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Author Salman Rushdie, best known for classic works "The Satanic Verses" and "Midnight's Children," has voiced concerns over the targeting of writers and artists by authoritarian governments across the globe. In an interview with dpa in Berlin on Tuesday, the Indian-born British writer said "the world is becoming a much angrier place where people seem to resort to violence much more easily." Rushdie was severely injured in an assassination attempt at an event in the United States in 2022, losing an eye. He said that artists "have become the targets of authoritarian regimes across the world." "...
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The trial of Donald Trump relating to the payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels could land the former US president in prison, author Salman Rushdie told dpa in Berlin on Tuesday. "Well, I think this trial that's underway now in New York City has a serious possibility of sending him to jail, because the attempt to suppress the Stormy Daniels story was clearly a way of affecting the electoral process by keeping essential information away from voters," the 76-year-old author said. The public prosecutor's office in New York accuses Trump of wanting to improve his chances of success in ...
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Taylor Swift meets violin virtuoso David Garrett. The German violinist is shaking up the music scene with his latest project - reimagining contemporary pop songs from the last two decades into captivating symphonic arrangements. Set to include tracks from Taylor Swift, Rihanna, Ed Sheeran, The Weeknd, and David Guetta, Garrett's new album "Millennium Symphony" promises a fresh take on contemporary hits, as announced in Cologne on Monday. The album will also feature tracks from German rock musician Udo Lindenberg and German rapper Apache 207. Garrett told dpa that the songs are fresh and young,...
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An unknown person dug a hole at the grave of German politician Wolfgang Schäuble, one of the most influential figures in the country's post-War history, triggering an investigation by the state security. Investigators said the hole measured around 1.2 metres deep and did not reach the coffin of Schäuble, who died in December at the age of 81. Municipal employees noticed the excavated earth at the Waldbach cemetery in the south-western town of Offenburg on Monday morning, police and prosecutors said. On Monday afternoon, a dpa reporter found only a rectangular-shaped area of dirt at Schäuble's ...
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Former German chancellor Angela Merkel's memoirs, titled "Freedom. Memories 1954 - 2021," are to be published in late November, three years after the end of her 16-year tenure, her publisher announced on Monday. Merkel, who led the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), weathered a number of crises during her time in office, including Europe's high influx of migrants in 2015 and the Covid-19 pandemic. The former chancellor co-wrote the book with her long-time political advisor, Beate Baumann. According to publisher Kiepenheuer & Witsch, the book will look back on Merkel's life in two G...
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An unknown person dug a hole at the grave site of German politician Wolfgang Schäuble, one of the most influential figures in the country's post-War history, triggering an investigation by the state security. Investigators said the hole measured around 1.2 metres deep and did not reach the coffin of Schäuble, who died in December at the age of 81. Municipal employees noticed the excavated earth at the Waldbach cemetery in the south-western town of Offenburg on Monday morning, police and prosecutors said. There is currently no information on the background or motive of the incident, their state...
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The well-known Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny was posthumously awarded the Dresden International Peace Prize on Sunday. His widow Yulia Navalnaya accepted the award on his behalf, which is endowed with €10,000 ($10,774), at the eastern German city's Schauspielhaus theatre. Former German president Joachim Gauck honoured the man who died in prison almost three months ago as a "selfless, almost superhumanly courageous man who shows that there can be another Russia." Navalny's life's work is "a monument, he remains a role model for all those who believe in freedom and dignity, including ...
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The well-known Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is to be posthumously awarded the first Dresden International Peace Prize on Sunday. His widow Yulia Navalnaya will receive the award, which is endowed with €10,000 ($10,774), at the eastern German city's Schauspielhaus theatre, the organizers said. Former German president Joachim Gauck is expected to deliver the laudatory speech. A requiem by Russian composer Sergei Nevsky for Navalny is also expected to be premiered. The Kremlin critic and prominent opponent of President Vladimir Putin died under unexplained circumstances in a Siberian ...
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The Indian-born British author Salman Rushdie, known for "Midnight's Children" and "The Satanic Verses," called legal proceedings brought against cultural critics by Italy's far-right Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni "childish." At the Turin International Book Fair on Thursday, Rushdie said that influential politicians should be able to take criticism. At the risk of Meloni also starting a lawsuit against him, he said, he advised her to "grow up!" Rushdie was referring to a conviction that Meloni secured against Italian writer Roberto Saviano after he had repeatedly called her a "bastard" on a ta...
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US rapper Macklemore has released a song about pro-Palestinian protests and announced that he will donate all proceeds from the song to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). In the song, the 40-year-old singer from Seattle, said he is not voting for US President Joe Biden in November's presidential election. "The blood is on your hands, Biden, we can see it all," he raps in the song released on Monday on his social media profiles. The rap, "Hind's Hall," is named after a Palestinian girl who was killed in an attack in Gaza. At protests at N...
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