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☆ Two killed in knife attack on German train - authorities
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] Forensic experts stand next to a train on which an incident involving a knife attack took place, at a railway station in Brokstedt, Germany, January 25, 2023. REUTERS/Fabian BimmerBERLIN, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Two people were killed and several others injured in a knife attack on Wednesday on a regional train travelling between Kiel and Hamburg in northern Germany, authorities said. Earlier, the Bild newspaper had said five people were injured in the attack. Police were investigating at the train station in Brokstedt, the German railway Deutsche Bahn said on Twitter, adding some services between the two cities had been cancelled. "Federal and state police are working closely together on investigating this case," state interior minister Sabine Suettelin-Waack said in a statement.

☆ At least one dead, several injured in machete attack at southern Spain churches
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( David Latona | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] A body covered in thermal blanket is seen at the scene of a stabbing incident at a church in Algeciras, Spain January 25, 2023 in this screen grab from a video. The man attacked clergymen at two different churches - San Isidro and Nuestra Senora de La Palma, around 300 metres (1,000 feet) apart - just after 8pm on Wednesday evening in downtown Algeciras, a spokesperson for the city said. Jose Ignacio Landaluce, the mayor of Algeciras, has declared a day of mourning in the city for Thursday and a rally outside Nuestra Senora de La Palma church at midday. Earlier on Wednesday, two people were killed and several others injured when a 33-year-old stateless Palestinian man attacked them with a knife on a regional train travelling between Kiel and Hamburg in northern Germany, authorities said. Reporting by David Latona, Belén Carreño and Aislinn Laing; Editing by Rosalba O'BrienOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Still, many Germans feel Scholz is not doing a very good job of explaining his thinking. Scholz has so far neither said he would give the green light nor if he would send tanks from Germany. A main reason given is that Russia could see the deliveries of tanks as tantamount to Germany becoming a party to conflict. The Kremlin would be less inclined to retaliate if another nuclear power such as the United States also sent tanks. Already, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has forced Germany to overcome taboos such as exporting arms to war zones.

☆ Archaeologists found 38 skeletons in a 7,000-year-old mass grave. All but one had been decapitated.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyArchaeologists have discovered a 7,000-year-old mass grave in Slovakia containing 38 skeletons, with all but one decapitated. A ditch, where the mass grave was found, ran around the village over the length of approximately a mile. An unexpected discoveryA picture shows the mass grave found in Vráble-Ve`lke Lehemby in Slovakia. Prof. Dr. Martin Furholt, Institute for Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology/Kiel UniversityThese weren't the first headless bodies found in the ditch. That's why the discovery of such a huge mass of headless bodies came as a complete surprise, Fuchs said.

☆ Opinion | Vaccines, Inflation, Abortion: 2022 in Charts
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( Steven Rattner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +16 min

By the end of 2022, 23 percent of American women resided in states with effective bans on abortion. June 2022 March 2022 Dec. 2021 Sept. 2022 Dec. 2022 Fed Funds Rate 6% 5 4 3 2 1 2022 2023 2025 2024 Longer run Unemployment 5% 4 3 2 1 2022 2023 2025 2024 Longer run G.D.P. Growth 4% 3 2 1 2022 2023 2025 2024 Longer run Core Inflation 5% 4 3 2 1 2022 2023 2025 2024 Sept. 2022 June 2022 March 2022 Dec. 2021 Dec. 2022 Fed Funds Rate G.D.P. Growth 4% 6% 5 3 4 3 2 2 1 1 2022 2023 2025 2022 2023 2025 2024 2024 Longer run Longer run Core Inflation Unemployment 5% 5% 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 2022 2023 2025 2022 2023 2025 2024 2024 Longer run Source: Federal Open Market CommitteeThe sustained period of high inflation left the Fed playing catch-up, as it had initially believed that the surge would prove transitory. 150 100 Xi Jinping addresses in 2017 & 2022 50 1982-2012 Economy Military Market Technology Reform Security Source: Capital EconomicsThen there was China: Our biggest source of imported goods became ever more clearly our biggest strategic adversary.

☆ German economy to grow slightly in 2023 - IfW forecast
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The Kiel-based institute now expects gross domestic product to increase by 0.3% in 2023, up from the institute's autumn forecast of a 0.7% drop. On Wednesday, the Ifo institute also revised up its 2023 forecast: It still predicts a decline next year of 0.1% but this is less severe than the 0.3% contraction previously forecast. The IfW expects growth of 1.3% growth in 2024 compared to the Ifo's 1.6% forecast for that year. The IfW said it expects inflation to hit 5.4% in 2023, down from its previous 8.7% forecast. On Thursday, the RWI institute said it also expects inflation to ease next year, falling to 5.8% in 2023 after reaching 7.9% this year.

