NEW YORK, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — A folk arts and culture festival was held in New York City, the most populous city in the United States, on Sunday to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year. As the 6th edition of the annual event, the festival in Flushing, borough of Queens featured interactive programs such as … Read more
Leipzig (dpa) – After decades of career, hit icon Jürgen Drews officially said goodbye to the stage on Saturday. “I’ve experienced so many beautiful things, and if I could choose it again, I would do almost everything the same way again,” said the 77-year-old of the German Press Agency shortly before the broadcast of his … Read more
Lisa Marie Presley is dead. Photo: AFP/JASON MERRITT Stars from film and music react to the sudden death of Lisa Marie Presley with dismay, bewilderment and great sadness. An overview. Stars from film and music have reacted with dismay to the sudden death of Lisa Marie Presley. “Our hearts are broken,” wrote Oscar winner Tom … Read more
The North Rhine-Westphalian Ministry of Culture and Science wants to examine the legitimacy of Donatella Fioretti’s election as rector of the Düsseldorf Art Academy. The academy received a letter from the ministry on Wednesday with a questionnaire on the election process. It is said that these are exclusively technical and legal, not personnel issues. The … Read more
Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister Stephan Weil (SPD) was one of the first: In December he deleted his Twitter account to protest the takeover of the platform by US billionaire Elon Musk. Musk, Weil said, avoids any controls and encourages the spread of hate speech under the guise of free speech. “I don’t have to be … Read more
Tourism January – November 2022: International arrivals increase more than 21 times in one year Tourism Vietnam was awarded the title of “Top World Heritage Destination” at the 2022 World Travel Awards ceremony, held on November 11 in Oman. Tourism Between January and October, the number of international arrivals in Vietnam reached more than 2.36 … Read more
Flowers in Bern have the upper hand | January 7, 2023 The games on Friday night in the National League offered a lot of excitement, also from the point of view of the Bernese clubs. While SC Bern didn’t miss a beat against Lugano, EHC Biel also celebrated after a brilliant comeback. It hasn’t often … Read more
The association “Spurensuche Harzregion” has asked the city of Bad Harzburg to rename the Rudolf-Huch-Straße to the spa town. The honor for the anti-Semitic and anti-democratic lawyer and writer Huch must finally come to an end, the association asked on Monday. According to a flyer from the German Association of Towns, when naming a street … Read more
Munich (ots) – Germany is heading towards an age problem. In the next decade, the baby boomers of the 1960s will reach retirement age. At the same time there is a lack of offspring. In the discussion, usually only national figures are mentioned. The online job exchange JobNinja wanted to find out more and compared … Read more
New in cinema: Irishman Martin McDonagh tells the story of the abrupt end of a male friendship in his sophisticated drama “The Banshees of Inisherin”. By Martin Schwickert 01/03/2023 – 11:20 In 1923, Pádraic Súilleabháin’s (Colin Farrell) life is concise. In the morning, the farmer from the (fictional) island of Inisherin off the west coast … Read more