Climate activists have doused one of US carmaker Tesla’s Cybertrucks with orange paint at the Tesla Centre in the Wandsbek district of the northern German port city of Hamburg, police confirmed on Saturday morning. According to the activists from the Last Generation group, the vehicle symbolizes “the way the super-rich deal with global warming.” READ ALSO: Suspected…
A suspected human-trafficker injured six pedestrians, four of them seriously, as he fled a police vehicle check near Germany’s border with Austria. The injured pedestrians were visiting the Danube in Flames fair near the town of Vilshofen around 20 kilometres from the border on Saturday evening, according to a police spokesman. The 24-year-old driver, a…
Clashes between police and some 600 pro-Palestinian protesters in Berlin’s Steglitz district resulted in injuries to both demonstrators and police officers, police in the German capital reported on Sunday. Seven protesters and 17 police officers were injured, and 28 criminal charges were laid, they said. The charges related to causing injury, attempting to release detained…
Police and emergency services assisted by helicopters deployed in force in Albstadt to the south of the German city of Stuttgart on Sunday after an incident in which three people were confirmed killed. A police spokeswoman said that the deaths appeared to be related to domestic violence. The area around the incident has been cordoned…
The female prison guard who was caught on camera getting romped by an inmate, is now claiming to be the victim. Linda De Sousa Abreu, a married woman, went viral after she was filmed having s*x with an inmate in the UK. The woman is now claiming to be the victim and is lashing out…
By Michael Shellenberger The totalitarianism we warned of is happening. The European Union (EU) is at this moment forcing big tech companies to secretly engage in mass censorship. Google and Facebook are, apparently, going along with it. Only Elon Musk’s X, among the major platforms, is resisting. A few hours ago, Musk said, “The European…
Germany’s 2014 world champion Thomas Müller is retiring from international football, the Bild newspaper reported on Wednesday. Following Germany’s 2-1 extra-time loss to Spain in the Euro 2024 quarter-final on Friday, the Bayern Munich forward, 34, had said he was mulling his Germany future. Midfielder Toni Kroos quit all football after Germany’s exit at their…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has described the support provided to Ukraine with air-defence systems to date as a “major step,” on the fringes of the NATO summit in Washington. At the same time, he held out the prospect of the delivery of further aid. “In my view, this process is not complete,” Scholz said on…
Bournemouth striker, Dominic Solanke, has informed the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) of his readiness to play for the Super Eagles of Nigeria after the Three Lions of England snubbed him from the 2024 Euro squad currently holding in Germany. Converseer reports that Solanke has represented England at the U-16, U-17, U-18, U-19, U-20, and U-21…
Germany’s chemical industry is looking better than expected in the first half of the year, the industry association VCI reported in Frankfurt on Monday. This means that the forecasts for the year as a whole remain unchanged. Turnover is expected to increase by 1.5% in 2024 and production by 3.5%. In the first six months,…
