U.N. chief warns humanity "on thin ice" as new climate report details urgent need to cut emissions

Man stabbed to death on a carousel at a German funfair

BERLIN (AP) — Officials shut down a large funfair in western Germany on Sunday after a man was stabbed to death on a carousel. Police said the 31-year-old victim and another man got into a fight while riding a carousel at the fair in Münster, a city of around 300,000, on Saturday...

Scholz voices concern on Israel overhaul as Netanyahu visits

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz voiced concern about the Israeli government's planned overhaul of the country's judicial system as he hosted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, offering praise for efforts by Israel's president to seek a “broad basic consensus.” ...

U.S. military releases footage it says is of encounter between Russian fighter jet and American drone over Black Sea

German police conduct raids on suspected people smugglers

BERLIN (AP) — German police on Wednesday conducted raids against a group suspected of smuggling about 90 people into the country, making five arrests, authorities said. More than 20 apartments and offices in Berlin and the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt were searched, along with...

War, transport weigh on Germany's efforts to curb emissions

BERLIN (AP) — Germany cut its greenhouse gas emissions by almost 2% last year, beating previous estimates but still falling far short of the cuts needed to meet its medium-term climate goals, officials said Wednesday. Data published by the German Environment Agency showed the...

Dutch court convicts man of removing condom without consent

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch man was convicted Tuesday of removing his condom during sex without his partner's consent, in the first trial in the Netherlands for so-called “stealthing.” However Dordrecht District Court acquitted the man of a rape charge because it...

German police: 2 children in custody over girl's killing

Berlin (AP) — German police said Tuesday that two children are in custody suspected of killing a 12-year-old girl found dead earlier this week in the western town of Freudenberg, in a case that has shocked the country. The girl, who was only identified by her first name Louise due...

Flights at several German airports disrupted by 1-day strike

BERLIN (AP) — Flights at several German airports were severely disrupted on Monday by the latest in a string of one-day strikes related to various pay disputes. The ver.di union called workers out on “warning strikes” at Berlin, Hamburg, Hannover and Bremen airports. ...

'Navalny,' about dissident fighting Kremlin, wins doc Oscar

NEW YORK (AP) — “Navalny,” a look at a Russian opposition leader following an attempt on his life, has won the Oscar for best documentary feature. Director Daniel Roher’s portrait of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has shadowy operatives, truth-seeking journalists, conspiracy...