Germany boosts air defense with next-generation Eurofighters

Germany is enhancing its defence power with the purchase of 20 new Eurofighter jets. Under the latest contract, Airbus will assemble the multi-role aircraft at its Manching facility near Munich. The first delivery to the German Air Force is...

Ethnic Roots of American Agriculture: How Immigrants Shaped U.S. Farming

The Immigrant Influence on American Agriculture I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute. Ethnic Roots of American Agriculture: How Immigrants Shaped U.S. Farming Ethnic groups played a vital role in shaping early American...

Germany: o2 Telefónica, Crunchyroll collaboration

o2 Telefónica in Germany has announced a new working relationship with Crunchyroll. The collaboration will see Crunchyroll fully integrated into the customer ecosystem of o2 Telefónica, offering access to a dedicated anime library for all o2...

The Glasgow record label that transformed the UK's DIY music scene

The story of a small DIY label that would shape the Scottish music scene for decades to come. It had a meteoric rise and then a sudden fall, owing to its own incredible success. In the early 1980s, Postcard Records rewrote some of the rules when...

Univar Solutions opens Foodology Kitchen in Germany to accelerate European food innovation

GERMANY – Univar Solutions LLC, a global distributor of specialty chemicals and ingredients, has unveiled its Foodology by Univar Solutions kitchen at the company’s Solution Center in Essen, Germany. The launch marks a major investment in food and...

Gaby Wood: At the Fine Art Society

As​ a boy, the Romanian-born artist Avigdor Arikha spent part of the Second World War in a labour camp in western Ukraine, where he was given a small sketchbook and pencil by a sympathetic soldier. A German-speaking Jew, he had been deported with...

‘The Choral’ Review: Nicholas Hytner’s Wafer-Thin Period Dramedy About the Power of Music

Nicholas Hytner’s The Choral follows a choral society in the fictional English town of Ramsden at the height of World War I as it prepares for its next performance. With the choir master and many of the choir’s members having been lost to the war,...

Florian Krewer Paints the World as He Feels It

You have become known for paintings of men out and about that are wildly colored and psychologically charged. You have a solo exhibition this fall, at the Michael Werner Gallery in New York. What feels new about this work? One painting is about a...

Celebrating 36 great years of the Festival of Arts, Books & Culture

It’s Festival Time! The 36th annual Festival of Arts, Books & Culture will run November 2-15. As always, the Festival brings outstanding authors and entertainers to the Katz JCC in Cherry Hill. Be sure to attend as many events as you can; tickets...

Blending neuroscience, AI, and music to create mental health innovations

Computational neuroscientist and singer/songwriter Kimaya (Kimy) Lecamwasam, who also plays electric bass and guitar, says music has been a core part of her life for as long as she can remember. She grew up in a musical family and played in bands...

Gramophone's Early Music Award 2025: sacred and secular works from 15th-century Poland

Radiant performances of music rescued from the ravages of war: The Krasiński Codex For a not-very-early music reviewer, a significant recording – around three hours long – containing early 15th-century Marian music might have had the makings of an...

'Fela Kuti: Fear No Man' podcast explores icon's music and fight against oppression

(SOUNDBITE OF FELA KUTI SONG, "NO AGREEMENT") MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Fela Kuti is one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. That's a quote. And, in fact, it's the mission statement for a new podcast series by Jad Abumrad. (SOUNDBITE...

Franco-German bank ODDO BHF launches euro-backed stablecoin

Franco-German banking group ODDO BHF has launched a stablecoin pegged to the euro under the European Union’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation. According to an announcement on Wednesday, the bank will serve as the issuer of the EUROD...

Akosua Serwaa’s Petition to German Police Surfaces As She Calls for Roman Fada To Be Investigated

Details of Akosua Serwaa’s petition to German police have surfaced online, after she called for a probe into Daddy Lumba’s death In the October 13, 2025, petition, Akosua Serwaa urged the German Federal Criminal Police to investigate alleged...

Ghana-German Collaboration Urged for Unbiased Probe into Daddy Lumba’s Passing

This call for a transparent investigation into Daddy Lumba’s death comes amidst widespread concern over conflicting reports about his passing. The late musician’s widow, Mrs. Akosua Serwah Fosuh, and his elder sister, Ms. Ernestina Fosuh, have...

Opodo reveals influence of culture on travel bookings

93% of people say they would consider travelling based on books, films or art, with documentary inspiration proving more powerful than any other medium, says new research from Opodo. Olivia Palamountain reports Data from Opodo reveals a...

How Tartu’s €100 million culture project lost the plot

The idea of building a €100 million Siuru Centre in the heart of Tartu might be sold as a beacon of culture and progress; in truth, it is a mirage – a monument to ego and excess at a time when Estonia needs neither. Tartu already hosts the...

PSAC holds 2nd corporate culture event

Ammon News - The Public Service and Administration Commission (PSAC) on Wednesday held the 2nd event of the Corporate Culture Community in the Public Sector to examine outcomes and explore improvement opportunities. The event, which was organized...

Classical Music Playlist, October 14, 2025

Sergei Prokofiev | Color by Klimbim (Olga Shirnina) who grants free use. After Stalin’s cultural police banned Sergei Prokofiev’s 6th symphony as decadent, he wrote his 7th Symphony for Soviet Children’s Radio hoping it would be perceived as...

Mushroom collecting in Germany enjoys a revival

Wolfgang Bivour carefully emptied a basket of freshly collected mushrooms onto a forest floor covered with fallen autumn leaves. Brown-capped porcini and bay boletes lay beside slimy purple brittlegills and honey-coloured armillaria — and, among...