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Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Protests erupt across the world in response to Russian invasion

Protests were held Thursday in London, Berlin, Barcelona and others after Putin launched invasion

Evening Standard

Berlin and Paris illuminate buildings in Ukrainian colours in show of unity

The German capital lit up the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin's most famous landmark in blue and yellow, the national colours of Ukraine, on Wednesday evening in a show of unity with Kyiv as the crisis with Russia deepens.

Reuters

Russian mobilization in Ukraine raises concerns about a new Cold War-style era in Europe

BERLIN — Although Udo Grelzik spent almost half his life under communist rule in East Germany, he never anticipated the threat of anything like a new Cold War in Europe.

Los Angeles Times

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German aid group battles to evacuate Afghans who worked with army

Ahmad, a 30-year-old Afghan who worked for the German military, is now in hiding in Kabul in fear of his life.

Reuters

Is your “drug friend” a real friend?

The strange intimacy of bonding over drugs

Mic

Taoiseach warns of energy price impact amid crisis in Ukraine

The Irish leader told reporters after the press conference that he hoped that Europe was not heading towards war.

The Independent UK

Latest Ukraine updates: Biden announces new Russia sanctions

Latest Ukraine crisis updates from February 22: Blinken cancels upcoming meeting with Russia’s Lavrov as tensions mount.

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Tesla Giga Berlin: Over 350 Model Y Spotted At The Site

The fleet of Made-in-Germany (MIG) cars, at the Tesla Giga Berlin plant in Grünheide near Berlin, Germany, appears to double month-over-month.

InsideEVs

Amy Liptrot: ‘I wanted to put the sex into nature writing’

Her bestselling debut, The Outrun, told of finding solace on Orkney after a hedonistic decade in London. Now, having briefly been drawn back to city life, she is exploring our animal instincts

The Guardian - UK

Berlin film festival 2022 roundup – earnestness, joy, and the best film won

At an unusually quiet, Covid-strict festival, it was a good year for the French, and female directors – and we got to see Jean-Luc Godard do his ironing

The Guardian - UK

Health Minister: Germany Has Passed Omicron Peak

Germany's health minister said Friday that he thinks the country has passed a peak in new daily infections with the omicron variant of the coronavirus. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said government measures taken to curb the number of cases had been effective, but he warned against relaxing the public health…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US pilot dubbed the Candy Bomber for dropping sweets during Berlin Airlift dies aged 101

Beloved in Germany, US military pilot Gail S Halvorsen became known as the Candy Bomber due to him dropping sweets for children during the Berlin Airlift after World War II.

ABC News

Hikaru Nakamura wins in Berlin as popular chess streamer leads Grand Prix

The five-time US champion with more than a million Twitch followers had not played classical chess for two years

The Guardian - UK

'Candy Bomber' who dropped sweets during Berlin Airlift dies

A U.S. military pilot known as the “Candy Bomber” for his airdrops of sweets during the Berlin Airlift after World War II ended has died

The Independent UK

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France 24

Movie filmed in FRANCE 24 buildings wins top director prize at Berlin

French filmmaker Claire Denis has won best director at the Berlin Film Festival for a film partly filmed in FRANCE 24's buildings. "Both Sides of the Blade" stars Juliette Binoche as a woman torn between two lovers in pandemic-era Paris. She plays Sara, a journalist who works at FRANCE 24's…

The Guardian - UK

Women dominate Berlin film festival as Alcarràs wins Golden Bear

Best director prize, both acting awards and two of the three best film prizes were won by female film-makers, led by the Catalan-language drama

The Guardian - UK

The Jewish ice hockey star picked by Germany for 1936 Winter Olympics

Rudi Ball’s selection to represent Nazi Germany caused uproar but a secret deal was behind his decision to participate

The Independent UK

Catalan family drama 'Alcarràs' wins Berlin's Golden Bear

The Catalan family drama “Alcarràs” has won the Golden Bear award for best movie at the Berlin International Film Festival

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Wales Online

Holidaymakers snap up easyJet bargains with cut-price flights to Spain from £14.99

Bookings increased following the reduction of travel restrictions

Reuters

Russian-German energy cooperation is a priority, Putin tells Scholz

Russian-German energy cooperation is a priority for Moscow, which views Berlin as one of its main partners, Russian President Vladimir Putin told German Chancellor Olaf Scholz ahead of talks in Moscow on Tuesday.

France 24

Ex-German chancellor Schroeder’s Russia ties cast a shadow over Scholz's trip to Moscow

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday at an awkward time for the leader of a Western nation still dependent on Russian gas. The new chancellor’s position is not helped by an old chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, whose lucrative business dealings with Russia are…

The Guardian - UK

Holocaust victim’s opera stored for years in trunk gets premiere at last

Grete Minde was a side project for Eugen Engel, a textile tradesman by day, whose daughter escaped to US

Reuters

Germans pin hopes on Novavax moving the needle among anti-vaxxers

Benedikt Richter, a 40-year-old teacher in the southwest German city of Kaiserslautern, long held out against getting vaccinated against COVID-19. He felt uneasy about the novelty of the mRNA technology used in two of the most commonly administered shots.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Two Asian Films Explore Burden of past Violence at Berlin Film Festival

Two southeast Asian films competing at this year's Berlin Film Festival explore what violence does to human beings, one through painful historical narrative and one through fantasy. Indonesian director Kamila Andini's "Nana" shows the impact of years of war on the life of a woman in the Javan town of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Horror Legend Argento, 81, Brings Gory Swan Song to Berlin Film Festival

A period of pandemic-enforced solitude and his actress daughter's enthusiasm led Italian horror legend Dario Argento, 81, to snap open his director's chair after a decade's absence to make one more of his signature gorefests. "Dark Glasses," the director's latest film, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival on Friday, reprising…

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