Dec 31 Ebola outbreak started with bat-filled hollow tree, study finds By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy A group of researchers from the Robert Koch Institute in Germany found that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa likely began when a young boy played too close to an infected group of bats. Their findings were published Tuesday in… Continue reading
Dec 22 In landmark ruling, orangutan granted legal ‘person’ status in Argentina By Joshua Barajas A court in Argentina ruled Sunday that an orangutan was entitled to some basic rights as a "non-human individual" and can live in a partially free primate sanctuary, local media reported. Continue reading
Nov 09 Germany marks 25th anniversary of the fall of Berlin Wall By Rialda Zukic Germans commemorated on Sunday the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which on Nov. 9, 1989, ended a years-long divide between East and West Germany. Continue reading
Nov 07 Photo gallery: Berlin Wall paintings survive as symbols of hope 25 years later By Victoria Fleischer Twenty five years ago Sunday, thousands of Berliners jumped on top of the Berlin Wall as a divisive era came to an end. Five years earlier, Kiddy Citny of West Berlin began to paint the wall with two of his… Continue reading
Oct 14 UN medical worker dies of Ebola in Germany By Jordan Vesey A UN medical worker who was infected with Ebola while in Liberia died Monday night in a clinic in Leipzig, Germany. Continue reading
Sep 14 Merkel: Germans must take stand against anti-Semitism By Rialda Zukic German Chancellor Angela Merkel took to the Berlin streets Sunday to promote peace and tolerance in the country. Continue reading
Sep 05 Agnes Obel taps into the piano’s ‘dreamy nature’ By Victoria Fleischer Danish singer/songwriter Agnes Obel grew up surrounded by guitars, pianos, marimbas and double basses. Her father collected and sold instruments and her mother was a classical pianist, so perhaps music was in her blood. Continue reading
Sep 02 Germany bans Uber taxi services temporarily By Jordan Vesey A Frankfurt court has temporarily banned ridesharing service Uber from being used in Germany. A spokesperson for the court said on Tuesday that Uber violates the country's Passenger Transportation Act. The service is suspended nationwide until a full hearing can… Continue reading
Aug 06 Watch Did destruction and upheaval of WWI pave way for Ukraine, Mideast conflicts? By PBS News Hour The collision and shattering of world powers during World War I have laid the foundation for wars being waged today. For analysis of the war’s footprints, Jeffrey Brown is joined by Margaret MacMillan of University of Oxford, John Mearsheimer of… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch How the ‘Great War’ redefined the world By PBS News Hour Former enemies marked the centennial this week of the “Great War,” which pulled in world powers and killed 17 million soldiers and civilians across Europe and beyond. Jeffrey Brown reports on how the death and destruction of the world’s first… Continue watching