It was police violence with a system: Targeted shots on the heads of the protesters and tear gas fired from a very short distance caused severe eye injuries to 352 people in Santiago de Chile in autumn 2019. During emergency operations, the ophthalmologist Carmen Torres found more than 60 bullets of live ammunition in the […]
Lucky Luke for his 75th birthday: purple cows
The idea of dedicating an homage series to the “lonesome cowboy” Lucky Luke, one of the most popular characters in comic history, on his 75th birthday has a charm. It remains to be seen whether the respective design will also look charming and not just intentional and hybrid. One danger is the simple repetition of […]
Intellectual: The Prophet of the Complex
In very old age the contemporary witness often grows beyond the thinker. The French sociologist Edgar Morin escapes this fate all the less since, at the age of 100 today, he continues to appear cheerfully in panel and television discussions. He speaks vividly of his political awakening after the Parisian right wing march with thirty […]
“Annette” opens Cannes: Drama on the Côte d’Azur
The hall gets dark, the film starts, but the image on the screen remains black. Instead, a man’s voice speaks, English with a French accent. It demands absolute attention and silence, total concentration on the show that is about to start. “Even breathing cannot be tolerated,” she says. “Take another breath before you start.” And […]
Interview with Ralf Rangnick: “National coach should be a full-time job”
Ralf Rangnick explains why he enjoys the Italians and Danes at the European Championships, which strategic mistakes weakened the DFB-Elf – and which lessons German football should learn. Milan, Chelsea, Schalke, Frankfurt, German national team – when coaches or sports directors were recently sought in top football, Ralf Rangnick often came into conversation. In the […]
European Football Championship: Italy reached the final at Wembley
The almost indomitable Italians danced wildly through Wembley in the end, coach Roberto Mancini was sweaty and without a jacket right in the middle of it. Then everyone sang together for the injured Leonardo Spinazzola. In one magical night, Italy overthrew the next giant and is now dreaming of the final triumph at the European […]
Basketball: Anything but pineapple
In the past few days, the people in charge of the FC Bayern basketball team have of course been gleefully exploiting the pizza story. Even if name jokes run the risk of not being particularly witty. But this one also had a false bottom. The story goes something like this: Bayern coach Andrea Trinchieri and […]
Jurisprudence: break with the old life
The term “key witness” comes from the Anglo-Saxon legal system, where it is called “King’s evidence”. But of course it has also existed in Germany, even for a very long time. The case of a thief named Strauss from 1841 has been handed down, whose testimony triggered a real wave of arrests – which is […]
Bundestag election: Laschet distances himself from Maassen statements
The parties position themselves for the Bundestag election. Follow all developments in the news blog. CDU boss Armin Laschet has clearly distanced himself from the attacks by CDU Bundestag candidate Hans-Georg Maaßen on public media. “Our position on public service broadcasting is crystal clear. Especially at a time like now, when there is so much […]
Federal election 2021: CDU employees instead of models
In view of the current situation, it must be pointed out: Employees at the Konrad-Adenauer-Haus are real people too. In the excitement about the new election campaign posters of the CDU, there seems to be a lot of confusion with the terminology. There is talk of a “fake nurse” and a “fake policewoman”. The party […]