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Stan Lee who co-created Spider-Man 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 grownups," 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. Accompanied by the slogan of the Women Ministryʼs nationwide campaign, "What are you fighting for?", the images acted as a reminder that while much has been achieved in the last century for womenʼs rights, much remains to be done.
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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. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told DW in an interview on Monday that a European army as proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron could strengthen European defense capabilities, but should complement NATO. "European defense efforts have to take place within NATO, strengthening the European pillar within NATO. And as long as a European army does that, I welcome such EU efforts on defense," Stoltenberg told DW correspondent Christian F. Trippe. He also warned against jeopardizing ties with Washington. "What we have learned from the two World Wars and the Cold War is the importance of the transAtlantic bond," he said. "So we have to make sure that Europe and North America stand together." Stoltenberg was referring to remarks made by Macron last week about the need for a European army. In his comments, the French president also named the United States alongside China and Russia as a source of risk. Among other things, Macron said the EU needed to be less dependent on the US, particularly after Washington decided to withdraw
from the Cold War-era INF nuclear treaty. US President Donald Trump on Friday reacted angrily to Macronʼs proposals,calling them "very insulting," but the French government has insisted the remarks were misinterpreted. The two leadersheld talks on Saturday in Parisahead ofcommemoration events for the 100th anniversary of the armisticethat ended the First World War. In the DW interview, Stoltenberg once more criticized Russia for breaching the 1987 INF treatyby installing a new generation of intermediate-range missiles "This system puts the INF treaty in jeopardy, and the new Russian missiles are mobile, hard to detect, nuclearcapable," he said. This new generation of missiles, which, Stoltenberg said, "are able to reach European cities, including Berlin," has been one of the main reasons the Trump administration announced a withdrawal from the treaty. "We donʼt want the undermining of important arms control agreements like the INF Treaty. And thatʼs why we call on Russia to ensure full compliance with this very important agreement," Stoltenberg said.
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.
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