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NBC A German two-man bobsled team crashed through the finish line during their second run on Sunday. Despite their crash, they finished the day with the fastest time in the field through two runs. Leading the event halfway through, the team is in a position to medal should they keep their form through the final […]
Enlarge / (Photo by TF-Images/TF-Images via Getty Images) (credit: getty images) US investigators are looking into whether Mercedes parent company Daimler used illegal software to cheat emissions tests on diesel vehicles in the US, according to German newspaper Bild am Sonntag, whose report was picked up by Reuters. Though the investigation itself is not new—it […]
An Iraqi court has sentenced German teenager Linda Wenzel, dubbed a “jihadi bride”, to six years in prison for her affiliation with Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), German media has reported. Wenzel was given a five-year sentence for being a member of IS and another year for crossing into Iraq illegally, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper […]
Enlarge / The Baden-Wurttemberg, listing slightly to starboard as usual, has been sent back to shipbuilders—refused by the German Navy. (credit: Ein Dahmer) The German Navy has a lot of problems right now. It has no working submarines, in part because of a chronic repair parts shortage. The Deutsche Marine is still flying helicopters older […]
Israel could pay the price for “perpetual occupation and conflict” and face the prospect of being stuck in a “fully-fledged annexation” if it abandons reconciliation with the Palestinians, the German foreign minister has warned. Speaking in Tel Aviv at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Germany’s top diplomat Sigmar Gabriel said Israel should finally […]
– Automakers have long believed that the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. Yet an etymological investigation into the origins of this well-worn phrase reveals that the literal translation is even more apt. What the poet Ovid actually wrote in The Art of Love—basically a how-to guide for putative Roman pickup […]
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has launched an investigation into a “potential integrity issue” relating to its drug-testing bottles after a German lab complained that they could be manually opened if frozen. The WADA-accredited laboratory in Cologne, Germany informed the agency on January 19 that the latest ‘BEREG-KIT Geneva’ drug-testing bottles, which were introduced last […]
That’s according to German outlet Bild, who say their reporter Jorg Weiler received a text message from the Gabon international detailing his unhappiness. Aubameyang has forged a reputation as one of the deadliest strikers in European football over the past few years, attracting plenty of admirers. But he’s also seen as a troublesome character and […]
Anti-Russian sanctions have achieved nothing other than placing a significant burden on the German economy, prime ministers of two German federal states have argued, calling on fellow regional leaders to demand their lifting. The German government should gradually lift sanctions it imposed against Russia over its alleged role in the Ukrainian crisis, Minister President of […]
An American professor is being sued for slander by German police who allege she called their colleague a ‘f**king Nazi’ during a heated argument about carry-on liquids at Frankfurt International Airport. C. Christine Fair, an associate professor at Georgetown University, got into the argument when airport police told her she had too many liquids in […]
