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PGA Tour goes to Memorial, LPGA Tour has new event at Liberty National

May. 30, 2023 09:56 AM EDT

PGA TOUR MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT Site: Dublin, Ohio. Course: Muirfield Village GC. Yardage: 7,533. Par: 72. Prize money: $20 million. Winner's share: $3.6 million. Television: Thursday-Friday, 2-6 p.m. (Golf Channel);...

Central figure in German tax evasion scandal convicted in 2nd case

May. 30, 2023 09:31 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — A central figure in a German tax evasion scandal was convicted on Tuesday and sentenced to more than eight years in prison, the second verdict against him in the space of a few months. The Wiesbaden state court convicted German lawyer Hanno Berger of three counts of...

Panel of historians starts 3-year review of 1972 Munich Olympics attack

May. 30, 2023 09:08 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — A panel of historians set up to review the 1972 attack on the Munich Olympics is starting its three-year mission to examine what happened before, during and after the events of five decades ago on Tuesday, the German government said. In April, Germany's Interior...

German soccer club punished for walking off field after alleged racist slur

May. 30, 2023 08:12 AM EDT

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — A lower-level German soccer team called its punishment for stopping a game in protest after racist abuse was apparently directed at team captain Marcus Coffie “a slap in the face.” Hamburg-based Teutonia Ottensen was leading 2-1 at Bremer SV in the...

Blais scores 2 as Canada downs Germany 5-2 for record 28th title at hockey worlds

May. 28, 2023 17:13 PM EDT

TAMPERE, Finland (AP) — Samuel Blais scored two goals to rally Canada to a 5-2 victory over Germany in the final of the ice hockey world championship on Sunday. It's a record 28th world title for Canada, and its second in three years. Russia has 27 while Germany has never won the...

Germany expects Russia to expel German diplomats, teachers, cultural staff

May. 27, 2023 11:53 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Russia will start expelling German diplomats, teachers and employees of German cultural institutions next month — a move that will further enhance tensions between the two countries that have already had very fraught ties since Russia invaded Ukraine early last year. ...

German government denies Scholz comments spurred raids on climate activists

May. 26, 2023 14:29 PM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — A German government spokesperson on Friday rejected the notion that comments by Chancellor Olaf Scholz criticizing climate activists might have prompted raids against them this week. Police on Wednesday searched more than a dozen properties across Germany linked to...

Germany orders 18 new Leopard 2 tanks to replace vehicles sent to Ukraine

May. 26, 2023 13:52 PM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — The German military has ordered 18 new Leopard 2 tanks to replace vehicles that were sent to Ukraine earlier this year, a leading defense company said Friday. Krauss-Maffei Wegmann said a contract for the Leopard 2A8 tanks was signed with the federal office for...

German parliament authorizes troops to stay in Mali for one final year

May. 26, 2023 08:03 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers on Friday gave the go-ahead for the country's troops to stay in Mali for up to another year, part of a plan to bring Germany's involvement in a U.N. military mission in the West African nation to an orderly end. Parliament approved the new and final...

Unexploded WWII bomb forces evacuation of 2,500 residents in Poland

May. 26, 2023 06:21 AM EDT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A large unexploded bomb from World War II discovered in the Polish city of Wroclaw forcing the evacuation of 2,500 residents on Friday. The bomb weighing 250 kilograms (550 pounds) was found near a railway overpass in the city in southwestern Poland during...