Oscar-winning composer Michel Legrand dies aged 86
The French composer and jazz pianist won three Academy Awards, including for the song "The Windmills of Your Mind." He penned more than 200 film and TV scores and several…
Patrick Wiencek: 'Handball is a cool sport'
He became one of the stars of Germany's team at the World Championship, but also suffered a tough semifinal loss: Patrick Wiencke talks to DW about the painful defeat but…
International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Places of memory and mourning
Whether in Buchenwald, Dachau or Sachsenhausen, January 27 is a solemn occasion that attracts many visitors to sites of Nazi terror. Jewish leaders warn that the day must serve to…
IMF staff finalises details required to approve next $2bn for Egypt
The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) staff team has finalised the details required to present the fourth review for Egypt’s Extended Fund Facility arrangement to the IMF’s Executive Board, the Managing…
As Davos WEF Annual Meeting 2019 concludes, here is some of the top highlights
Davos - As the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2019 is coming to end on 25 January, following a four days of intensive dialogues, between over 3,000 leaders from business,…
How secret diarists of the Warsaw Ghetto fought against Nazi lies
In her documentary "Who Will Write Our History," director Roberta Grossman pays homage to the Jewish creators of a secret archive in the Warsaw Ghetto. The film is to be…
Water wars: Are India and Pakistan heading for climate change-induced conflict?
Across the world, climate change is sparking conflict as people struggle over dwindling resources. The fight over water could quickly escalate between India and Pakistan — and both have nuclear…
Guggenheim CIO Minerd sees no Fed rate hikes in 2019, good year for EM
Governments need to provide incentives, set boundaries, regulations to boost sustainable investments, says Guggenheim Partners CIO Scott Minerd
Market unimpressed as billionaire throws hat into Germany's 5G ring
United Internet's mobile unit 1&1 Drillisch will apply to take part in Germany's auction of 5G licenses. The firms' billionaire CEO said he wants to shake up the existing oligopoly,…
Egypt’s Defence Minister meets New Zealand counterpart over enhancing military cooperation
Meeting came during Ron Mark’s visit to Cairo
