Rund zweieinhalb Wochen vor der Landtagswahl in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern liegt die AfD einer Umfrage zufolge in der Wählergunst weiter vorn. Die am Donnerstag veröffentlichte Erhebung des Instituts Infratest dimap für den Norddeutschen Rundfunk sieht die Partei bei 35 Prozent. Im Vergleich zu einer vorangegangenen Umfrage von Anfang Juli ist das ein Prozentpunkt weniger. Die SPD von […]
Read MoreGrammy Award-winning American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson died on Wednesday in her hometown of Jackson, Mississippi, her manager said. She was 70.”Cassandra Wilson transitioned peacefully at home, surrounded by family, close friends, and her manager,” Robert Torre wrote in a statement, hailing her as a “legendary jazz artist.”The statement did not disclose a cause of […]
Read MoreDesperate families of missing foreigners were clinging to hope as they combed hospitals and morgues in search of clues, a week after catastrophic floods tore through Nepal’s Himalayan border region. Outside Kathmandu’s tourist police headquarters, Sanjeev Rai was trapped in agonising uncertainty. The 53-year-old American flew to Nepal after learning that his wife, Jiwan Jyoti, […]
Read More
Frederick Teiko Ofori spent a large portion of his life with a guitar in his hands, so when the Ghanaian musician died in a road accident, his family decided that the instrument should accompany him on his final journey. His coffin was built in the shape of an enormous guitar. The coffin stood out at […]
Read More
A rare trio of hurricanes were churning through the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, which scientists attributed to waters warmed by a historically strong El Nino phenomenon. Tropical Storm Marie strengthened into a hurricane late Wednesday off the coast of Baja California, lining up behind Hurricanes Karina and Lowell — both rated Category 4 — which […]
Read MoreA carved bamboo flute trills before the percussion picks up the pace as the performers on Sao Tome bring a medieval European tragedy to life on the island off Africa’s west coast. Brought to the Gulf of Guinea archipelago nation more than 500 years ago by Portuguese colonialists, the UNESCO-listed tradition of open-air Tchiloli theatre […]
Read More
Germany faces a landmark regional election Sunday in the ex-communist east where the far-right AfD is easily expected to win and has its sights on heading its first state government. While it is far from assured that Alternative for Germany will win enough votes to rule the state alone, topping the polls in Saxony-Anhalt state would […]
Read MoreIm Beisein des britischen Königs Charles III. hat der französische Präsident Emmanuel Macron eine Ausstellung des berühmten mittelalterlichen Wandteppichs von Bayeux im British Museum in London eröffnet. Er hoffe, dass beide Länder Beziehungen knüpften, die “so eng wie die Fäden” des fast tausend Jahre alten Wandteppichs seien, sagte Macron am Mittwochabend bei der Zeremonie. Charles […]
Read MoreBundesaußenminister Johann Wadephul (CDU), Frankreichs Außenminister Jean-Noël Barrot und der polnische Außenminister Radoslaw Sikorski kommen am Donnerstag zu Gesprächen in Weimar zusammen (Pk. gegen 10.30 Uhr). Auf der Tagesordnung des Treffens im Format des vor 35 Jahren ins Leben gerufenen sogenannten Weimarer Dreiecks stehen nach Angaben des Auswärtigen Amts unter anderem die aktuellen hybriden Bedrohungen […]
Read More