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Germany: 20-hour rail strike leads to major disruption

November 16, 2023 Lucy 0

Germany’s rail system will be severely disrupted as the GDL train drivers union strikes, leading railway operator Deutsche Bahn to cut services. Germany’s GDL train drivers union began a nationwide 20-hour strike on Wednesday evening until Thursday. […]

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Berlin says goodbye to its East German trains

November 12, 2023 Lucy 0

Trainspotters have one last chance to see Berlin’s beloved Model 485s, known to fans as “Coke Cans,” before the city decommissions the last of its GDR S-Bahn trains. Berliners used to call them “Coke Cans”: The […]

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Germany plans easing asylum-seekers’ access to labor market

November 2, 2023 Lucy 0

New legislation would allow successful asylum-seekers in Germany quicker access to the job market, while mandating stiffer punishment for people smugglers. Germany’s government has been under pressure on migration. Germany’s Cabinet on Wednesday approved legislation that would allow asylum-seekers to […]

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Music unites Israelis, Palestinians in Berlin

October 25, 2023 Lucy 0

At the Barenboim-Said Academy in the German capital, young Israeli and Arab musicians study together. The Hamas attacks on Israel happened just before the start of a new semester. How did they react? “The first […]

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Israel-Hamas war impacts Frankfurt Book Fair

October 18, 2023 Lucy 0

As the Frankfurt Book Fair prepares to open its doors on Wednesday to around 6,000 media representatives, current developments in Israel and Gaza are impacting the world’s largest publishing trade event. Repercussions could already be felt last Friday when the organizers of […]

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QL partners with Ginkgo Bioworks

October 18, 2023 Lucy 0

The Zurich-based food technology company QL is partnering with the biotechnology firm Ginkgo Bioworks from Boston, Massachusetts, to carry out a joint project aimed at the development of chassis organisms. As detailed in a press release, the listed US firm […]

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Is Russia preparing to conduct nuclear tests?

October 17, 2023 Lucy 0

A nuclear test over Siberia would be “a nuclear ultimatum” to the West that would have no serious consequences for Russia’s own population — according to Margarita Simonyan. The editor-in-chief of RT, Russia’s state-controlled international broadcaster, made the […]