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[l] at 5/26/23 8:47am
In 1945, an American officer pilfered valuable pieces from Germany's most important art collection and sent them to Texas, setting off a long search for the items. Now, experts are wondering: Was he just a simple thief? Or was he trying to save the treasure from the Nazis?

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[l] at 5/25/23 6:15am
Isabel Díaz Ayuso has risen out of nowhere to political stardom. In Madrid, the regional president is on the verge of her next triumph, a success story that could pull Spanish conservatives to the right.

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[l] at 5/25/23 6:15am
Isabel Díaz Ayuso has risen out of nowhere to political stardom. In Madrid, the regional president is on the verge of her next triumph, a success story that could pull Spanish conservatives to the right.

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[l] at 5/23/23 6:01am
The far-right Alternative for Germany party is polling better than it has in several years. With elections approaching next year in a trio of eastern German states, the AfD is seeking to find its way even closer to the political mainstream.

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[l] at 5/19/23 10:22am
In an interview, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg calls on Germany to quickly increase its defense spending and says he expects there will be a debate soon on whether to supply Ukraine with fighter jets.

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[l] at 5/19/23 5:28am
The Arab League is coming to terms with Syrian dictator Bashar Assad despite all the atrocities committed in his country's civil war. In an interview, Jordan's Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, 61, discusses the delicate balancing act in an explosive region.

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[l] at 5/17/23 8:49am
The Russian mercenary force Wagner Group has propped up autocrats from Mali to Syria in recent years. In Bakhmut, however, it now finds itself in the bloody spotlight of the war in Ukraine. Leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has long enjoyed Putin's support – but for how much longer?

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[l] at 5/17/23 6:50am
Hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs have been sent to re-education camps in China since 2017. Today, the repression continues, but less conspicuously. The Xinjiang region appears to be in a significant stage of transition.

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[l] at 5/12/23 9:50am
Ukraine will likely unleash its counteroffensive soon with tanks, drones and fresh troops. Kyiv badly needs some kind of success. The troops aren't only fighting the Russians – they also need to prove to the West that they are still worthy of support.

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[l] at 5/12/23 7:02am
Desiree Fixler served as head of sustainability at the DWS. Her ouster after criticizing the German fund internally for "greenwashing" generated considerable outrage against parent company Deutsche Bank. In an interview, she talks about the mendacity of the financial industry and an apology she is still waiting to receive.

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[l] at 5/11/23 11:00am
Green hydrogen has the potential to heat millions of homes and keep German industry humming. So far, though, a lack of the environmentally friendly gas and the infrastructure needed to transport it have prevented its wide-scale use.

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[l] at 5/9/23 2:59am
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has ruled Turkey for over 20 years. Now, there is a real chance he could be defeated in Sunday's election. A journey to disappointed supporters, companies suffering under the beleaguered economy – and to the man who could oust the eternal president.

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[l] at 5/4/23 6:03am
Soldiers who escaped Putin's war and fled to Kazakhstan claim they witnessed crimes and are willing to testify in courts of law. But they are also facing an uncertain future as they look for a country willing to take them in.

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[l] at 4/30/23 4:15am
Over a decade ago, the Arab Spring got its start in Tunisia. Now, the country's president is tightening his authoritarian grip. The Europeans, though, have been largely silent: They need the Tunisian autocrat in the fight against illegal migration.

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[l] at 4/28/23 9:39am
Berlin is preparing for the possibility that Donald Trump could beat Joe Biden in the next election. That outcome would likely be a disaster for Ukraine, NATO and the looming climate crisis. Diplomats have begun establishing contacts with the former president's camp to avoid being blindsided as they were in 2016.

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[l] at 4/27/23 7:16am
The history of the Deutschland Ticket shows how complicated progress is in a country where pettiness is often the order of the day. And how, sometimes, politicians in Germany can find solutions that they weren't even looking for.

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[l] at 4/26/23 4:00pm
Many changes had to be made to health care in many African countries to address the COVID pandemic. Things that otherwise would have taken years happened overnight. A number of hospitals have succeeded in finding a silver lining in the global tragedy.

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[l] at 4/26/23 3:59pm
More than 600,000 people die each year of malaria, mostly children. An effective vaccine has now been developed at Oxford that could save hundreds of thousands of lives.

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[l] at 4/25/23 4:30am
Selçuk Bayraktar changed the way modern warfare is waged, and some have begun calling him the Elon Musk of Turkey. Speculation is growing that he could follow in the footsteps of his father-in-law Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and rise to the top of Turkish politics.

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[l] at 4/25/23 2:00am
We have to stick together in hard time. SPIEGEL WISSEN magazine is looking for the best projects that strengthen our cohesiveness.

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[l] at 4/22/23 3:30am
Two rival generals have sparked a war that has buried hopes for a peaceful and democratic fresh start in Sudan. The activists who once brought down the dictatorship are now fearing for the future – and for their lives.

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