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The Berlin Wall has been down, for as long as it was up: 10316 days. (Photo: Facebook/Howard Griffin Gallery)

Berlin Wall: The rise, and the artist who lead its fall

Thierry's aim was to paint the Wall so that it looked like a deformity and stood out, not to beautify it.

7 Feb 2018 11:32 AM IST

The rod-shaped bacterium C metallidurans primarily lives in soils that are enriched with numerous heavy metals. (Photo: Pixabay)

These bacteria turn toxic metals into gold nuggets

Gold enters the bacteria the same way as copper, which is a vital trace element for C metallidurans, however is toxic in...

6 Feb 2018 5:35 PM IST

Served in rolls with lettuce, onions and tomatoes, they are being offered to customers at a supermarket in Aachen. (Photo: Pixabay)

German shoppers sample burgers made of buffalo worms

One passerby who tried one of the burgers, Manfred Roedder, said he believed they were a good alternative to meat.

28 April 2018 5:33 PM IST

DNA tests conducted further revealed that she had been sexually violated after her death and charged Alexander, a 37-year-old worker at the morgue as the offender. (Representational Image)

Doctor in Germany kills lover by applying cocaine on penis before she...

Dr Andreas Niederbichler is being probed for giving three more women the drug during sexual encounters.

12 April 2018 6:46 PM IST

Conference workers speak in front of a demo booth at Facebooks annual F8 developer conference, in San Jose, Calif. The chairman of the U.K. Parliaments media committee says the government office that investigated the Cambridge Analytica scandal has fined Facebook 500,000 pounds ($663,000) for failing to safeguard users data. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

Facebook has deleted hundreds of posts under German hate-speech law

The social network received 1,704 complaints under the law, known in Germany as NetzDG.

28 July 2018 9:44 AM IST

The Cybersecurity Tech Accord, which vows to protect all customers from attacks regardless of geopolitical or criminal motive, follows a year that witnessed an unprecedented level of destructive cyber attacks.

Germany may implement laws to counter cyber-attacks

The volume of cyber-attacks from China had dwindled as the number of acquisitions of German high-tech companies by...

25 July 2018 7:56 AM IST

One of the many homeless dwellers in a cemetery in the town of Shahriar, near Irans capital Tehran. (Photo: Representational)

German town to hold lottery for coveted graveyard plots

The picturesque town in the Bavarian Alps is now taking the unusual step of holding a lottery for vacant spaces in its...

15 July 2018 7:24 PM IST

Achille the cat, one of the State Hermitage Museum mice hunters, poses for a photo with Russia national flag during a ceremony in Saint Petersburg. (Photo: AFP)

Mystic moggy: China mourns 'psychic' World Cup cat

The orange-furred tabby, named Baidian'er, which means "white spot" in Chinese, was a stray that prowled around the...

5 July 2018 5:26 PM IST

The upcoming 5G ecosystem offers this grand opportunity.The government is aware of this and thus, in addition to the dream of Digital India, a programme envisaged to digitally transform the country, it has recently adopted the National Digital Communications Policy (NDCP). (Representational Images)

In 5G poker game, Dommermuth yet to go all in

Such a three-to-four' move would inject fresh competition into Europe's largest market.

27 Jan 2019 11:28 AM IST

Facebook says that they welcome debate about how to help keep Facebook a safe place where people can express their ideas.

Facebook backs election integrity, AI initiatives in Germany

In Germany, Facebook is relatively less popular among users than in other Western countries, partly due to privacy...

21 Jan 2019 10:27 AM IST

Huawei has never been asked by any government to build any backdoors or interrupt any networks, and we would never tolerate such behavior by any of our staff, said Huawei. (Photo: AP)

German security is important for 5G network

The government was not examining whether one company should be excluded from building the network.

20 Jan 2019 10:52 AM IST