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Stan Lee who cocreated SpiderMan Marvel Comics has died Stan Lee, the architect of the contemporary comic book and the co-creator of superheroes like Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and The Hulk has died. The Marvel Comics legend was 95 years old. He was a creative dynamo who revolutionized the comics by introducing human frailties in superheroes. "I thinkeverybody loves things that are bigger than life. ... I think of them as fairy tales for grown-ups," he told The Associated Press in a 2006 interview. "We all grew up with giants and ogres and witches. Well, you get a little bit older and youʼre too old to read fairy tales. But I donʼt think you ever outgrow your love for those kind of things, things that are bigger than life and magical and very imaginative." Lee was the top writer at Marvel Comics and later its publisher. He revived the industry in the 1960ʼs by insisting on sophisticated plots, college-level dialogue, science fiction, satire and even philosophy.
100 years of womenʼs suffrage in Germany: A long road ahead "Today, no one will laugh when a little girl says she wants to be a minister or the German chancellor," said Angela Merkel in Berlin on Monday. "I even hear that some children wonder if a man can be chancellor," she added to laughter. Of course, itʼs true; an entire generation of Germans has never known any other chancellor except Merkel. In every corner of the courtyard at the German history museum, the images of some of Germanyʼs leading, and yet widely forgotten, suffragettes —Elisabeth Selbert, Marie Juchacz, Helene Lange and Helene Weber — watched over the centenary celebrations on Monday.
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Europe should keep its defense within NATO, says Stoltenberg Stoltenberg also criticized Russia over its SSC-8 missile program
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has told DW that European defense efforts should remain within the alliance. Stoltenberg also criticized Russia over its SSC-8 missile program, saying it breached the INF treaty.
British carmaker Aston Martin misfires at market IPO Shares in the automaker, whose cars are famously driven by fictional British spy James Bond, fell more than 6 percent. Aston Martin is the first originally-British automaker to sell shares in years. Aston Martin failed to impress investors on its market debut in London on Wednesday with shares in the carmaker falling as much as 6.5 percent. The sports car specialists, whose cars have played a starring role in James Bond movies, had priced shares at 19 pounds each, giving it a market capitalization of 4.33 billion pounds ($5.63 billion, €4.88 billion). The
shares in the company opened flat before sliding lower as investors and analysts raised concerns over its ability to deliver on its plans to launch a new model every year from 2016 to 2022. "[It] has very aggressive growth plans. The execution of that growth needs to be flawless — nothing eats cash more than a car company when the cycle turns. There is concern that itʼs more cyclical than the commentary has been," said James Congdon, managing director of cashflow returns specialist Quest. "The banks have done a good job for their client – but thereʼs no bounce."
What the Nazis stole from synagogues during the November 1938 pogrom Wielding axes and torches, SA and SS forces stormed the "Little Synagogue" in Würzburg during the night from the 9th to the 10th of November, 1938, known as the Kristallnacht progrom. On their rampage they tore lighting fixtures from the walls and hacked away at the interior, splitting the door of the Torah ark. To this day, the crack
stretches across the door like a scar. During the November 1938 pogroms, Nazi troops tore down nearly 1,400 synagogues — about half the total Jewish places of worship in Germany and Austria. Thousands of Jewish business were destroyed. Over 30,000 Jews were arrested and taken to concentration camps. Many people died.
Why is India ʼHinduizingʼ citiesʼ Muslim names? Last week, the chief minister of Indiaʼs northern Uttar Pradesh state renamed the city of Allahabad to Praygraj and and Faizabad to Ayodhya. Yogi Adityanath and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the federal capital New Delhi, justified the move by saying they were merely reverting to the citiesʼ historical names, which, according to them, were changed by Muslim emperors that governed the Indian subcontinent prior to British rule that technically began after 1857. "Ayodhya is a symbol of our honor, pride and prestige," Adityanath said after announcing the new name for Faizabad. The name change drive is not just restricted to Uttar Pradesh; chief ministers of other BJP-led states are taking similar measures – renaming cities, airports and streets.
Bulgaria opposes UN pact for safe and orderly migration Bulgaria will not sign a UN pact to promote safe and orderly migration, a ruling party official said on Monday, placing the country in the ranks of several other EU states that do not back the deal. "The position of the Bulgarian government will be not to join the United Nationsʼ global pact on migration," said Tsvetan Tsvetanov, deputy leader of the main ruling center-right GERB party. Its coalition partner, the United Patriots, has also come out against the nonbinding pact, calling it a threat to national interests.
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