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German mail service stops using domestic flights to transport letters after nearly 63 years

Mar. 28, 2024 06:18 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's main national postal carrier on Thursday stopped using domestic flights to transport letters after nearly 63 years, a move that reflects the declining significance of letter mail and allows it to improve its climate footprint. Deutsche Post said the last...

A soldier turns himself in shortly after 4 people are killed in shootings in Germany

Mar. 01, 2024 05:39 AM EST

BERLIN (AP) — Four people were killed in shootings in northern Germany, police and prosecutors said Friday, and the suspect is a soldier who turned himself in. The four victims, including a child, were shot overnight at locations in the rural Scheessel and Bothel areas, near...

At least 150,000 gather in Berlin to protest the far right

Feb. 03, 2024 10:09 AM EST

BERLIN (AP) — At least 150,000 people gathered in front of the German national parliament Saturday afternoon to protest against the far right, the latest in a string of large weekend demonstrations across Germany. The pro-democracy demonstrations started three weeks ago after the...

Report on sex abuse in Germany's Protestant Church documents at least 2,225 victims

Jan. 25, 2024 09:35 AM EST

BERLIN (AP) — At least 1,259 people working for the Protestant Church of Germany have committed sexual abuse in the last decades and at least 2,225 victims were affected by the abuse according to an independent report published Thursday. The numbers are based on the study of...