An opera score retrieved from a San Francisco basement has had its world premiere in a German theatre, exuberantly brought to life by more than 150 musicians and performers nearly 80 years after its composer was murdered by the Nazis.
Grete Minde, a late-romantic opera of 1920s jazz-inspired melodies and large orchestral sounds, was the work of Eugen Engel, a Berlin-based Jewish textile tradesman in his day job, who gave his handwritten sheet music to his daughter for safekeeping when she escaped to the United States in 1941.
He waited in vain for permission to follow her but was killed in Sobibor extermination camp on 26 March 1943, at the age of 67, after his arrest in Amsterdam.
Ukraine crisis: What are the Minsk agreements? Emmanuel Macron says revival of peace accords from 2014 and 2015 ‘only path on which peace can be built’ as regional Russian aggression continues
Joe Sommerlad
As the Russia ’s border with Ukraine continues, frantic diplomatic efforts by the Western powers to discourage Vladimir Putin from launching an invasion are likewise ongoing.
In the latest developments, UK armed forces minister James Heappey has warned that Europe is closer to war than the continent has been for 70 years as the US estimates that the total number of Russian forces at the border now stands closer to 130,000.
German chancellor Olaf Scholz is due to meet with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and with Mr Putin this week in the hope of forging a breakthrough in the quest for peace.
Munich Security Report: A grim analysis of a wave of global crises This year's Munich Security Report on the the global situation makes for grim reading. It sets the stage for one of the leading forums on defense and security policy: the annual Munich Security Conference.
Wolfgang Ischinger Munich Security Conference (MSC) , journalists have been keen to hear Ischinger's assessment of the current crisis with Russia.
Ischinger is convinced that "more needs to be done to make people aware of the importance of deterrence as a method of conflict prevention."
Iran says outcome of Vienna talks hinges on Western decisions
Iran hands in its final package of proposals and says key decisions require political action from Western countries.
Published On 14 Feb 2022 14 Feb 2022
Iran Vienna talks aimed at restoring its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers rests on political decisions by Western nations, after handing in its own final proposals.
“It’s better for Iran if there’s an agreement in Vienna and sanctions are lifted today rather than tomorrow,” said Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian in a news conference with his Irish counterpart Simon Coveney in Tehran on Monday.
How Bad Is the Western Drought? Worst in 12 Centuries, Study Finds
Fueled by climate change, the drought that started in 2000 is now the driest two decades since 800 A.D.
The megadrought
The drought, which began in 2000 and has reduced water supplies, devastated farmers and ranchers and helped fuel wildfires across the region, had previously been considered the worst in 500 years, according to the researchers.
But exceptional conditions in the summer of 2021, when about two-thirds of the West was in extreme drought, “really pushed it over the top,” said A. Park Williams, a climate scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, who led an analysis using tree ring data to gauge drought. As a result, 2000-2021 is the driest 22-year period since 800 A.D., which is as far back as the data goes.
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