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Prosecutors to investigate possible perjury charge against German cardinal

German prosecutors are due to investigate whether Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, one of the German Catholic Church's most senior clerics, perjured himself earlier this year in sworn testimony about abuse committed by a now dead priest.

Reuters

Edinburgh Christmas Market crowned best in Europe by National Geographic

Beating out festive markets in cities such as Paris, Cologne, and Amsterdam, the Edinburgh Christmas Market has been crowned the best in Europe by National Geographic

Daily Record

Two Turner paintings set to return to Britain for the first time in a century

The paintings from the mid 1820s will feature in a special exhibition at the National Gallery this winter.

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Russian nuclear rhetoric rekindles German Cold War fears

Deep inside a decommissioned nuclear bunker built into a Cologne subway station at the height of the Cold War, tour guide Robert Schwienbacher says he is getting a number of inquiries from Germans asking for space available in an emergency.

Reuters

Prominent mosque in Germany sounds 1st public call to prayer

The Islamic call to prayer has been sounded in public for the first time from one of Germany’s biggest mosques in Cologne, but at limited volume

The Independent UK

2023 Honda CB750 Hornet Drops Covers, Jaws At Intermot In Germany

Honda Motor Europe officially unveiled its 2023 CB750 Hornet at the 2022 Intermot motorcycle show in Cologne, Germany, and it looks like a solid contender.

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After 90 years, German bakery to close as energy costs soar

A family-run bakery in the German city of Cologne is turning off its ovens for good after 90 years because it can no longer afford rising energy prices resulting from Russia’s war in Ukraine

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Luka Doncic files petition for trademark control in legal conflict with mom

COLOGNE, Germany — On the same day Luka Doncic powered Slovenia to a big EuroBasket win over Germany, he continued to fight for trademark control of his name and brand.

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Luka Doncic, bloody and battered, drops 47 points in Slovenia’s EuroBasket win vs. France

COLOGNE, Germany — Late in the first half of the Slovenian national team’s EuroBasket game Wednesday, France appeared to discover the one thing that could slow Luka Doncic’s dominance:

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Mad Luka Doncic looks unstoppable in Slovenia’s EuroBasket win over Germany

COLOGNE, Germany — Welcome to EuroBasket, Double-Mad Luka Doncic.

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Courtside with Jason Kidd: Watching Luka Doncic through Mavs coach’s Hall of Fame eyes

COLOGNE, Germany — Luka Doncic held his right index finger up in the air, twirled it once, and that was all Jason Kidd needed to see.

Tribune News Service

Millionaire piloting 'ghost plane' when it crashed into sea with wife and daughter

German papers reported that businessman Karl-Peter Griesemann, who owned the private jet, was on-board with his wife, daughter and his daughter's boyfriend when the plane barrelled into the Baltic Sea

Daily Mirror

German businessman on private jet that crashed in Baltic

A prominent German businessman was aboard the private jet that crashed into the Baltic Sea off Latvia after flying half way across Europe from Spain without responding to controllers' calls, his company, Quick Air, said on Monday.

Reuters

Private jet crashes in Baltic Sea near Latvia as rescue mission launched

Air traffic reportedly lost contact with the jet, which was bound for Cologne, but continued north before losing altitude

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Russian diaspora in Germany holds rare rally against sanctions

Some 2,000 mostly Russian-speaking protesters marched in the western city of Cologne on Sunday to demand Germany stop supporting Ukraine and drop sanctions it imposed after Moscow invaded its neighbour earlier this year.

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From the logo and between the legs, Luka Doncic ‘put on a show’ in Slovenia’s latest win

COLOGNE, Germany — Luka Doncic didn’t play his typical stretch of minutes Saturday in the Slovenian national team’s 103-88 win over Hungary in the EuroBasket group stage.

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More muscle? Body oil? Luka Doncic’s weight, fitness look steady as Mavs’ season looms.

COLOGNE, Germany — With a couple minutes left in the first quarter of Slovenia’s EuroBasket-opening win Thursday, center Mike Tobey grabbed an offensive rebound and bullied against Lithuania’s NBA starter, Jonas Valanciunas, for a second-chance layup.

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With Mavs contingent courtside, Luka Doncic guides Slovenia to win in EuroBasket opener

COLOGNE, Germany — Lithuania is a bigger country than Slovenia — in population and geographic size and global recognition — and its men’s national basketball team has more NBA experience and depth.

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Still ‘every bit the hero,’ Dirk Nowitzki’s German No. 14 is retired at EuroBasket

COLOGNE, Germany — Nearly 18,000 people in Lanxess Arena on Thursday night alternated between craning their necks to see the highlights, speech text and video displays on the jumbotron hanging from the ceiling and looking down toward the man at the center of the spotlight on the court.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sweet or Not? German Farmer Trials Solar Roofs for Orchard

It’s picking season at Christian Nachtwey’s organic orchard in western Germany and laborers are loading their carts with ripe red Elstar apples, ready to be shipped to European supermarkets. But Nachtwey’s farm is also reaping a second harvest: Many of the apple trees grow beneath solar panels that have been…

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Examining Luka Doncic’s potential to overtake Dirk Nowitzki as European basketball’s GOAT

COLOGNE, Germany — Luka Doncic isn’t often considered the opening act for a grander, more prominent show to follow.

The Guardian - UK

Pushing Buttons: What to expect from the world’s biggest games convention

It doesn’t have the pizzazz of E3, but Gamescom in Cologne is a great place to check out the titles you’ll be reading about in future newsletters

The Independent UK

Houshang Ebtehaj, prominent Iranian poet, dies at 94

Houshang Ebtehaj, a distinguished Iranian poet whose small but influential body of work made him a major figure in his own country and in world literature, has died in Cologne, Germany

Evening Standard

The best summer scents (to spritz even if you’re not going on holiday)

Zesty, delicious and sophisticated — Melanie McDonagh presents the season’s hottest colognes

Daily Mirror

Pensioners heading to France for summer holiday brand Dover travel chaos 'a disaster'

Pensioners Paul and Wendy Nicholas, from Brockenhurst, Hants, were heading to Cologne, France, to join a Saga river cruise. They said 150 people were due to join the seven-night cruise

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