And im a citizen of the world thats certainly because of my own biography. Well, i fled from breslau during the bombardment, including i grew up in a small town. And libraries were how i got to know the world. I visited north africa as a schoolboy. I was 17 or 18 and we drove folks who are going to band through all the north african countries. I was always drawn to Foreign Countries because i had this curiosity about how other people live, think and work. And it was always worth it. Yes, im a citizen of the world, and this is the story of a the story of the final year in the korea of detail a man. He has shaped the german Cultural Landscape of the last decades like few others with his incredible ability to grasp the right moment. Hes been head of the gemma National Library, the driving force behind the lens Famous Museum island, and president of germanys cultural powerhouse. The good to institute, but his last 12 months didnt go as planned. A final official trip to the african continen
I am president of aei i would like to start by reading from doctor cheneys opening paragraph. Into a map virginia and extend the other leg of the compass the 60 miles and draw a circle. Within it Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and james monroe were born this is where they made their home. Came for the nations first five president s a dynasty they led to secure independence and to build the republic. What a great way to start the book this is a wonderful chronicle of four major leaders and those what they call the spirit of perseverance as a longtime member of the faculty will take to moment to acknowledge how much we appreciate your scholarship and intellectual contributions and the server she has done for our country. This is the latest of several works examine your countrys history with consideration and rigor. Her last book, James Madison a life we considered was a New York Times bestseller in 2014 to shed new light on one of our most underappreciated founders. Im so pleased to hav
A mild case comes to trial here in germany alongside the defendant more than 150 suspects have been identified prosecutors say theyre following thousands of data trips. Migrants arriving in italy face a lengthy and complicated asylum process in poor Living Conditions now fears of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic have made their plight even tougher. And terry martin good to have you with us in belarus public support for president Alexander Lukashenko seems to be crumbling as more belorussians heads heat opposition calls to join a general strike has consistently given a defiant response and rejected any calls to step down those calls her. Been growing louder ever since he was returned to office over a week ago in a controversial election for. The red and white flag of the opposition has once more been raised on the streets of minsk. This time by the black is a bellow reuss who gathered outside factories and the state television headquarters. Going away they chanted directly at pres
Law and litigation for more than 28 years. Hes a former chair of the cincinnati bar associations environmental olaw committee and graduate of the new college of the ba at Ohio State University of law. Jd cum laude. Rob received the International Livelihood award commonly known as the nobel prize for his years of work on pfo a. Please give a warm savanna welcome to rob billott. [applause] good morning. Thank you so much for inviting me here. With t to thank everyone the book festival. This is really an amazing event and im honored to be here. Its moving for me to be part of this group and looking through all the otherfolks that are here you are wondering this guy is a lawyer. Whats going onhere . And thats what i want to talk about today is why i ended up writing this oobook exposure and whats the story about and why i believe its an important story forall of us. You know, i think most of the people in this room have probably heard of flint michigan and the lead crisis, right . Im curio
A look at families torn apart by the conflict. Going to die and the plane is up on the on the its very close we hear from one syrian refugee in germany to his family to safety. And english giants matches the city of fine 30000000 euros and banned from Europes Champions League the 2 seasons city were found guilty of breaching spending. Math and how to welcome to the program a laundry list of conflicts and uncertainty of the wests role in the world dominating the Munich Security Conference some of 3 dozen heads of state diplomats and Security Experts have gathered in southern germany the west wind link influence on Global Security is even spawned a new turn. Oh whos who of international politics. With plenty to discuss. The german president frank steinmeyer spent much of his keynote speech deploring the decline of internationalism and of european unity he had harsh words for russia china and the us oh and the been that our closest ally the United States of america under the Current Admin