Berlin Wall

October 27, 1962, is not a date that most people consider especially noteworthy. It certainly doesn't rate with 9/11 or John F. Kennedy's assassination, or the fall of the Berlin Wall. But it was by far the most dangerous day in human history -- the day the world came perilously close to…

Its fall once represented the enduring spirit of American freedom. A new documentary shows how that myth is being undone. In 1990, the oil baron and philanthropist Robert Hefner III sent a representative to Germany to purchase a section of the recently dismantled Berlin Wall. The portion he eventually acquired…

Elgin Courier-News | Oct 17, 2020 at 12:45 PM A chunk of the Berlin wall, which was taken down on Nov. 9, 1989, after 28 years separating East and West Germany, will be auctioned off as part of the Nov. 14 Gifts that Give Back online auction to benefit the…

BERLIN (AP) — As John F. Kennedy peered over the Berlin Wall into communist East Germany in 1963, red curtains blocked the U.S. president’s view through the Brandenburg Gate and a banner perched in front of it accused the United States of breaking an international agreement “to prevent the rebirth…

Marking 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, musicians including flute veteran Rakesh Chaurasia and more join a fusion rendition of the Scorpions hit Anurag Tagat Oct 03, 2020 German Ambassador to India and musician Walter J. Lindner in a still from the music video for 'Wind of…

BERLIN (AP) — As John F. Kennedy peered over the Berlin Wall into communist East Germany in 1963, red curtains blocked the U.S. president’s view through the Brandenburg Gate and a banner perched in front of it accused the United States of breaking an international agreement “to prevent the rebirth…

Barry Gewen introduces his study of Henry Kissinger,  The Inevitability of Tragedy, with an anecdote that may be more telling than he intended. “A couple of years ago, I was having dinner with a friend,” he recounts, “when he leaned across the table and whispered to me, ‘Barry, Henry Kissinger is  evil.’” Throughout this book, Gewen defends Kissinger’s record…

coronavirus, canberra coronavirus restrictions, canberra foodcourt open, act coronavirus restrictions, canberra covid-19 restrictionsNo more balancing a burger and chips on your knees for lunch. Forget about wrestling with a kebab as you walk. The days of juggling sushi and hot pho on a cold park bench are over. Food courts…

Despite his long and influential career in the conduct of the US’s international affairs, Brent Scowcroft, who has died aged 95, attracted little personal attention to himself. This low profile was surprising enough in 1975 when, as national security adviser in the Gerald Ford administration, he organised the US’s evacuation…

The release of a series of top-secret Stasi tapes is shedding light on the inner workings of the once-feared German police agency. The 14 highly classified recordings were once held by the agency’s elite training school, the Institute of Operative Psychology in Potsdam, and “offer a rare and candid glimpse into…