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Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul dies at 85

British author V.S. Naipaul

V.S. Naipaul, the Nobel Prize-winning British author who analyzed postcolonialism, has died in London. The Trinidad-born son of an Indian civil servant and Oxford graduate wrote the best-seller A House for Mr. Biswas. 

How hip is Karl Marx?

Germany | Street Art in Berlin - Image of Karl Marx by artist Emess (picture-alliance/Wolfram Steinberg)

His bushy gray beard and determined look are his trademarks. Marx has long since morphed into an icon – and a marketable commodity! The image of the radical revolutionary can sell almost anything, from cars to pop music. 

Who was Karl Marx?

Germany | Karl Marx in for colors by artist Ottmar Hoerl (picture-alliance/dpa/T. Frey)

He expounded the unconditional freedom of the individual but almost always depended on the support of others. He believed in the power of the people but lived as a recluse. Karl Marx was a figure full of contradictions.  

Romania: Police probe anti-Semitic graffiti at Elie Wiesel childhood home

Auschwitz survivor and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Elie Wiesel 1928 - 2016 (picture-alliance/CNP/AdMedia/D. Brack)

Romanian police have opened an inquiry into anti-Semitic graffiti sprayed on the home of Auschwitz survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel. One of the comments said Wiesel, who died in 2016, was "in hell with Hitler." 

Man Booker 2018 longlist includes Michael Ondaatje and first-ever graphic novel

Großbritannien Michael Ondaatje gewinnt The Golden Man Booker in London (Imago/ZUMA Press/R. Tang)

Nick Drnaso's dystopian graphic novel Sabrina joins 12 other works by six British, two US, two Canadian and two Irish writers on the longlist for the 2018 Man Booker Prize. The Golden Man Booker winner is also featured.  

Johannesburg Kinder in Alexandra Township mandela Wandbild (Getty Images/J. Mitchell)

Growing up with Nelson Mandela

On his 100th birthday, people all over the world are celebrating Nelson Mandela's legacy: as South Africa's first black president and a giant of the anti-apartheid struggle. But Mandela was also a family man.  

Finnland Ankunft Liu Xia, Witwe des chinesischen Dissidenten Liu Xiaobo (picture-alliance/dpa/Lehtikuva/J. Nukari)

Chinese dissident Liu Xia's arrival in Germany: 'A gift to the German government'

Under house arrest for eight years, the widow of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo was unexpectedly allowed to leave China Tuesday. DW's Sabine Peschel spoke with Tienchi Martin-Liao of the Chinese PEN Organization.  

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Omarosa Manigault-Newman

After Trump 'betrayal', ex-White House staffer Omarosa Manigault-Newman touts warts and all book

More trouble for Donald Trump — a new book by former aide Omarosa Manigault-Newman describes the US president as racist and misogynist. The former Apprentice contestant also made a secret recording of her firing.
UK V.S. Naipaul

Nobel Prize-winning author V. S. Naipaul dies at 85

V.S. Naipaul, the Nobel Prize-winning British author who analyzed postcolonialism, has died in London. The Trinidad-born son of an Indian civil servant and Oxford graduate wrote the best-seller A House for Mr. Biswas.
Symbolbild | Krankenhaus Pflege Station

German home care rules leave gaps for off-the-books work

Angela Merkel's government has been criticized for failing to regulate the private care market, leaving the door open to off-the-books labor by health workers. There is also a major shortage of caregivers nationwide.
Bildkombo: Winnie Pooh und Xi Jinping

China bans Winnie-the-Pooh film: report

China denied the screening of a new Winnie-the-Pooh film after Xi Jinping was compared to the cartoon bear, according to reports. The Winnie-the-Pooh character has increasingly become a symbol of resistance in China.
Autor Haruki Murakami

Hong Kong rules Haruki Murakami's new novel 'indecent'

Activists in Hong Kong are calling for censors to reverse their decision on Haruki Murakami's "Killing Commendatore," after it was declared "indecent." The book must show warning labels and cannot be sold to minors.
Großbritannien Michael Ondaatje gewinnt The Golden Man Booker in London

Man Booker 2018 longlist includes Michael Ondaatje and first-ever graphic novel

Nick Drnaso's dystopian graphic novel Sabrina joins 12 other works by six British, two US, two Canadian and two Irish writers on the longlist for the 2018 Man Booker Prize. The Golden Man Booker winner is also featured.

San Diego hosts comic heroes and villains

With the market for comic books in decline, movies and merchandise have become important revenue streams for publishers. And what's hot and what's not is at Comic-Con, the worlds' biggest comic festival in San Diego
frican Roots Ahmed Baba

Ahmed Baba: Timbuktu's famous scholar

Meet Ahmed Baba, a Timbuktu medieval scholar credited with writing more than 50 books. He was one of the senior lecturers at the Sankore University which attracted students from all over the Sahel.
Johannesburg Kinder in Alexandra Township mandela Wandbild

Growing up with Nelson Mandela

On his 100th birthday, people all over the world are celebrating Nelson Mandela's legacy: as South Africa's first black president and a giant of the anti-apartheid struggle. But Mandela was also a family man.
Thilo Sarrazin Potsdam Lesereise Bundesbank Integration Rassismus neu

Germany's Thilo Sarrazin in court over controversial book on Islam

His controversial views have stirred much debate in Germany. Now Thilo Sarrazin has written a new book about Islam – and is battling his erstwhile publisher in court over it.
Großbritannien Michael Ondaatje gewinnt The Golden Man Booker in London

'The English Patient' voted best Man Booker Prize novel

The public voted to choose Michael Ondaatje's novel "The English Patient" as the best Man Booker Prize winner. The special one-off award celebrates the 50th anniversary of the prestigious literary award.
Berlin and Beyond: Elizabeth Shaw

WorldLink: Moving to the GDR

As the discussion surrounding proposed refugee transit camps on Germany's border continues, Tamsin Walker travels to an old East German facility that served much the same purpose.