Delayed by the pandemic, the Munich Security Conference will still unite an incoming Joe Biden and an outgoing Angela Merkel on a shared virtual stage. DW spoke to the MSC's longstanding chairman Wolfgang Ischinger.
Trump impeachment trial nears as divided nation looks on
Biden not right man for unity
Just down the road, Paul Rieber is shoveling snow off his driveway. For him, the impeachment trial is a complete waste of time and a waste of [our] tax money. It s foolishness. He doesn t believe that Biden will bring the country together again, either. I just don t think he s the right man for it. He s trying too hard to get rid of everything that Trump put in place instead of maybe making things better, Rieber told DW.
For some, accountability matters
In uptown Harrisburg, views on the former president diverge significantly. Scott Fry has lived here for 50 years, working as the local landscaper. For him, accountability matters.
Louie Phipps is about to release his debut album, with help from some first-class musicians. Heâs 9.
By Lauren Daley Globe correspondent,Updated January 27, 2021, 4:43 p.m.
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When Louie Phipps was about 5 years old, he wrote his first song.
âIt was either âIâm Not Doing itâ â which Iâve now made a better song â or âNow Weâre Leaving This Place,ââ recalls Louie, now 9. The latter was about his familyâs move from Indiana to Northampton in 2017. And the former? âAt the time, I was saying
âno warâ but when I repolished it, itâs about:
Larry King, TV host who gave boldface names a cozy forum, dies at 87 Taylor Shapiro
Replay Video UP NEXT Larry King, the suspendered impresario of cable television whose popular CNN interview program with its guest-friendly questions and conversational banter was a premier haven for the famous and infamous to spill their secrets, hype their projects and soften their image, died Jan. 23 at a hospital in Los Angeles. He was 87. Ora Media, the production company he co-founded, announced his death but did not provide a cause, according to the Associated Press. CNN reported earlier this month that Mr. King had been hospitalized for complications of covid-19. The TV host, who was long beset by medical problems, including diabetes and heart attacks, underwent an operation to remove early-stage lung cancer in 2017 and had a stroke in 2019.
Joe Biden has been inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States. Donald Trump did not attend the event, and in doing so became the first outgoing president to avoid the occasion in 150 years.