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Danish leader on European tour as Copenhagen moves to strengthen presence around Greenland

Jan. 28, 2025 03:29 AM EST

BERLIN (AP) — Denmark's prime minister embarked on a tour of major European capitals Tuesday as the continent faces what she called “a more uncertain reality” and her country moves to strengthen its military presence around Greenland. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen planned...

German officials, residents attend commemoration of 2 people killed in knife attack

Jan. 26, 2025 09:27 AM EST

BERLIN (AP) — Government officials and local residents attended a solemn Mass Sunday to honor a child and a man killed in a knife attack in Germany, an assault that amplified the debate about migration ahead of the Feb. 23 general election. The ecumenical religious service at the...

Names of Australian Open runner-up Zverev's past accusers shouted out during trophy ceremony

Jan. 26, 2025 08:30 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Moments after Alexander Zverev's loss in the Australian Open final Sunday, a person in the stadium yelled out the names of two of the tennis star's ex-girlfriends who have accused him of physical abuse in the past, saying “Australia believes” them. ...

Manfred Goldberg wants you to know how the Nazis took his brother’s life. And how an angel saved his

Jan. 25, 2025 14:51 PM EST

LONDON (AP) — Manfred Goldberg was just 13 years old when — stripped to his skin and shuffling toward an SS guard at a Nazi labor camp in Latvia — a man leaned over his shoulder and whispered the secret that saved the young Jew’s life. “If he happens to ask you your age,...

Defending champion Jannik Sinner plays Alexander Zverev in the men's Australian Open final

Jan. 25, 2025 11:00 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — It's not often that a man is able to follow up his first Grand Slam title by repeating as the champion at the same tournament a year later, which is what Jannik Sinner will be trying to do Sunday when he faces Alexander Zverev in the Australian Open final. ...

Several people are injured at a Berlin concert by US rapper JPEGMafia because of pepper spray

Jan. 21, 2025 03:13 AM EST

BERLIN (AP) — Several people were injured at a concert in Berlin by American rapper JPEGMafia because of pepper spray, German news agency dpa reported Tuesday. Six people were taken to a hospital with respiratory problems and the rapper had to end the concert early, it said. ...