☆ Germany's half-a-trillion dollar energy bazooka may not be enough
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Christoph Steitz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

Almost half a trillion dollars, and counting, since the Ukraine war jolted it into an energy crisis nine months ago. The money set aside stands at up to 440 billion euros ($465 billion), according to the calculations, which provide the first combined tally of all of Germany's drives aimed at avoiding running out of power and securing new sources of energy. That equates to about 1.5 billion euros a day since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. Energy rationing is a risk in the event of a long cold spell this winter, Germany's first in half a century without Russian gas. There's no security in sight either, with the push to build up of two alternatives to Russian fuel - liquefied natural gas (LNG) and renewables - years away from targeted levels.

Allies have been supplying Kyiv with weapons and military equipment since Russia invaded its neighbour on Feb. 24, depleting their own inventories along the way. HISTORIC INDUSTRYEastern Europe's arms industry dates back to the 19th Century, when Czech Emil Skoda began manufacturing weapons for the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They said Ukraine had acquired weapons and equipment via donations from governments and direct commercial contracts between Kyiv and the manufacturers. "At the same time it's an opportunity for them to build up their military production industry." Czech arms exports this year will be the highest since 1989, he said, with many companies in the sector adding jobs and capacity.

☆ Explainer: Blood, treasure and chaos: the cost of Russia's war in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Guy Faulconbridge | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Following are the main impacts of the war, now in its ninth month:* DEATHThe war has sown death on a level not seen in Europe since World War Two. Besides the military costs, the West has tried to punish Moscow by imposing severe sanctions - the biggest shock to Russia's economy since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. Still the impact on Russia's economy is severe - and not yet fully clear. Shortly after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, international oil prices spiked to their highest levels since the records of 2008. In total, about 52 billion euros in military, financial and humanitarian aid had been pledged by Oct. 3 to Ukraine by countries around the world, according to The Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

The visit — the first by a G7 leader to China in roughly three years — comes as Germany slides towards recession. A spokesperson for Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA), the company operating the port terminal, told CNN Business on Thursday that it was still negotiating the deal with Cosco. “The restrictions are suffocating economic growth and heavily impact China’s attractiveness as a destination for foreign direct investment,” he told CNN Business. The ministry did not respond to a request for comment from CNN Business. He predicted that “the large majority will stay committed to the Chinese market and is expecting to expand their business.”Companies appear to be toeing that line.

☆ Scientists in Germany turn up heat on seagrass in climate change fight
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Seagrass stores that carbon "for centuries to millennia", Angela Stevenson, a postdoctoral researcher at the centre, told Reuters. Europe alone lost one third of its seagrass areas between the 1860s and 2016, according to one 2019 study. Seagrass is not a silver bullet for bringing carbon emissions down enough to reach net zero, Stevenson added. Germany has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50% by 2030 compared with the levels in 1990. Reporting by Swantje Stein and Martin Schlicht; Writing by Miranda Murray; Editing by Jan HarveyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Biden snapped at Zelenskyy in a June phone call when he asked for more aid, report says, in a fleeting moment of conflict between the two leaders
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Biden and Zelenskyy had a tense phone conversation in June, NBC News reported. The leaders were discussing a US military aid package when Zelenskyy suggested he needed more help. The two leaders had the tense phone conversation on June 15, almost four months after Russia first launched its invasion of Ukraine. A source familiar with the conversation told NBC that the exchange wasn't heated or angry, but Biden was direct with Zelenskyy. Administration officials told NBC that the two leaders' relationship has only improved since the call.

☆ German economic institutes see 2023 contraction as gas crisis hits
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BERLIN, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Four leading German economic institutes have almost halved their spring economic growth forecast for Europe's largest economy this year and slashed their 2023 projection to -0.4% from 3.1%, they said on Thursday. The four institutes now expect 1.4% growth this year, down from 2.7% seen in the spring. "The crisis on the gas markets is having a severe impact on the German economy," said the four institutes - Munich-based Ifo, the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel), the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH) and the Leibniz Institute for Economic Research (RWI). "Soaring gas prices are drastically increasing energy costs, leading to a massive reduction of the purchasing power," they added in a statement. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Klaus Lauer and Paul Carrel, Editing by Miranda MurrayOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ A federal court ordered a New Jersey company and its co-managers to pay $712,000 to staff for deliberately denying overtime pay
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-11 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A New Jersey company violated labor laws by not paying staff for the full hours they worked, the DOL said. The firm also failed to keep accurate records of staff hours and wages, the DOL said in a lawsuit. A federal court ordered the company and its co-managers to pay staff $712,000 in back wages and damages. Employees regularly worked between 45 and 54 hours a week, but the company didn't pay staff extra for overtime, the DOL said. The company paid staff in cash for overtime hours and told them not to clock out "to conceal the fact that employees worked more than forty hours a week," per the lawsuit.

