ballhaus hat ausgeschwoft. Doch es gibt Pläne, wie es für die Berliner Nachtleben-Legende weitergehen soll – trotz …
Christopher Millerflipped into StufftrestsNews With Earthquakes and Storms, Puerto Rico’s Power Grid Can’t Catch a Break The New York Times - Patricia Mazzei, Ivan Penn and Frances RoblesSAN JUAN, P.R. — After the devastation of Hurricane Maria, the federal government set aside nearly $2 billion to fix the electrical transmission lines in Puerto Rico, hoping to avert another epic blackout.
Christopher Millerflipped into GermanyNews Germany: Evacuations as Dortmund scans for suspected WWII bombs DW News - DW English Evacuations of some 14,000 residents have begun in Dortmund, in western Germany, as experts prepare to find and disarm four bombs suspected lurking …
Christopher Millerflipped into StufftrestsAnimals Madagascar’s famous lemurs could lose their rainforest by 2080 National Geographic - Rainforests 101Deforestation and climate change could wipe out much of the island’s rainforests, a new model says—but society is not powerless to stop it. High in the canopies of Madagascar’s eastern rainforests live
Christopher Millerflipped into StufftrestsScience Logging is corrupting these islands. One village fights back—and wins. National Geographic - By John Beck and Monique JaquesThe Solomon Islands is being stripped bare by foreign logging companies, in some cases acting illegally. A community takes action to preserve its future. It was mid-February 2018 when villagers in the
TechCrunchflipped into Top Stories What Berlin’s top VCs want to invest in right now TechCrunch - Eric PeckhamBerlin rose as one of Europe’s leading startup hubs over the last decade, featuring unicorns N26, Delivery Hero, HelloFresh, and Auto1 Group. Berlin attracts developers from Eastern Europe and elsewhere
Herton Leandro Schünemannflipped into Interessante 29 of The Most Surreal Landscapes on The Planet You Must See ScienceAlert - TALIA AVAKIAN Earth is full of bizarre landscapes. Some are land formations moulded over thousands of years, while others are human-made creations that have …
jcrueflipped into jcrue's news One in 20 British adults does not believe the Holocaust happened - will this help them to remember? The Telegraph - By Luke MintzTheresa Klau so nearly made it to the end of the war. Known by her friends as ‘Resa’, the mother-of-two lived a comfortable life in Frankfurt before the Nazi takeover, even travelling to Cairo to see pyramids
The Washington Postflipped into Post Editors' Picks At Germany’s last nuclear base, fears of a new arms race as U.S.-Russia treaty collapses The Washington Post - Griff Witte“It’s so nice here. I didn’t know about the bombs. They were secret,” said Koller, a gray-haired former pharmacist. “When I found out, I thought, ‘The military doesn’t need them anymore. They’ll be gone
Associated Pressflipped into Business and Finance Germany sees biggest wine harvest since '99 after hot summer Associated PressBERLIN (AP) — An industry group says German winemakers are on track for their biggest grape harvest in nearly 20 years after a long, hot summer that shriveled many other farmers’ crops. The German Wine
The Economist Two giant engineering projects will alter the European landscape The Economist The Malmo-Palermo expressTwo giant engineering projects will alter the European landscape Two giant projects should improve links between Europe’s …
Jeff Buhmannflipped into German HistoryIcon version of the Flipboard logo German government giving up on digital reassembly of shredded Stasi files, resorting to manual puzzlings boingboing.net - Cory Doctorow When it collapsed some 30 years ago, the GDR (East Germany) was the most invasive surveillance state ever attempted, employing one out of every 60 …
BuzzFeedflipped into World Angela Merkel Drinking Beer After Shading Trump Is The Most German Thing Ever BuzzFeed David Mack is a deputy director of breaking news for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York.
Business Insiderflipped into Silicon Alley Insider Google has a battle on its hands in Berlin - Business Insider Business Insider - Business Insider UKBERLIN — It looks like Google may have a fight on its hands in Berlin. The search giant wants to open a new startup hub in the city's Kreuzberg neighbourhood but locals are concerned about gentrification
Here's What You Can Do Instead Of Worrying About Barack Obama Getting His $400,000 Coin vibe.com - Desire Thompson Barack Obama glowingly returned to our television screens in his first public speech since leaving office on Monday (April 24). Looking relaxed and …
Flipboard Newsdeskflipped into News Mayan treasures are returned to Guatemala Euronews - By EuronewsAround 22 archaeological pieces of Mayan origin have been returned to Guatemala. They are soon to be put on show in several of the central American country’s main museums. The pieces were mainly recovered
Flipboard Newsdeskflipped into News Barack Obama Beats Donald Trump as Most Admired Man of 2016 TIME - Sarah BegleyFor the ninth year in a row, respondents to a Gallup poll ranked Barack Obama as the most admired man in America. Among women, Hillary Clinton was the most admired for the 15th year in a row, and the time
DW Newsflipped into Culture 8 ways you know it's Advent in Germany DW News - Kate Müser Christmas is around the corner, and the countdown starts weeks ahead of time with Advent. Here's how you can't miss it in Germany. Can you smell that? …
Dane Boringflipped into "The Donald" Donald TrumpAdolf Hitler US election: The German comparing Trump's campaign to Hitler's bbc.co.uk - BBC News A man who compared the Donald Trump campaign to Adolf Hitler's in the 1930s says he is glad to have started "one of the more civilised discussions" on the US presidential debate.
