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Tenor Stephen Gould dies at age 61 after being diagnosed with bile duct cancer
NEW YORK (AP) — Tenor Stephen Gould, who announced earlier this month that he had been diagnosed with incurable bile duct cancer, has died. He was 61. Gould's agent Stephanie Ammann confirmed the singer died Tuesday in Virginia. No other details were immediately available. ...
This simple log structure may be the oldest example of early humans building with wood
NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have uncovered a simple structure from the Stone Age that may be the oldest evidence yet of early humans building with wood. The construction is basic: a pair of overlapping logs, fitted together with a notch. It's nearly half a million years old and...
Germany seeks answers from Poland in a visa fraud scandal involving migrants from Asia and Africa
BERLIN (AP) — German government officials held talks Tuesday with their Polish counterparts asking them to clarify how many visas were issued in an illegal program in which some Polish consulates issued visas in Africa and Asia in exchange for bribes, an official said. Poland has...
German higher regional court decides lower court can hear hear case against McCann suspect
BERLIN (AP) — A German higher regional court ruled Tuesday that a state court can hear a sex offenses case against a man who also is a suspect in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann, overruling the state court's earlier decision that it didn't have jurisdiction. ...
Germany went from envy of the world to the worst-performing major developed economy. What happened?
ESSEN, Germany (AP) — For most of this century, Germany racked up one economic success after another, dominating global markets for high-end products like luxury cars and industrial machinery, selling so much to the rest of the world that half the economy ran on exports. Jobs were...
A bus coach crashes in Austria, killing a woman and injuring 20 others
BERLIN (AP) — A bus coach traveling through Austria on Tuesday went off the road and crashed on its side, killing a woman and injuring 20 other passengers, Austria's APA agency reported. The accident took place near the village of Micheldorf in Carinthia state in central Austria....
Germany bans neo-Nazi group with links to US, conducts raids in 10 German states
BERLIN (AP) — The German government on Tuesday banned the neo-Nazi group Hammerskins Germany and raided homes of dozens of its members. The group is an offshoot of an American ring-wing extremist group and plays a prominent role across Europe. The Hammerskins Germany is an offshoot...
German ambassador's attendance at Israeli court hearing ignites diplomatic spat
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli government has complained to Germany after the German ambassador attended a high-profile Supreme Court hearing last week looking at the legality of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul, an Israeli diplomatic official said Monday. The...
For Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League, representing Ukraine is a duty to the country
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Just playing is a small victory for Shakhtar Donetsk, though the Ukrainian champions won't stop there. Team captain Taras Stepanenko told The Associated Press on Monday that Shakhtar's opening Champions League game against Porto on Tuesday is part of his...
Report on racism against Roma and Sinti in Germany shows widespread discrimination
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s leading Roma and Sinti group recorded hundreds of incidents of discrimination and racism against the minority community in the past year, a report said Monday, warning that increasing nationalism and right-wing extremism are contributing to violence against Germany's...
