1+ week, 1+ day ago  (603+ words) Ich h'rte jeden Tag etwa zehn verschiedene Sprachen, manchmal zw'lf, erinnert er sich an die Tage auf dem Schulhof. Aber eben, weil wir unterschiedliche Sprachen sprachen, teilten wir, ohne es benennen zu k'nnen, eine Art Vision davon, was es bedeutet,…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (566+ words) But then an obsession began to gnaw at him: painting. He leaves his job as soon as he can, keeps his uniform on, and rushes off to his apartment to paint. A few hours stolen from duty, a few canvases…...

6+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1090+ words) 1943. Two girls pick mushrooms in a Swiss forest near the German border. They hear voices, the rustling of leaves. "We didn't cross the border, did we?" one girl whispers to the other in a panic. German soldiers arrive, accompanied by…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (481+ words) I'm a reporter specialised in Swiss foreign affairs, Japanese-Swiss relations and assisted suicide. I'm also an editor in the Japanese department. I worked for a Japanese newspaper for 10 years, covering a wide range of topics including crime, politics, and sports....

8+ mon, 6+ day ago  (584+ words) On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Three days later, a second bomb fell on Nagasaki. The bombings forced Japan's surrender, ending World War II, but at a devastating cost: an estimated 210,000 lives." Michiko Kodama was…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago  (826+ words) On June 14, 1985, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg signed an agreement in Schengen, Luxembourg, on the gradual removal of checks at their internal borders. The agreement to abolish border controls came into force some ten years later, in March…...