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Germany considering short-term migration border controls with Poland and the Czech Republic
BERLIN (AP) — Germany is considering establishing short-term border controls with Poland and the Czech Republic to keep irregular migrants from entering the country, a government official said Friday. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told German newspaper Welt am Sonntag that setting...
Statue of late German Cardinal Franz Hengsbach will be removed after allegations of sexual abuse
ESSEN, Germany (AP) — A statue of late German Cardinal Franz Hengsbach will be removed from outside a cathedral in western Germany after allegations of sexual abuse against him surfaced, Catholic church officials said Friday. A memorial for victims of sexual abuse will be created...
Germany hires Julian Nagelsmann as men’s national soccer team coach through Euro 2024
BERLIN (AP) — Germany hired Julian Nagelsmann to lead the men’s national soccer team on Friday, entrusting the former Bayern Munich coach with doing a better job than the last Bayern Munich coach who tried. The German soccer federation said Nagelsmann was taking over on a...
AP Week in Pictures: Global | Sept-15-21, 2023
A street dog walks in front of the presidential escort regiment during a military parade in Chile. Migrants rush to the U.S.-Mexico border and overwhelm border services. Formula One driver Sergio Perez of Mexico steers his car under a shower of sparks during qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix....
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....
