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The corn in the fields stands several feet tall — it hasn’t been harvested in a long time. Villages are destroyed and deserted. Burnt-out car wrecks line the roadsides. There is no sign of fighting — the area in the Kharkiv region near the Russian border looks downright eerie. These images from reconnaissance drones and stationary video cameras are

The US government's decision to banish AI giant Anthropic from its entire supply chain has handed Germany and Europe a "once-in-a-lifetime chance," according to a politician from the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), junior partner in Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government coalition. Anthropic, valued at $380 billion (€327 billion), has developed a series of large language

Police in the northwestern city of Osnabrück on Thursday reported that a 7-year-old boy had been the talk of the class at his elementary school when he flashed a wad of banknotes worth €5,000 (roughly $5,800) with his friends.  "The nipper from the Osnabrück rural district had valuable luggage on hand. No funny money, all

"The most important news first: Germany's energy supply is secure," German Economy Minister Katherina Reiche said on Wednesday. Although prices rose quickly by around 30% in the wake of the US-Israel war with Iran, there is sufficient oil available, she insisted, and there is no cause for concern regarding gas supplies in Germany. "Our dependence

Honda has warned it expects a huge hit to its finances because of a major reorientation of its electric vehicle (EV) strategy.  Japan's second-largest carmaker tried to lead the charge on electric motoring but it says that US policy changes and tariffs, coupled with reduced competitiveness in Asia, are forcing it to adjust.  German performance

Elon Musk, who this week topped Forbes' Billionaires list for the second year in a row, is on course to become the world's first trillionaire. On top of his extreme wealth, Musk is bound to remain in the spotlight due to his polarizing views, including his active support for Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany party. His Tesla

The 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) was originally due to kick off on March 17, with 16 nations from all over the continent set to compete in Morocco. But just 12 days before the opening game, the Confederation of African Football (CAF), postponed its biggest women's football tournament until July. In a statement, the body

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It was with obvious pride that Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk took to social media on February 6. Sharing a picture of an article in the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung titled "The Poles Are Coming," he wrote, "See how this phrase has changed over the past 30 years. The German press reports that our companies are

It was an idea US President Donald Trump first floated in October last year: a triumphal arch in Washington, DC to mark the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence on July 4. Speaking to donors at a White House dinner, he revealed several scale models, inspired by Paris' Arc de Triomphe — earning the project