Owensboro Public Schools collecting food for students impacted by suspension of SNAP

OWENSBORO, Ky. (WEVV) — The Owensboro Public Schools District will be collecting food to benefit students who will be impacted by the suspension of SNAP benefits. In an effort to assist students, OPS will hold a food drive from Nov. 3 through Nov....

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...

How A German Tailor And Indian Spices Shaped Hiltl — The World’s Oldest Vegetarian Restaurant In Zurich Where You Pay By Weight, Not Menu

No Meat? No Problem! Inside Hiltl, Zurich’s 19th-Century Restaurant That’s Still Setting Veggie Trends In the heart of Zurich, where sleek banks and chocolate boutiques dominate the streets, stands an institution that’s quietly rewritten Europe’s...

Wine with Leslie: There's more to German wine than cheap 1980s plonk

So my wife tells me I’m a little eccentric: she appreciates my rag-bag mind full of useful and useless facts (I think), but rather despairs that my desire to learn more about a subject often results in new obsessions and more things for me to...

College Discontinues Arabic Language Courses

Starting next semester, Amherst will no longer offer Arabic language courses. At a faculty meeting on Friday, Provost and Dean of the Faculty Martha Umphrey said this decision was due to the termination of the Five College Arabic Language...

Christmas around the world

Cal Webb Eighteen festive songs and carols in seven different languages—that’s the delightful Christmas Cheer concert Noosa Chorale singers will present at The J next month. Under the direction of maestro Kim Kirkman, they will sing in Spanish,...

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 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...

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...

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...

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 to give more than US$ 1 billion for Holocaust survivors’ home care in 2026

Germany will provide US$1.076 billion in 2025 to support home care for aging Holocaust survivors, the largest amount to date. Additional funds extend hardship payments and education initiatives as survivor needs intensify and antisemitism rises...

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...

German activist dubbed 'anti-Greta' seeks asylum in US with support of Elon Musk

A conservative German activist known as the 'anti-Greta Thunberg' said she fears for her life and has applied for asylum in the United States with Elon Musk's backing. Naomi Seibt, 25, rose to fame as a teenager when she was hired by a...

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...

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...

German government pledges record $1B in funding for Holocaust survivor home care

The German government has agreed to allocate $1.08 billion in funds for home care for survivors for 2026, marking the largest budget for home care in its history of Holocaust reparations, reflecting the growing needs of an aging survivor...

Germany to give more than $1 billion for Holocaust survivors’ home care in 2026

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...

German Fest returns to UNA, giving students a taste of culture and cuisine

FLORENCE, Ala. (WAFF) - The UNA Pride got a taste of a different culture on Tuesday as German Fest returned to campus. From Sauerkraut to smoked sausages, students got the chance to dive into German cuisine while learning more about the country’s...

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...