14K Refugee Life Jackets Now Cover Berlin Landmark
Some 14,000 life jackets discarded by refugees entering Europe via the Greek island of Lesbos now adorn the six pillars of Berlin's landmark Konzerthaus concert hall. It's the work of Chinese artist...
View ArticleWorld's 10 Most Livable Cities
Maybe Donald Trump is … right? Monocle just released its annual list of the 25 most livable cities in the world, and the first American city (Honolulu) doesn't even show up until number 23. Skift...
View ArticleArtist Dismantles Rosa Parks' Old Home, Takes It Overseas
What do you do if the blighted home your famous aunt once lived in is on the demolition list and you can't raise the funds to preserve it? In the case of Rosa Parks' former house in Detroit, her niece...
View ArticleCops: Berlin Market Attack Was Deliberate Act
Berlin police say the attack on a Christmas market that left at least 12 people dead was done on purpose. In a posting on Twitter early Tuesday, the police said the attack in which a truck rammed into...
View ArticleGermany Releases Man Arrested in Berlin Attack
Police in Germany on Tuesday began raising doubts about whether a man in custody after Monday's truck attack in Berlin had anything to do with it. Now, that man, a Pakistani national, has been released...
View ArticleGerman Cops Stage Manhunt for Tunisian Truck Suspect
Investigators have a new suspect in the Berlin truck attack , say German newspapers. Der Spiegel reports that police found the identity papers of a 21-year-old Tunisian man in the truck's cab. The...
View ArticleNew Suspect in Berlin Attack Is Tunisian, Boasts 6 Aliases
German police on Tuesday released a Pakistani man arrested for the Berlin truck attack and Wednesday announced a massive manhunt for a man from Tunisia instead. That suspect has now been identified as...
View ArticleAmid Manhunt, Brother Urges Berlin Suspect to Turn Self In
A brother of the fugitive Tunisian suspected in Berlin's deadly Christmas market attack is urging Anis Amri to turn himself in to police. Amri's family members, speaking from his hometown of Oueslatia...
View ArticleBerlin Attack Suspect Killed in Milan Shootout
The man suspected of killing 12 in the Berlin Christmas market attack was shot dead in a Milan suburb early Friday, according to Italian authorities. The AP reports that Italy's interior minister,...
View ArticleVideo Shows Berlin Suspect Vow to Fight 'Crusader Pigs'
A video released by the Islamic State shows the Tunisian suspect in the Berlin truck attack pledging allegiance to its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and vowing to fight against what he calls "the...
View ArticlePossible Accomplice in Berlin Attack Arrested
German prosecutors say they've detained a Tunisian man they think may have been involved in last week's truck attack on a Christmas market in Berlin. The 40-year-old, who wasn't identified, was...
View Article10 Best Cities for Students
A French city has been replaced by a French Canadian one at the top of the QS Best Student Cities Ranking , a list of the best cities in the world for international students, based on university...
View ArticleIvanka Greeted With Boos at Women's Summit
Media access to the first family may be somewhat controlled in the US, but Ivanka Trump found such a buffer doesn't exist in Germany. Trump took the stage in Berlin on Tuesday at the W20 summit on...
View ArticleObama to Berlin Crowd: 'We Can't Hide Behind a Wall'
If anyone understands the concept of a wall, it's the people of Berlin. Which is why former President Obama's appearance there Thursday, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at his side, had particular...
View ArticleGiant Gold Coin Still Missing, but Cops Make 4 Arrests
German police raided buildings in Berlin early Wednesday, arresting four suspects in connection with the brazen heist of a 221-pound Canadian gold coin stolen from one of the city's museums earlier...
View ArticleChinese Tourists Arrested for Nazi Salutes in Berlin
Western tourists aren't the only ones who occasionally act like idiots in other countries: Two Chinese tourists were arrested in Berlin on Saturday after a police patrol spotted them taking pictures of...
View ArticleNew Aim for Rosa Parks' Home: Return It to US
Last year, an American artist living in Germany bought Rosa Parks' dilapidated home in Detroit and reassembled it in Berlin as an art project. Now Ryan Mendoza says it's time for the home to return to...
View ArticleWhere There's Smoke, There's ... Pregnant Women?
A reported fire in a Hamburg basement turned out to be a false alarm after firefighters determined that the smell of burning came from an alternative therapy being used at a neighboring gynecological...
View ArticleCops Nab 6 in Foiled Plot to Stab Runners
Six people were detained in connection with what police and prosecutors allege was a plan to carry out an attack on Berlin's half-marathon Sunday, German authorities say. "There were isolated...
View ArticleThey Published an Enemies List. The Response Was Unexpected
One of Hungary's most famous native sons is at odds with the country's newly re-elected prime minister in a political fight that has international implications. The dispute between billionaire...
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