Asta — Asta's Latin and Greek origins hold the meaning of "bright as a star" or "star," while its Old Norse roots hold the meaning of "divine love," "god" or "beautiful" as a shortened form of the ...

Maryan Hashi remembers the thoughts running through her mind when she began hitting the ski slopes in northern Sweden. As a Black woman from Somalia, she felt like an “alien.” ...

Yu performed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, composed by Tan Dun, for erhu and orchestra, captivating the audience with the erhu's profound, melancholic tones. The performance seamlessly blended the ...

The European Union approved new sanctions targeting Iranian officials and designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist group over protest suppression and Russia support.

Quietly unfolding as a folk-horror of German history, the stories in the film are told from the peripheries and through the ...

Skyrocketing prices and stagnating real wages are forcing more and more pubs to shut their doors. The closing of neighborhood pubs means the loss of leisure space, and of the community built around it ...

MARIENBERG, Germany — In a workshop tucked into the rolling hills of eastern Germany’s Ore Mountains, rows of wooden soldiers stood at attention. Their red coats gleamed and their square-jawed mouths ...

Germany’s most peaceful landscape owes its existence to one of its most paranoid. The Grünes Band — the Green Belt threading 860 miles along the former border between West Germany and communist East ...

FIFA recalls the pulsating showdown that marked the first — and last — clash between East and West Germany at the FIFA World Cup. While both teams were already through to the next round before a ball ...

Refugees who poured into the country a decade ago fared better when they landed in the more prosperous West, an enduring legacy of reunification. By Jim Tankersley and Ekaterina Bodyagina Visuals by ...

Lubbock's food culture is set to expand again in 2026, this time bringing German treats and drinks to the community. Kleines Deutschland, which translates to Little Germany, recently appeared on ...