A hot-mic chat between the Russian and Chinese leaders echoes a century of utopian schemes to defeat mortality.
Author: Nils Markwardt
Born in 1986 in Grevesmühlen, studied literature and social sciences at Berlin’s Humboldt University. He was editor of “Philosophie Magazin” until the end of 2021. Before that, he was an editor at “Der Freitag” and an author for Deutschlandfunk Kultur, “Republik Magazin”, “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” and others. Lives in Berlin.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s controversial trade deal may look like a surrender to U.S. President Donald Trump, but it could be a calculated play in a surreal game of bluff, designed to keep Europe afloat — and Trump distracted.
Elon Musk is hosting Alice Weidel in an interview on X, having tried to convince the American tech billionaire she’s not an extremist. But who is Weidel, really? She’s described the Germans as “slaves” of the U.S. and quotes the infamous text of a nationalist philosopher that is a dog-whistle for the far right in Germany.