Archive du mois : mai 2018

Cairns (Australien) – Leeann Mitchell hatte gerade eine Chemotherapie beendet und feierte mit Freundin Cindy Waldron († 46) den Sieg über den Brustkrebs am Strand – da schlug das Schicksal zu. 29. Mai 2016, 22 Uhr: Es ist finster am Thornton Beach im Daintree-Nationalpark (Australien). Leeann und Cindy stehen schwatzend und lachend Arm in Arm im…

The original iMac The very first iMac may seem quaint today with its 15-inch CRT screen, tiny 4GB hard drive and decidedly late ’90s translucent styilng, but at the time it was a minor revolution in… well, just about everything. This was a departure from the beige boxes that defined most PC designs, and it…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Gina Haspel is a 33-year CIA veteran President Donald Trump has defended his nominee to head the CIA after she offered to withdraw amid concern over her role in harsh interrogation techniques widely seen as torture. Mr Trump said Gina Haspel had « come under fire because she was too tough…

Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu has confirmed the club held talks with Antoine Griezmann’s agent as early as October. The France star has been heavily linked with a move to Barca from Atletico Madrid at the end of the season, with Luis Suarez hinting last week that a deal could already have been agreed. Although…

Die ganz Kleinen bekommen ihn vorgelesen und fürchten ihn, den Schurken mit dem wilden Bart. Die Größeren fiebern mit und staunen über den Hund Wasti, der von der Witwe Schlotterbeck in ein Krokodil verwandelt wird und auch erwachsenen (Vor-)Leser*innen wächst er ans Herz: der Mann mit dem Autoritätsproblem, der regelmäßig aus dem Gefängnis abhaut und…

Speakers recently flew in from around (or perhaps, across?) the earth for a three-day event held in Birmingham: the UK’s first ever public flat earth convention. It was well attended, and wasn’t just three days of speeches and YouTube clips (though, granted, there was a lot of this). There was also a lot of team-building, networking,…