As of: December 13, 2024 4:00 p.m
by Anina Laura Pommerenke
The most important news topics of the week summarized for you:
Change of power in Syria
Bashar al-Assad has been in charge in Syria for the past few years.
Surprisingly, Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad has been overthrown. Rebels have taken the capital Damascus and Assad has fled to Russia.
There has been a terrible civil war in Syria since 2011. Back then, people demonstrated for more freedom, but Assad and his government crushed the protests with brutal force. Since then there has been war in the country with various groups.
Many people have fled, including to Germany. For them, the fall of Assad is initially good news – but whether the situation in Syria will now get better is currently unclear.
Some adults also have problems with reading and arithmetic
Around 160,000 people from 31 countries took part in the Pisa study.
This week a study was presented that is also called the Pisa study for adults. It shows that adults in Germany can generally calculate and write quite well, which is very important for everyday life. But at least one in five participants in the study had problems with it.
It is noticeable that people who come from poorer families in particular do not really learn to count or write well. Experts say that schools must provide equal opportunities for everyone.
According to Google trends, Germans are very enthusiastic about sports
Although there are many internet search engines, most people still use Google. This week Google revealed what Germans searched for most in 2024.
A particularly large number of people searched Google for the term “European Football Championship” this year.
The European Football Championship landed in first place, followed by the Handball European Championship – two major sporting events. In addition, people in Germany were very interested in the elections in the USA, in which Trump won. The most wanted people include the late football player Franz Beckenbauer and the entertainer Stefan Raab, who celebrated his comeback this year.
The children's news team:
The children from Lüneburg knew well what was going on this week.
Every week we work with children to create news for you – this time with: Jakob, Jördis, Estelle, Jorin and Henrik from the 5th grade at the Johanneum in Lüneburg.
Ines Kaffka interviewed the children, Anina Pommerenke wrote and spoke for the children's news.
Of course you can also listen to the children's news and subscribe to it as a podcast – and you can watch in sign language.
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