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Extra State funding for security at school Burke attends
Additional State funding is to be given to a school to help pay for security as teacher Enoch Burke continues to attend school grounds. The Department of Education informed Wilson's Hospital School that €4,440 would be given to the school to help...
Germany bets billions on nuclear fusion to secure clean energy future
Germany consumes vast amounts of energy to sustain its manufacturing might and energy-intensive industries like automotive and chemicals. The country, Europe's largest economy, still relies heavily on fossil fuels for its energy needs even though...
School gets extra state funding to pay for security for Enoch Burke
Additional State funding is to be given to a school to help pay for security as Irish teacher Enoch Burke continues to attend school grounds. The Department of Education informed Wilson’s Hospital School that 4,440 euro would be given to the...
Anger as German minister poses with map of Israel including occupied territories
Palestinians in Germany have complained to the country's government after a minister posed with a map of Israel that included occupied territories. Education Minister Karin Prien filmed a video in Israel in which she described a visit to a museum....
Germany’s largest green hydrogen plant opens as Japanese cost breakthrough revealed
Germany’s largest commercial green hydrogen facility, located in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Baden-Württemberg, includes eight bays for connecting tube trailers to distribute the fuel gas to customers Photo: Photo: Lhyfe French hydrogen producer Lhyfe has...
Indiana high school cancels production of Jodi Picoult play in act she calls 'censorship'
Students at Mississinewa High School were set to take the stage this week for opening night of "Between the Lines," the musical based on a Jodi Picoult book about living "the story you want, even if it's not the story you're in." But the show was...
Afghan knifeman who attacked a group of toddlers, stabbing one to death and killing a man who tried to intervene, is placed in psychiatric care in Germany
By SABRINA PENTY, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 10:25 EDT, 30 October 2025 | Updated: 10:25 EDT, 30 October 2025 An Afghan man who fatally stabbed two people after unleashing a deadly knife rampage on a group of toddlers in Germany has been...
How many students failed the mathematics test in Twin Cities German Immersion Charter School District in 2023-24 school year?
Willie Jett Commissioner of Education Minnesota Department of Education | Office of Gov. Tim WalzWillie Jett Commissioner of Education Minnesota Department of Education | Office of Gov. Tim Walz Twin Cities German Immersion Charter School District...
Germany Assigns $1 Billion For Holocaust Survivor’s 2026 Care Home Bills
BERLIN (AP) – The organization that handles claims on behalf of Jews who suffered under the Nazis said Wednesday that Germany has agreed to extend another $1.076 billion (923.9 million euros) for Holocaust survivors ‘ home care around the globe...
LPM’s Swartbooi doubts implementation of free education
Landless People’s Movement leader Bernadus Swartbooi has cast doubts on what he termed “government’s laundry list of promises”, saying the current structure of the government will not see the implementation of free education. Swartbooi said this...
Shunned at home, Germany’s far-right AfD deepens ties to Trump administration
BERLIN/NEW YORK (Reuters) — Germany’s far-right AfD party, long shunned at home, is courting support in Washington, leveraging ties to MAGA personalities who have risen to senior roles in the Trump administration. The Alternative for Germany...
German neo-Nazi rappers push hate speech and antisemitism on TikTok, Instagram, Spotify
Far-right German-language rappers are flouting hate speech rules by spreading extremist rhetoric and disinformation on platforms such as TikTok, an AFP investigation found. In one video, a rapper named MaKss Damage cited Israel’s war against Hamas...
Solex Energy and German Solar Tech Specialist ISC Konstanz In Tie-Up For Rear Contact and Tandem Solar Innovations
Solex Energy and Germany's ISC Konstanz signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop next-generation solar technologies, including the upgrade of Solex’s upcoming TOPCon cell line and the adoption of Rear Contact (TRC) and c-Si...
From Classmate to Pope: The Guy From My German Existentialism Class
For those who have not yet had the pleasure, Villanova University stretches idyllically across Philadelphia’s Main Line, a mere pebble toss from the placid ponds and ivied arches of Bryn Mawr College. Under the stewardship of Peter Donohue, O.S.A,...
'Earth of Healing' Exhibition Celebrates Mongolia-Germany Relations
Ulaanbaatar, October 30, 2025 /MONTSAME/. In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and Germany, the “Earth of Healing” exhibition is being held across three venues. The first exhibition was held at...
Education Minister Holds Meeting to Discuss Adding Portuguese to Indonesian School Curriculum
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesian Minister of Education for Primary and Secondary Education, Abdul Mu'ti, stated that they will soon discuss President Prabowo Subianto's directive to include the teaching of Portuguese in schools in Indonesia. The...
German Feast marks 177 years of Staten Island church’s history
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Bratwurst, beer, and a whole lot of fellowship — that’s what brought parishioners together earlier this month at St. John’s Lutheran Church for its annual Oktoberfest celebration. “It was a beautiful day, with 70 people...
Germany to boost Holocaust survivor compensation to record $992 million
Germany has agreed to increase its financial assistance for Holocaust survivors worldwide to a record €923.9 million ($992 million) for 2026, following annual negotiations between the Claims Conference and Germany’s Federal Ministry of Finance....
German neo-Nazi rappers push hate speech, disinfo on TikTok
Far-right German-language rappers are flouting hate speech rules by spreading extremist rhetoric and disinformation on platforms such as TikTok, an AFP investigation found. In one video, a rapper named MaKss Damage cited the war in Gaza and...