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Riot police scuffled with some of the demonstrators but there were no major incidents reported. Photo: AP

Anti-coal protests shake Germany before the climate meet

Protesters have been urging Chancellor Merkel to move faster to wean the country off coal.

06 Nov 2017 10:03 AM

Scientists showed that six-month-old babies can estimate probabilities. (Photo: Pixabay)

Babies can perform probability calculations: study

To make sure that the babies were not just more attracted by the colour yellow in some trials, the researchers also used green, red balls.

05 Nov 2017 6:22 PM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Fears squashed: Zucchini mistaken for WWII bomb in Germany

Officers rushed over — and found a particularly large zucchini.

05 Nov 2017 2:33 PM

Risk of irregular heart rhythm rises with weight and age

For each additional 10 pounds, the atrial fibrillation rate increases by 31% in men and by 18% in women.

28 Oct 2017 11:35 AM

Activist Peter Steudtner (2nd R) of Germany and Ali Gharavi (2nd L) of Sweden talk to the media after their release from Silivri prison in Istanbul on October 26, 2017. (Photo: AFP)

Human rights activists released from Turkish jail

Amnesty International's Andrew Gardner said the case was "a completely baseless prosecution that doesn't have a shred of evidence".

26 Oct 2017 2:52 PM

Meng Meng, one of the two giant Chinese panda bears. (Photo:AFP)

German zoo hopes to cure panda's bad walking habit with sex

Giant pandas in captivity are kept apart except for in the mating season, which occurs between February and May.

26 Oct 2017 1:34 PM

The duo, out for revenge, are a spurned wife and the mistress her husband dumped her for. (Representational Image)

Spurned women kidnap man and leave him naked in woods

Ex-wife, Yvonne Schmidt, and the ex-lover she was left for, Bright Koeing, allegedly kidnapped Thomas L. at a truck stop near Berlin.

25 Oct 2017 11:30 AM

Documents recently rediscovered in Lithuania are displayed at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. These documents along with more than 170,000 other pages are part of a recently discovered trove of Jewish materials from Lithuania thought to have been destroyed during the Holocaust. (Photo: AP)

Papers thought lost in Holocaust go on display in US

A librarian in Lithuania hid the documents in a church basement to protect them from the Nazis during World War II.

25 Oct 2017 8:10 AM

The reaction which is induced by animal groups feared from birth could have been embedded in the brain for an evolutionarily long time. (Photo: Pixabay)

Fear of spiders, snakes deeply embedded in us: study

Fear of snakes and spiders is of evolutionary origin. Mechanisms in our brains enable us to identify them and we react to them quickly.

24 Oct 2017 2:10 PM

Germany’s Maurice Malone (right) and Colombia’s Fabian Angel in action in their Fifa Under-17 World Cup round of 16 match in New Delhi on Monday. Germany won 4-0. (Photo: AP)

Fifa U-17 World Cup: Germany too hot for Colombia

The goal put Arp second on the golden boot list, level on four goals with Japan’s Keito Nakamura and one behind France’s Amine Gouiri.

17 Oct 2017 12:29 AM

Germany advanced as the second best team in Group C, involving Iran, Guinea and Costa Rica at the Fifa U-17 World Cup. (Photo: Sunoj Ninan Mathew)

Fifa U-17 World Cup: Germany face tricky Colombia

Colombia coach Orlando Restrepo will surely take a cue from Germany’s group stage travails while formulating his plans.

16 Oct 2017 1:43 AM

Germany’s Nicolas Kuhn scores against Guinea in their Fifa U-17 World Cup Group C match at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi on Friday. Germany won 3-1. (Photo: Arun Chandra Bose)

Fifa U-17 World Cup: Germany set up Colombia date

Despite the scoreline, Guinea played with conviction, created more chances and had more possession than Germany.

14 Oct 2017 1:29 AM

The couple has become the first in Germany to celebrate a same-sex wedding, after a new law called “marriage for all” came into force Sunday. (Photo: AP)

Berlin gay couple are the first to adopt child in Germany

The Koroks have been caring for foster children for several years.

11 Oct 2017 10:56 AM

Ultimate cold case: Who betrayed Anne Frank?

Retired agent Vincent Pankoke said he had high hopes of solving one of the biggest World War Two mysteries.

05 Oct 2017 7:42 PM

How forest fires spoil wine taste decoded

During fermentation the wine yeast added by the fermentation process once again separates the sugar molecules and the smell develops.

02 Oct 2017 4:12 PM

Berlin mayor Michael Mueller congratulated the happy couples and described the first gay nuptials as a "historic event". (Photo: AFP)

Wedding bells ring out as Germany celebrates first gay marriages

Germany becomes the 15th European nation to legalise gay marriage.

01 Oct 2017 9:59 AM

Rare 'Mein Kampf' copy signed by Hitler auctioned for $13,000

The book signed by Adolf Hitler has a blue cloth covering and was originally expected to sell for $20,000.

18 Sep 2017 2:04 PM

6 million visitors are expected to come to Munich for the fest this year. (Photo: Pixabay)

Beer flowing in Munich: Thousands head to Oktoberfest

The beer is flowing again at Munich's fabled Oktoberfest.

16 Sep 2017 5:44 PM

The previous tallest sandcastle, a 14.84 metre world peace monument was built in India in February (Photo: Youtube screengrab/ ANI)

Sculptors in Germany build 55ft sandcastle to claim world record

The team spent more than three weeks in the western German city of Duisburg working on the 16.68 metre artwork.

07 Sep 2017 8:38 AM

Oliver Struempfel competes during his world record attempt, carrying 27 beer mugs at the traditional festival Gillamoos in Abensberg, Germany. He succeeded. (Photo: AP)

German barman breaks world record, carries 27 litre steins of beer for 40 metres

Strumpfel, who had to train for the event in the gym to build extra strength, however, is not new to the world of smashing records.

04 Sep 2017 10:11 AM

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