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Solingen stabbing: Three killed in attack at Germany festival

Police say search under way for unknown assailant after attack on festivalgoers that also injured eight people.

Al Jazeera · Aug 23, 2024

Children hit by train in Germany, one killed, authorities say

A child was killed and another was seriously injured on Thursday after they were hit by a train along a railway line in the western German town of Recklinghausen, local authorities said.

Reuters · Feb 2, 2023

Thunberg joins march on German village in protest against coal mine expansion

Around 6,000 protesters - including climate activist Greta Thunberg - marched through mud and rain to the German village of Luetzerath on Saturday, according to a police estimate, demonstrating against the expansion of an opencast lignite mine.

Reuters · Jan 14, 2023

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Riot police clear coal mine activists from abandoned German village

Riot police backed by bulldozers removed scores of activists from buildings in an abandoned village in western Germany on Thursday in a second day of confrontations over the expansion of a coal mine.

Reuters · Jan 12, 2023

Police move on coal mine protesters barricaded in abandoned German village

Hundreds of police began clearing climate protesters out of an abandoned village on Wednesday in a showdown over the expansion of an opencast lignite mine that has highlighted tensions around Germany's climate policy during an energy crisis.

Reuters · Jan 11, 2023

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 · Oct 27, 2022

Ukrainian refugees from Moldova arrive via air bridge in Germany

The first 134 of 2,500 Ukrainian refugees who Germany promised to admit from Moldova arrived on Friday as part of broader European plans to help Ukraine's neighbours look after those fleeing the Russian invasion.

Reuters · Mar 25, 2022

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Ukrainian female soccer pros find new training ground in Germany

A semi-professional female soccer team that fled the war in Ukraine has found shelter and a new training ground at the German Bundesliga club 1.FC Cologne.

Reuters · Mar 24, 2022

German revellers swap Carnival parade for anti-war rally

Germans in Cologne swapped their traditional Carnival festivities for an anti-war rally on Monday that featured parade floats lampooning Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Reuters · Feb 28, 2022

At least 3 hurt in fire at German apartment building

Fire destroyed a five-storey residential building with around 50 apartments in the western German city of Essen on Monday, injuring at least three people.

Reuters · Feb 21, 2022

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