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July 14, 2023 at 6:45 am

German leader confident that a surging far-right party will shrink again before the next election VIEW

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed optimism that support for a far-right party that’s been surging in the polls lately will shrink to previous levels again...

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July 13, 2023 at 3:31 am

Climate talks chief, who also heads oil company, says world must ‘attack all emissions, everywhere’

The head of this year’s United Nations climate talks is calling for governments and businesses to tackle global warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions in...

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July 11, 2023 at 5:49 am

German opposition leader takes aim at migration, but largely rules out working with far right

Germany’s conservative opposition leader says large-scale migration is one of the country’s biggest problems and the main reason for a recent surge in support for...

July 10, 2023 at 8:04 am

As temperatures soared in Europe last year, so did heat-related deaths, study finds VIEW

Scientists say crushing temperatures that blanketed Europe last summer may have led to more than 61,000 heat-related deaths.

July 7, 2023 at 1:04 pm

DNA testing leads to former US Army soldier in 1978 killing of woman in Germany

Authorities say DNA testing has led to the arrest of a Nebraska man who was repeatedly questioned over decades in the 1978 stabbing death of...

June 27, 2023 at 4:14 am

UN report finds Russia tortured, executed civilians in Ukraine; Kyiv also abused detainees

The U.N. human rights office says Russian forces tortured civilians who were detained in connection with its attack on Ukraine, and summarily executed dozens of...

June 27, 2023 at 12:39 am

Ex-Audi boss convicted of fraud in automaker’s diesel emissions scandal VIEW

Former Audi boss Rupert Stadler has been convicted in connection with the automaker’s diesel emissions scandal.

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June 22, 2023 at 6:04 am

Germany sees opportunity in nuclear fusion, but funding for research remains uncertain VIEW

The German government has announced draft plans to boost domestic research into development of nuclear fusion but left open how those efforts will be funded.

June 21, 2023 at 8:34 pm

Looking back, sub tourist calls himself ‘naive’ for taking 2021 dive to the Titanic

A man who was one of the submersible company's first customers says a dive he made to the site two years ago was a “kamikaze...

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People watch the Neuschwanstein castle, in Schwangau, Germany, Thursday, June 15, 2023. Authorities say an American man has been arrested in Germany after allegedly assaulting two tourists he met near Neuschwanstein castle. The attack, which occurred on Wednesday, left one of the women dead. Police said Thursday that the 30-year-old man met the two women on a hiking path and lured them onto a trail. They said the man then “physically attacked” the younger woman. (Frank Rumpenhorst/dpa via AP) SCH803 SCH803

June 15, 2023 at 9:51 am

American arrested for pushing 2 US tourists into ravine at German castle, leaving one woman dead VIEW

Authorities say an American man has been arrested in the death of a U.S. tourist and an assault on another near Neuschwanstein castle in southern...

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