It was shortly after 9 p.m. when the first child of the new year was born in the hospital in Copiapó, in the far north of Chile: a little boy, 50 centimeters tall, 3064 grams, so far, so unspectacular, if it weren’t for them two first names that the parents had chosen for their son: … Read more
New York (AP) – The art collection of Linda and Harry Macklowe put up for auction due to their divorce has brought in almost $ 700 million in New York. This makes it the auction with the highest total value in the history of the auction house, announced Sotheby’s. The most expensive piece was the … Read more
London / Freiburg (dpa) – For 2021 the “Lonely Planet” selected only a few future-oriented projects because of Corona, for 2022 the publisher is now returning to its global top ten lists. In the new book “Lonely Planets Best in Travel 2022”, Freiburg im Breisgau is one of the top cities. It ranks third because … Read more
Freiburg (dpa) – The largest welfare association in Germany will be led by a woman for the first time in the future: At the delegates’ meeting of the German Caritas Association in Freiburg on Wednesday, Eva Welskop-Deffaa was appointed as the successor to President Peter Neher. The prelate leaves office after 18 years. The new … Read more
Freiburg (dpa) – The largest welfare association in Germany is getting a new leadership today: At the delegates’ meeting of the German Caritas Association in Freiburg, the successor to President Peter Neher will be determined. The prelate leaves office after 18 years. The candidates are the Stuttgart city dean Christian Hermes, the chairman of the … Read more
New York (AP) – In the presence of the former professional tennis player and activist Billie Jean King, the foundation stone for a new LGBTQ + museum was laid in New York. For the museum, which is supposed to tell the stories of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, trans people, queer people and others who feel they … Read more
Freiburg (dpa / lsw) – 1946 In a hundred years from now, letters are to be distributed from Freiburg to specific addressees. In the year 2120 the city celebrates its 1000th birthday and for a special postal project on this occasion the municipality installed an “anniversary mailbox” in front of the old town hall. The … Read more
Düsseldorf (dpa / lnw) – The proportion of students with a history of immigration rose slightly in North Rhine-Westphalia in the past school year 20/21. As the State Statistical Office reported on Friday in Düsseldorf, almost 950,000 pupils at general and vocational schools had a migration background. This corresponds to a share of 39.4 percent … Read more
Microsoft should disappear from online lessons, the data protection officers of some federal states recommend. The risks are unacceptably high, warns Stefan Brink from Baden-Württemberg, for example. In Bavaria, too, the video conference program Teams is to be replaced by a program that is compatible with data protection. But many students do not want to … Read more