vegpwrflipped into Cool Articles With No Home LAVA Unveils Transformation of Energy Storage Center into a City Icon in Germany archdaily.com - by Sabrina Santos LAVA (Laboratory for Visionary Architecture) has won the competition to redesign an energy park and energy storage building in Heidelberg, Germany, …
CNN Sources: Bush 41 says he will vote for Clinton CNN - By Jamie Gangel, Eric Bradner(CNN) — Former President George H.W. Bush said Monday that he will vote for Hillary Clinton in November, according to sources close to the 41st President -- an extraordinary rebuke of his own party's The
Fox Newsflipped into WorldGermany Friendly dolphin delights bathers in northern Germany Fox News - Associated PressBERLIN – A dolphin is delighting bathers in northern Germany, but authorities are warning people not to get too close. The mammal appeared in the Kieler Foerde inlet several days ago and has been swimming
JMarniflipped into In DOG we Trust This Has to Be the Fattest Cat on the Planet Cosmopolitan - By Diana BrukThere's really nothing better than a fat cat (as long as it's healthy, of course). Their fur gets fluffier, their face starts to look adorably squashed, and they can't be bothered to run away when you
Erinflipped into Style Stuffs An Actress Marries a Prince at a Beautiful Summer Wedding in Bavaria VOGUE.COM - By Alexandra MaconThe Baroness Cleopatra von Adelsheim von Ernest with her maids of honor, Princess Isabella Gaetani von Lobkowicz and Countess Beatrice Borromeo Casiraghi, and the flower children. The Hereditary Prince
Adam Scott Perlflipped into - Climate Change - Brown Coal Blues: Inside the Tense Conflict Between Germany's Coal Miners and Climate Activists VICE - VICE StaffThe Rhineland region of Germany is a major coal mining hub and is responsible for more carbon dioxide emissions than anywhere else in Europe. As a result, the area has gained the attention of climate who
The Spectator What is a serious film festival doing opening with Hail, Caesar! | The Spectator The Spectator - James WoodallOne of the more obscure winners in recent years of the Berlin film festival’s Golden Bear was a version of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar by the esteemed Taviani brothers, Paolo and Vittorio. The film, called
The Shot by The Photo Deskflipped into Today's Best PicturesRefugees This Is What Europe's Last Major Refugee Crisis Looked Like TIMEBetti Malek—pictured on May 17, 1945—was one of numerous child refugees brought from Belgium to England after the German As the current migrant crisis in Europe continues, one particular fact gets repeated
The limits of being black in Namibia matadornetwork.com - Martha Mukaiwa The last time I felt my skin sting under the weight of such ogling eyes, I was walking through Koh Samui burnt three shades of black by the …
From Germany to India: Chai and contradictions in Pakistan dawn.com - Morten Hübbe This is the travel blog of backpackers Rochssare Neromand-Soma (28) and Morten Hübbe (30) who met at the same university in Germany, where they both …
HuffPost Paradise Found: Indian Ocean Escapes HuffPost - Jacada Travel, ContributorThe Indian Ocean is an azure-blue expanse strewn with startlingly beautiful islands that live up to all the clichés of swaying palm trees and white-sand beaches -- but let's assume you already know that.
Schöne Männer gibt es nicht nur in Berlin – Places von Antony Morato iheartberlin.de - Claudio Kurz vor dem Wochenende haben wir für euch eine einzigartige Entdeckung gemacht: Schöne Männer gibt es nicht nur in Berlin. Diese Feststellung macht …
Vegetables The Taiwanese vegetable seller turned philanthropist bbc.co.uk - Cindy Sui Wearing a thick support belt and hunched over thanks to back and leg problems, 63-year-old Chen Shu-chu puts peppers, taro and mushrooms into bags for customers at her vegetable stand in eastern Taiwan.
National Geographic Video: What It Takes to Pedal the World in 365 Days National Geographic - Eric LeiferOn June 22, 2013, Felix Starck set out on the journey of a lifetime. His goal was quite simple really: to pedal his bike around the globe. Over the next 365 days Felix would ride nearly 11,200 miles through
Kulturfestival Wedding & Moabit – Das verborgene Entdecken iheartberlin.de - Claudio Auch nachdem man sehr lange in Berlin lebt, kann man immer wieder Neues entdecken. Meist aber geht mit der Zeit eine gewisse Kiezträgheit mit der …
