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For Wim Wenders, getting lost is not a failure but a form of bliss. “When you’re lost, you really abandon yourself and you are there,” he told DW. For over five decades, the German filmmaker has invited audiences to lose themselves in his films that drift through unfamiliar landscapes and quiet emotional spaces. Wenders, who’s also a keen photographer, believes that only when we are truly lost do we actually begin to seeImage: Wim Wenders, Courtesy of the Wim Wenders Foundation/Argos Films As Wenders turns 80 this August, the Bundeskunsthalle in the western German city of Bonn is presenting a…

When Thomas Müller announced recently in an Instagram post that his next career move would be “across the big pond,” it was quickly reported that the bright lights of Los Angeles would be his destination. However, the soon to be 36-year-old, who has made a career of surprising opponents on the pitch, caught nobody off guard by announcing on Wednesday that he was indeed moving to the Pacific west coast — but north of the 49th parallel to Vancouver. The move had been Major League Soccer’s worst-kept secret for days. ‘A statement signing’ “Thomas is a world-class player — the ultimate “Raumdeuter” (“space interpreter”] — known…

The United States is planning to build its largest ever migrant detention facility on a military base in Texas. The initial plan is to hold 1,000 migrants at the Fort Bliss base near the Mexican border starting this month, the Pentagon said on Thursday. The facility, named Camp East Montana, would then be expanded to provide 5,000 beds for migrants in “the weeks and months ahead,” according to the Department of Defense. Migrant detention in tents at US base When completed, it would be the largest federal detention center in the US, the Pentagon added. The Defense Department is funding…

The United States on Thursday doubled the reward for the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to $50 million (€43 million). The Trump administration has accused Maduro of being the world’s biggest drug trafficker and working with cartels to smuggle fentanyl-laced cocaine into the US. In January, the announced bounty was fixed at $25 million. The Department of Justice and State Department on Thursday announced a historic $50 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Nicolas Maduro, Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a video on social media. “He is one of the largest narco-traffickers in the world and…

Why did Switzerland get hit with a 39% tariff? US President Donald Trump’s argument is straightforward. He believes trade partners of the United States benefit from broad access to the US market, while often restricting access to their own, creating persistent trade imbalances. In Switzerland’s case, Trump balked at the Alpine nation’s $48 billion (€41.2 billion) trade deficit, which he said showed Swiss firms were “taking advantage” of the US. For that and the country’s apparent unwillingness to address the imbalance, he put a much higher tariff on Swiss imports than the European Union’s 15%. At 39%, the tariff rate is the highest among developed countries and may…

A new Taiwanese series about a fictional Chinese invasion has sparked heated debate after its Saturday premiere topped drama rankings on public TV and multiple streaming platforms. The ten-episode drama titled “Zero Day Attack” is set in 2028, imagining China using a missing warplane as a pretext to launch a blockade when a newly elected Taiwanese president is about to take office. Some viewers praised the show for helping “every Taiwanese understand how the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] infiltrates us,” while others accused it of “selling a sense of national doom.” Taiwan is a self-governing democracy that Beijing claims is…

A new study has discovered that trees contain a rich and diverse microbiome inside their tree trunks, much like humans do in our bodies. An average tree contains approximately 1 trillion microbe cells, according to data acquired from sampling the DNA of 150 trees which waspublished in the journal Nature. It found that healthy trees contain distinct microbiomes specialized to different parts of the tree and are rich in fungi, bacteria, and viruses. The authors believe these could play a vital role in tree health. “Our study shows that each tree species hosts its own distinct microbial community that has…

When Thomas Müller announced recently in an Instagram post that his next career move would be “across the big pond,” it was quickly reported that the bright lights of Los Angeles would be his destination. However, the soon to be 36-year-old, who has made a career of surprising opponents on the pitch, caught nobody off guard by announcing on Wednesday that he was indeed moving to the Pacific west coast — but north of the 49th parallel to Vancouver. The move had been Major League Soccer’s worst-kept secret for days. ‘A statement signing’ “Thomas is a world-class player – the ultimate “Raumdeuter” (Interpreter…

For weeks, police in the Republic of Moldova have been posting alarming notices on their Telegram messaging channel. Authorities have repeatedly warned of “fake news” on social media sites, called on citizens not to take “election bribes” and released reports on the arrest of paid demonstrators. Most recently, Moldova’s police posted a video explaining to voters how Russia is currently buying masses of votes through an app named “Taito.” Moldovan President Maia Sandu described what is going on in her tiny country, sandwiched between southwestern Ukraine and northeastern Romania, after attending a Supreme Security Council meeting last week by pointing to the “unprecedented”…

What is the current fire situation in France? More than 2,100 firefighters are still battling an intense wildfire in the Corbieres hills in a Mediterraneanregion of France near the border to Spain.  They are supported by some 90 firefighting planes, including water bombers, and 40 helicopters, according to the latest update by the Aude prefecture, which leads the affected local government department.  From Thursday, several dozen soldiers and three army helicopters will help battle the fire, which broke out Tuesday afternoon in the village of Ribaute in the Aude region, a rural, wooded area home to wineries. The blaze has…