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Space

Beware space junk: how do 'space balls' end up on the beach?

In Australia, authorities warn after several so-called space balls appeared on a beach in Queensland. Anyone who finds one must call emergency services at once and must not touch it.

Europe News

Second World War gun recovered from river in Germany

The town of Forst in Lower Lusatia was almost completely destroyed during heavy fighting between the German Wehrmacht and the Red Army in April 1945.

Europe News

Germany's Merz announces sweeping reforms in key breakthrough

After seven hours of talks, the CDU/CSU-SPD coalition agreed on sweeping tax, labour and pension reforms, a breakthrough aimed at reviving the struggling economy and countering the rise of the far right.

Business

€2bn wasted? Germany scraps world’s largest frigate project

Rheinmetall shares fell sharply after Berlin scrapped its F126 frigate programme, a project that has already cost taxpayers around €2.3bn.

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Climate

Mysterious Atlantic 'Cold Blob': the one place Earth keeps cooling

Climate puzzle: a new study probes the only place on Earth that has cooled in recent years, linking the 'Cold Blob' mainly to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, AMOC.

Nature

Sky spectacle: Where the Northern Lights may appear in Germany

According to the US weather agency NOAA, solar storms are forecast for the weekend that could produce vivid auroras, or northern lights, across North America and Canada.

Nature

Giant Nosferatu spiders on Baltic coast: What to do if they bite

Germany's nature conservation group NABU has for years tracked the spread of the giant Nosferatu spider. It has now reached the Baltic, common in Rügen and Usedom. How dangerous is it?

Europe News

"Crime hotspots": Why violence at German stations

Politicians from the SPD and CDU also lament that many people do not feel safe at Germany's railway stations – including staff. A criminologist explains why there is more violence there than elsewhere.

Europe News

German far-left militant jailed for 13 years for robberies

Klette was part of a trio, along with fellow gang members Burkhard Garweg and Ernst-Volker Staub, active as part of the RAF's "third generation" in the 1980s and 1990s.

Europe News

Germany arrests married couple on China spying charges

Earlier this week, German Green MP Konstantin von Notz, deputy chief of the intelligence oversight committee, warned of a growing threat from China.

Earth News

Timmy the humpback whale presumed to have died

The entrepreneur-funded rescue effort said that it had fitted the previously stranded whale with a tracking device but this is suspected to be untrue.

Germany

Timmy the whale: Can whale songs save him? Biologist plans autopsy

For days now, marine biologists have been assuming that there is no rescue for Timmy the humpback whale stranded in the Bay of Wismar. The Environment Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is now talking about a "minimally invasive attempt to mobilise the whale".

Culture news

Sensational find: Archaeologists recover 1000 objects from Swiss lake

In Lake Neuchâtel in Switzerland, archaeologists have recovered a shipload of more than 1,000 very well preserved ceramic artefacts and swords dating from 20 to 50 AD. To avoid looting, the spectacular find was initially kept secret.

Health news

German researcher discovers brain navigational system

The brain helps us navigate through the world, but it also functions as a navigational system. This is the opinion of neuroscientist Prof. Christian Doeller, who has just been awarded the Leibniz Prize worth 2.5 million euros for his research.

Germany

IOC defends sale of T-shirt bearing Nazi 1936 Berlin Games imagery

The T-shirt sold on the Olympic Games' online stores has caused widespread controversy across Germany as people accused the IOC of disseminating Nazi propaganda.

Europe News

Merz secures billion-euro deal for German military and infrastructure

A provision would exempt defence spending above 1% of GDP from debt brake rules, enabling Germany to increase military spending without limit.

Germany

German army apologises for posting 'retro' Nazi uniform on Instagram

The photo, accompanied by a commentary — "today, elements of military style still belong to haute couture” — was spotted by Bild before being deleted.

Germany

Far-right rally in Hannover met by huge counter-protest

As many as 7,000 people turned out Hannover, Germany on Saturday to protest against a rally by the extreme-right NPD.

Germany

Topless sunbathing allowed in Munich after heatwave sparks debate

Tempers flared last Friday when women sunbathing topless on the Isar river banks were told off by security guards.

Germany

5 things to know about Bavaria's election on Sunday

On October 14, Bavaria will elect a new state parliament. But this election is making headlines far beyond the borders of the Free State — so what is it all about?

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