Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky is pressing on with his buying spree in Europe, after he was said to be among potential suitors to buy German state-owned utility Uniper. Kretinsky, 49, a former ...
In 1883 Otto von Bismarck, chancellor of the German empire, set up the world’s first statutory health-insurance system with the Health Insurance Act, which included paid sick leave. Bismarck’s ...
The U.S. put nationwide, year-round daylight saving into effect during World War II starting on Feb. 9, 1942, thinking it would help conserve energy, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.
One expert found the takeover reminiscent of Stalin. Elon Musk and Far-Right German Leader Agree ‘Hitler Was a Communist’ In a conversation with AfD leader Alice Weidel on X, Musk concurred ...
But Schweitzer was also a product of his time. Born in 1875 in Alsace, then part of the German Empire, and today eastern France, he was influenced by the ongoing and brutal colonialization of ...