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As always, Berlin's cultural calendar for the year is chock-full of events. Yet the city could offer even more, says DW columnist Gero Schliess. Too much is predictable and not enough is avant-garde.

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"Climate change is a lie."

Meanwhile, in the US.

France marks three years since the terrorist attack at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. 11 people were killed. What are your memories of the attack?

The teenager has reportedly instructed a 12-year-old German-Iraqi to carry out an attack on a Christmas market in Ludwigshafen.

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"We want to lessen any losses on the Palestinian side and lessen the Israeli gains."

An AfD member has labelled Boris Becker's son a "little half-negro."

Now, the German tennis legend responds.

After the suspension of US security assistance, Pakistan's dependence on its longtime ally China is bound to increase.

Who hasn't wondered once in a while what other people in their company earn for doing the same thing?

Saudi authorities have reportedly detained a group of 11 princes who staged a protest over a decree that suspended payment of their utility bills. They were put in a maximum security prison, local media claims.

Berlin and Ankara are willing to overcome their differences "through dialogue," said Turkey's foreign minister during a visit to Germany.

The Twitter account of Germany's Titanic-Magazin went back online after it had been suspended for more than 48 hours. Tweets parodying an AfD lawmaker were deleted under the new "NetzDG" law.