☆ Un profesor universitar de la UTM a apărut pe paginile publicației „Univers Ingineresc”
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-18 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +5 min

Un profesor universitar de la UTM a apărut pe paginile publicației „Univers Ingineresc”Prof. Oleg LUPAN, șef Departament Microelectronică și Inginerie Biomedicală, Facultatea Calculatoare, Informatică și Microelectronică, Universitatea Tehnică a Moldovei, cel despre care spunem cu mândrie că este cel mai recunoscut în lume savant din Republica Moldova, a trecut de curând răbojul unui semicentenar. 10/2021, publicație bilunară a Asociației Generale a Inginerilor din România (AGIR), i-a dedicat un amplu articol semnat de către bunul său prieten, UTM-ist și el, prof., dr. ing. PER ASPERA AD ASTRA, prof. Oleg LUPAN! Pentru a înțelege importanța unei astfel de recunoașteri, România în 2018 a avut trei savanți în TOP, inclusiv românul-basarabean Oleg Lupan.

Persons: ., . hab, Oleg LUPAN, Alexandru, Tudor Șișianu, Tighineanu, Oleg Lupan Organizations: UTM, Universitatea Tehnică a Moldovei, Asociației Generale, Academiei, Filiala, ASTRA, Humboldt, Universitatea din, Springer, Universității Tehnice, Moldovei, Academiei de Științe, Science & Research Locations: Republica Moldova, România, ist, Andrușul, Cahul, Italia, Lille, Paris, Franța, Darmstadt, Germania, Orlando, SUA, Universitatea din Kiel, Universitățile, Kiel, străinătate, Chișinău, AȘM, Oxford, Republicii Moldova, Filiala Chișinău

☆ Revista NANO ENERGY a publicat o nouă lucrare științifică marca UTM
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-14 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +5 min

univ., dr. hab. hab., șef DMIB, Oleg LUPAN, directorul Centrului Nanotehnologii și Nanosenzori, UTM, în colaborare cu echipa prof. univ., dr. hab. hab., UTM) a fost formată ad-hoc pentru soluționarea unei probleme specifice, implicând profesioniști din Republica Moldova în strânsă colaborare cu cei de la Kiel University – Germany, PSL Université – France, University of Central Florida – USA, University of Leeds – United Kingdom, University of Brescia – Italy, Utrecht University – The Netherlands. Acest material a fost scris și redactat de echipa UTM.

Persons: Nicolai ABABII, ., . hab, Oleg LUPAN, ABABII, Rainer ADELUNG, . Zhong Lin WANG, Drd, Oleg Lupan Organizations: ENERGY, UTM, Universitatea Tehnică a Moldovei, Universitatea din, Georgia Institute, Germany, PSL, University of Central, University of, United Kingdom, Open Locations: Universitatea din Kiel, Germania, Georgia, Republica Moldova, Franța, Italia, SUA, Olanda, Anglia, Kiel University, University of Central Florida, USA, University of Leeds, University of Brescia, Italy, Utrecht, Netherlands

☆ Dispozitive bazate pe heterostructuri, stabile la umiditate
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-17 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +4 min

Dispozitive bazate pe heterostructuri, stabile la umiditate – pentru teste de respirație și baterii portabileDoctoranzii Nicolai ABABII și Nicolae MAGARIU sub îndrumarea prof. În lucrare, autorii prezintă straturi de CuO acoperite cu pelicule ultra-subțiri de 6 nm și 15 nm de Al 2 O 3 cu o stabilitate excepțională și un răspuns la hidrogen gazos la o umiditate relativ ridicată (84% RH). Se raportează senzori de H 2 gazos pe baza acestor heterostructuri care prezintă o selectivitate extraordinară față de alte molecule gazoase și stabilitate în prezența umidității. Importanța acestei elaborări rezidă în optimizarea completamente a tehnologiei și a proprietăților suprafeței, datorită acoperirii și formării nanomaterialelor heterostructurate care îmbunătățesc stabilitatea umidității în timpul testelor de detectare a gazelor H 2 . Oleg LUPAN activează la UTM timp de 27 de ani și este directorul Centrului Nanotehnologii și Nanosenzori, din cadrul Departamentului Microelectronică și Inginerie Biomedicală, Facultatea Calculatoare, Informatică și Microelectronică, Universitatea Tehnică a Moldovei.

