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Calls made for Germany’s Euro 2020 game against Hungary to be played in rainbow-colored stadium
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The Euro 2020 game between Germany and Hungary could be played in a stadium lit with rainbow-colored lights. That's after a motion was put forward by the Munich city council to change the lighting pattern on the ou...
Germany’s Covid cases hit record high with Merkel warning of ‘dramatic’ situation
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Berlin Germany reported its highest single day surge of Covid-19 infections as Chancellor Angela Merkel said the "dramatic" situation was the result of the fourth wave "hitting our country with full force." The Rober...
Germany’s deadly floods were up to 9 times more likely because of climate change, study estimates
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London Record rainfall that triggered deadly floods in Western Europe in July was made between 1.2 and 9 times more likely by human-caused climate change, according to a new study. At least 220 people were killed bet...
Germany’s far right AfD fires politician for saying migrants could be gassed or shot
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The far right Alternative for Germany (AfD) fired its former spokesman on Monday after reports emerged that he had discussed the gassing or shooting of migrants. German television network Pro7 aired a clip on Monda...
Germany’s far-right AfD becomes first party to be put under government surveillance since Nazi era
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BerlinGermany's BfV domestic intelligence service has formally placed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) under surveillance on suspicion of trying to undermine Germany's democratic constitution, a person bri...
Germany’s gymnasts wear body-covering unitards, rejecting ‘sexualization’ of sport
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Tokyo The German women's gymnastics team has forgone bikini-cut unitards in favor of full-body versions at the Tokyo Olympics, in what the German Gymnastics Federation has branded a statement against "sexualization."...
Germany’s Merkel warns of third wave if lockdown is lifted too quickly
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Berlin German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that her country could be caught in a third wave of Covid-19 if it lifts its lockdown too quickly. Her comments come as daycare centers and elementary schools were re...
Germany’s Natalie Geisenberger wins 3rd Olympic luge title
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The GOAT, as the acronym goes. In most sports, such a title is the source of great debate. Not women’s luge. Definitely not after Tuesday night, when Natalie Geisenberger of Germany became the first to win the Olympi...
Germany’s Scholz meets Biden as the new chancellor’s resolve on Ukraine is tested
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As the standoff between Russia and the West enters a potentially decisive phase, President Joe Biden meets Monday at the White House with Germany's new chancellor, whose willingness to confront Moscow alongside the ...
Germany’s soft stance on Russian aggression towards Ukraine concerns NATO allies
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The U.S. and U.K. over the past few weeks revealed critical information regarding Russia’s plans, including the intention to run a "false-flag operation" in Ukraine to justify invasion along with plans to install a p...
Germany’s Wellbrock romps to win in men’s marathon swimming
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Wellbrock sprinted out to an early lead and was up front most of the way on another sweltering morning in Japan's capital city. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE . Even with the race starting at 6:30 a.m. loca...
Germany’s CureVac COVID-19 vaccine flops in clinical trial
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"In the unprecedented context of at least 13 variants circulating within the study population subset assessed at this interim analysis, CVnCoV demonstrated an interim vaccine efficacy of 47% against COVID-19 disease ...
Germany’s Vinzenz Geiger wins Olympic gold in Nordic combined
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Joergen Graabak of Norway earned silver Wednesday night and Lukas Greiderer of Austria took bronze. Vinzenz Geiger, of Germany, soars through the air during a trial round in the ski jump portion of the indi...
Grenell: As Merkel meets with Biden, concern grows over Germany’s shift toward Russia, China
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Grenell, who served under President Donald Trump, told "The Story" on Thursday that despite White House statements, Biden will likely pay lip service to concerns over Russia completing the Nordstream pipeline to Merk...
Head of Germany’s Catholic Church offers resignation over ‘catastrophe of sexual abuse’
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Rome The head of the Catholic Church in Germany has written to Pope Francis to offer his resignation over what he described as his shared "responsibility for the catastrophe of sexual abuse" by church officials, a le...
Jewish man reports assault with slur in Germany’s capital
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A Berlin police news release said the 41-year-old man wearing a traditional skullcap, or kippa, passed three other men in Duerer Square at about 2:15 a.m. One of three punched him in the face, knocking him against a ...