By Joe Udo BEIJING (CONVERSEER) – According to the National Space Science Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the world’s first extraterrestrial negative ion analyzer (NILS) carried by the Chang’e 6 lander has successfully achieved the first direct detection of negative ions on the lunar surface, revealing the existence of negative ions generated by…
By Joe Udo BEIJING (CONVERSEER) – According to CCTV News, on March 17 Beijing time, the bottom quark experiment group at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN announced the discovery of a new particle – the single-charged double-charm baryon. The newly discovered single-charged double-charm baryon consists of two charm quarks and one down quark, forming…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – A former employee of a church-affiliated pregnancy counselling organization in Germany is fighting her dismissal after leaving the church. Now the European Court of Justice has weighed in on the matter. Catholic associations in the European Union cannot dismiss their employees on the sole ground of leaving the church, the EU’s…
BARCELONA (DPA, CONVERSEER) – German coach Hansi Flick is on the verge of an initial contract extension with Barcelona until 2028 and plans to retire when his time at the Spanish giants comes to an end. “I do not have it in my head to go somewhere else. This is my last club, it is…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – Germany’s parliament is set to debate on Wednesday whether to repatriate the country’s gold reserves held abroad, following a motion by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD). Citizens are entitled to have national assets kept entirely under German control and on German soil, the party said in its debate motion. The…
The former coach of star gymnast Simone Biles, Aimee Boorman, is stepping down from her role at the scandal-hit German national training centre in Stuttgart. The German Gymnastics Federation (DTB) said in a statement on Tuesday that it had agreed with the US coach to end their cooperation. The 52-year-old was hired around a year…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – Bavarian state premier Markus Söder has advised the German men’s national football team to avoid politics at the World Cup in North America in June and July. Germany were knocked out in the group stage for the second straight edition in Qatar in 2022. The tournament was dominated by a row…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – Deutsche Bank stands to benefit from the takeover battle surrounding German lender Commerzbank, chief executive Christian Sewing said on Tuesday. Deutsche Bank is ready to take on new customers, Sewing said at a financial conference organized by US bank Morgan Stanley, when asked about developments surrounding Commerzbank. Deutsche Bank is considering…
By Nico Pointner BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – The trial of three Ukrainian nationals accused of planning parcel bombing attacks on behalf of Russian intelligence began at a German court on Tuesday. The three men aged 22, 25 and 30 were arrested at separate locations in Germany and Switzerland in May. They are accused of having…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – The German government has so far mainly used billions in new debt earmarked for investments in infrastructure and climate action to plug holes in the budget, according to an analysis by a leading economic think tank released on Tuesday. Some €24.3 billion ($27.9 billion) in loans was unlocked last year as…