Persons: MAGARIU, ., . hab, Oleg LUPAN, Nicolai ABABII, Nicolae MAGARIU Organizations: Universitatea Tehnică a Moldovei, Universitatea din, Universitatea, Petrol, RH, UTM, NATO, Peace Locations: Universitatea din Kiel, Germania, India, Universitatea din Leeds, Regatul Unit, Universitatea Utrecht, Olanda, Republicii Moldova, Moldova

☆ O lucrare științifică din cadrul UTM, publicată în cea mai prestigioasa revistă, Advanced Materials Technologies
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-07 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +4 min

Lucrarea reprezintă o investigație a influenței protecției suprafeței nanocoloanelor de ZnO asupra performanțelor de detectare a gazelor în medii cu umiditate relative înaltă. În lucrare, peliculele columnare nedopate și dopate (ZnO: Sn, ZnO: Fe, ZnO: Ag și ZnO: Cu) sunt acoperite cu un strat ultra-subțire de SiO 2 (10-20 nm). Rezultatele obținute arată o imunitate ridicată a proprietăților de detectare a probelor acoperite cu SiO 2 la umiditate. Mai mult, măsurătorile de detectare a gazelor arată că pierderea răspunsului după 203 zile este semnificativ mai mică pentru probele acoperite, indicând o stabilitate mai mare a performanței de detectare. Calculele arată legarea puternică a speciilor de apă pe stratul de SiO 2 indicând absorbția preferențială a moleculelor de apă pe SiO 2 .

Persons: Vasile Postica, ., . hab, Oleg Lupan, Thin, Prof ., POSTICA, prof . Organizations: Universității din, Institute, University, Petroleum, Energy, Science and, Sn, UTM Locations: Universității din Kiel, Germania, India, Sensing, dopate, Republicii Moldova

☆ Bayern Munchen, eliminată de gruparea din liga a doua valorică FC Holstein Kiel
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-14 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Bayern Munchen a fost eliminată de gruparea din liga a doua valorică FC Holstein Kiel. Deținătoarea trofeului a început a doua repriză foarte bine și a marcat în minutul 4 prin Leroy Sane. Al șaselea, însă, Marc Roca, de la Bayern Munchen a ratat, iar Bartels a devenit eroul gazdelor, transformând lovitura decisivă și Kiel s-a calificat în optimile de finală. Astfel, Bayern a ratat șansa de a-și trece în palmares al treilea titlu consecutiv în Cupa Germaniei. A fost a doua înfrângere a lui Bayern Munchen în primele trei confruntări din acest an.

Persons: Serge Gnabry, Ole Werner, Leroy Sane, Marc Roca Organizations: Germaniei ! Bayern Munchen, FC, Bayern Munchen Locations: Germaniei, FC Holstein Kiel, Kiel, Bayern

☆ Echipa germană THW Kiel a câştigat Liga Campionilor la handbal masculin
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-30 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Echipa germană THW Kiel a câştigat Liga Campionilor la handbal masculin. În finala de la Koln, nemții au învins surprinzător formaţia spaniolă Barcelona.Kiel a dominat finala de la un capăt la altul, catalanii având o singură dată avantaj pe tabelă, 3-2. În prima repriză, nemții au avut un avans maxim de patru goluri, 13-9, iar la pauză diferenţa a fost de trei goluri, 19-16.Kiel a reuşit în partea secundă să se desprindă, iar Barca nu a mai putut face față presiunii. THW s-a impus în cele din urmă cu scorul de 33-28.Kiel şi-a trecut în palmares al patrulea trofeu în Liga Campionilor, după cele din 2007, 2010 şi 2012.Finala mică a fost câștigată de PSG, scor 31-26, în fața grupării maghiare Veszprem.

