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Mannschaft in Demolition Mode: Ticket Punched for the 2026 World Cup

Makram Haddad, 15:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Some nights, everything falls back into place. In the biting cold, the Red Bull Arena witnessed a compact, vertical, hungry Germany. First, a methodical occupation of the Slovak half, then acceleration at the right moment. Nick Woltemade set the tone with a furious header on a pinpoint service from Joshua Kimmich. Serge Gnabry doubled the lead ...

Two Newly Discovered Bach Organ Works Unveiled in Germany

This is Beirut, 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Two long-lost organ pieces written by a teenage Johann Sebastian Bach were unveiled in Germany on Monday in a discovery described as a "great moment for the world of music." The two solo organ works, written while Bach was working as an organ teacher in the town of Arnstadt in Thuringia early in his career, first caught the attention of ...

Michelle Yeoh to Receive Lifetime Achievement Honor at 2026 Berlin Film Festival

This is Beirut, 15/11 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh will be honored with a lifetime achievement award at next year's Berlinale film festival, organizers said Friday. Yeoh, 63, will receive the Honorary Golden Bear in recognition of her "outstanding achievements in film and cinema," the festival said in a statement. "Michelle Yeoh is a visionary artist and performer ...

Music Rights: GEMA Wins Copyright Case Against OpenAI in Germany

This is Beirut, 11/11 18:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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OpenAI has infringed copyright law in Germany by using song lyrics to train its artificial intelligence models, a court in Munich ruled on Tuesday. "Both the memorization in the language models and the reproduction of the song lyrics in the chatbot's outputs constitute infringements of copyright law," the court ruled in a case brought by the ...

Boualem Sansal: Germany Appeals to Algeria for Franco-Algerian Novelist’s Pardon

This is Beirut, 10/11 16:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Steinmeier's office said he had asked Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to pardon Sansal as "a humanitarian gesture." "Given Sansal's advanced age and fragile health condition," Steinmeier also "offered Sansal's relocation to Germany and subsequent medical care in our country." A pardon for Sansal ...

Goethe-Institut Marks 70 Years in Lebanon

This is Beirut, 03/11 11:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Goethe-Institut celebrated its 70th anniversary in Lebanon with a reception at Rebirth Beirut in Gemmayze on Friday, October 31, bringing together artists, cultural figures, and long-time partners to mark seven decades of cultural collaboration between Lebanon and Germany, the institute said in a statement Monday. Founded in 1955, the ...

Imagery Shows Killings Persist in Sudan as German FM Decries 'Apocalyptic' Crisis

This is Beirut, 01/11 12:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Satellite imagery suggests mass killings are likely continuing in and around Sudan's El-Fasher, Yale researchers said, as Germany's top diplomat on Saturday described the situation there as "apocalyptic." At war with the regular army since April 2023, the Rapid Support Forces seized El-Fasher on Sunday, pushing the military out of its last ...

Aoun: Lebanese Army Is the Sole Guarantee of Sovereignty

This is Beirut, 31/10 13:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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President Joseph Aoun reaffirmed on Friday that the Lebanese Army (LAF) remains “the only guarantee for protecting Lebanon’s sovereignty and ensuring its defense,” stressing that “there can be no sustainable security without it.” During a meeting at Baabda Palace with German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, Aoun said “Lebanon is ...

German FM Raises Return of Refugees During Syria Visit

This is Beirut, 30/10 19:27 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul discussed the possible return of Syrian refugees with President Ahmed al-Sharaa during a visit to Damascus on Thursday. Germany has a large Syrian community, with hundreds of thousands having settled there after fleeing the civil war. Wadephul said it was "in the understandable interest of the Syrian ...

German FM Urges 'Fair' Rare Earth, Chip Trade with China

This is Beirut, 27/10 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul on Monday called for "fair" trade with China in chips and rare earth minerals, amid heightened tensions between China and the European Union. Wadephul, who last week was forced to cancel a planned visit to China, said he plans to speak with Chinese representatives by phone "as soon as possible and ...

Don’t Let the Party Stop: Berlin’s Fight Against ‘Club Death'

This is Beirut, 16/10 14:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Berlin, long hailed as one of the world's great party cities, is fighting to keep its famed techno clubs alive in the face of soaring prices, shifting tastes and a tightening property market. For now, the mood is exuberant at Renate, a labyrinthine club with multiple DJs housed in a dimly-lit complex near the Spree river, a Berlin institution ...

UK, France, Germany Aim to Restart Iran Nuclear Talks

This is Beirut, 10/10 19:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Britain, France, and Germany will seek to restart stalled nuclear talks with Iran and the United States, the three European countries said in a joint statement on Friday. Their announcement came nearly two weeks after UN sanctions were reimposed on Iran, under a "snapback" process the three European nations had initiated and which became ...

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