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German military officer convicted of spying for Russia, sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison
BERLIN (AP) — A German court convicted a military officer of espionage Monday for passing internal documents to Russia and offering more, and sentenced him to 3 1/2 years in prison. The 54-year-old defendant, identified only as Thomas H. in line with German privacy rules, worked...
Fire at a residential building in Germany leaves 3 people dead and 2 with grave injuries
BERLIN (AP) — A fire at a residential building in western Germany left three people dead and two others with life-threatening injuries Thursday, authorities said. The blaze broke out during the night in a kiosk that was part of the building in Duesseldorf and spread to the entrance...
At time of rising antisemitism, Holocaust survivors take on denial and hate in new digital campaign
DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Herbert Rubinstein was 5 years old when he and his mother where taken from the Jewish ghetto of Chernivtsi and put on a cramped cattle wagon waiting to take them to their deaths. It was 1941, and Romanians collaborating with Germany's Nazis were rounding up tens of...
3 Germans arrested on suspicion of spying for China, transferring info on potential military tech
BERLIN (AP) — Three people suspected of spying for China and arranging to transfer information on technology with potential military uses were arrested in Germany on Monday. Prosecutors said the three German citizens are accused of having acted for Chinese intelligence since some...
