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7 Jul 2023
A German court on Friday exonerated a former custodian who had spent more than 13 years in prison for the suspected murder of an elderly woman found in a bathtub.
4 Jul 2023
A German court sentenced an asylum seeker Tuesday to life in prison for the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old girl in a case that sparked nationwide shock and angry protests. A spokeswoman for the tribunal in the southern city of Ulm told AFP the 27-year-old Eritrean had been convicted of murder, attempted murder and grievous…
1 Jul 2023
French President Emmanuel Macron has postponed a state visit to Germany due to have begun Sunday, the German presidency announced, following four days of riots in France.
22 Jun 2023
A group of wealthy nations and multilateral development banks have promised to mobilise 2.5 billion euros to help Senegal reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, President Macky Sall said Thursday.
20 Jun 2023
Germany's domestic security agency on Tuesday warned against the risk of an "aggressive Russian espionage operation" as Moscow wages its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
15 Jun 2023
A 21-year-old American woman has died after being assaulted and pushed down a slope by a US tourist near the Neuschwanstein castle in Bavaria, police said on Thursday.
13 Jun 2023
A German court on Tuesday ordered the archdiocese of Cologne to pay 300,000 euros in damages to a victim of repeated sexual abuse by a priest in the 1970s.
7 Jun 2023
English teenager Jude Bellingham will move from Borussia Dortmund to Real Madrid for a fee in excess of 100 million euros ($107 million), the German side announced on Wednesday.
7 Jun 2023
German police said they smashed a human trafficking network Wednesday accused of smuggling hundreds of people in "inhumane" conditions, with six suspects arrested in raids across Germany, Romania and Bulgaria.
6 Jun 2023
Germany's families minister has called for better protection for fans at concerts following a wave of sexual assault claims against the frontman of veteran rock band Rammstein.
31 May 2023
German prosecutors said Wednesday they had arrested seven people accused of collecting money to send to the Islamic State group in Syria. The four Germans, a German-Moroccan dual national, one Kosovar and a Turkish citizen, were accused of belonging "to an international network that supported the terrorist activities of the Islamic State in Syria through…
25 May 2023
Germany fell into a recession around the turn of the year, official figures published Thursday showed, as inflation and higher interest rates curbed demand in Europe's largest economy.

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