Organizations: Liga Campionilor Locations: Kiel, Koln, spaniolă, reuşit

☆ Barcelona şi THW Kiel se vor confrunta în finala Ligii Campionilor la handbal masculin
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-29 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Barcelona şi THW Kiel se vor confrunta în finala Ligii Campionilor la handbal masculin. Astfel, gruparea blaugrana va juca prima finală după o pazuă de cinci ani. Atunci au și câștigat ultima dată trofeul.Adversara spaniolilor din ultimul act s-a decis în prelungiri. Kiel şi Veszprem au pus în scenă un spectacol desăvârşit cu numeroase răsturnări de scor. Nemţii au dominat prima repriză și conduceau la o diferență de 7 goluri.Maghiarii au revenit însă incredibil în partea a doua şi au trecut ei în avantaj.

Persons: Nikola Karabatic, Luc Steins, Henrik Toft Hansen Organizations: Ligii Campionilor Locations: Barcelona, Kiel, Paris Saint - Germain, Koln

☆ 20 best German foods
▼ + stars: | 2019-10-09 | by ( Marcel Krueger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +30 min

Check out our list of 20 traditional German dishes that you need to try when you travel there. Germany National Tourism Board Azalea and Rhododendron Park Kromlau: This 200-acre English landscape park was built in the 19th century in Gablenz, Saxony. Germany National Tourism Board Maschsee Lake: This quiet and idyllic lake attracts families throughout the year in Hannover, the capital of Lower Saxony. Germany National Tourism Board Berchtesgaden National Park: Alpine lakes and ice-topped mountains are just a few of the natural wonders that make Berchtesgaden such a breathtaking national park. It comes wrapped in bacon or heaped upon schnitzel; as asparagus soup, fried asparagus, pancakes with herbs and asparagus, asparagus with scrambled eggs or asparagus with young potatoes.

Persons: Königsberger klopse, capers, Maultaschen, Katharina Hild, labskaus, Bodo Schieren, Fried, rostbratwurst, currywurst, Herta Heuwer, Kadir Nurman, schnitzel, Helmut Meyer Zur Capellen, hasn’t, Jägerschnitzel, Käsespätzle Spätzle, Sauerbraten, Stijn Van, Ralph Lueger, Franz Martin Kühn, Jonathan Segal, Rainer Mirau Atta, Attendorner, Mary, Balthasar Neumann, Andreas Bestle, Wiesel, Duke Leopold III of Anhalt, Caspar Diederik Bastei, Monica Skolimowska, Johannes Simon, Patrick Seeger, Daniel Karmann, Armin Weigel, Thomas Lohnes, Martin Schutt, Schwerin, Sean Gallup, Augustus the Strong, Ole Spata, Prince, Bavaria Charles Albert, François Cuvilliés, Ludwig II of Bavaria, Federweisser, Saumagen, Helmut Kohl, Kohl, saumagen, Margaret Thatcher, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, haggis, pinky, schnapps, spargelzeit, John, Johannes Eisele, Frank Vincentz, Josef Hildenbrand, Reuben, jeffreyw, Inga Kjer, Alexander Hassenstein, Christof Stache, Schwarzwälder, Schwarzwälder kirsch, Josef Keller, there’s, Dario Fontanella, Dario, ” Organizations: CNN, German Democratic, European Union, North, West, Austrian, Lichtenstein, UNESCO, Wiesel Garden, Getty, Germany National Tourism Board, Germany National Tourism, Nymphenburg, Mirrors, British, Baptist, revelers, Bread, Wikimedia, Agner, Prussian Locations: Germany, East Prussian, Königsberg, Kaliningrad, Russia, German Democratic Republic, Soviet Union, Berlin, Brandenburg, Swabia, Baden, Bremen, Kiel, Hamburg, Fraconia, Thuringia, Cologne, Ruhr, Turkish, Berlin’s, East Berlin, Vienna, Bavaria, Munich, Franconia, Rhineland, Saarland, Silesia, Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Altstadt, Sanssouci, Potsdam, Swabian, Kassel, Blaubeuren, Berlin's River Havel, Altensteig Sylt, Sylt, Andreas, Saxony, Anhalt, Dessau, Central Germany, Europe, Germany's, Switzerland, Germany's Lake Constance, Mettlach, Cochem, Trier, Erfurt, Schwerin, Dresden, Gablenz, Lübeck, Hannover, Swabian Jura, Rothenburg, Tauber, Nymphenburg, Bavarian, Füssen, Germany National Tourism Board Berchtesgaden, Berchtesgaden, Palatinate, Oldenburg, Osnabrück, East Frisia, Friesland, Flensburg, Aachen, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, St, AFP, Bonn, Austria, Mannheim

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