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Heino is more than just a "Schlager" (German folk pop) star in Germany: with more than 55 million records and CDs sold and 1,200 songs recorded, the 87‑year‑old is a veteran and an icon of the German music industry. His hits still resonate with young people today. He has even sung at heavy metal festivals.

A tiger that escaped captivity after attacking a person has been shot dead by police near the eastern city of Leipzig, German police said on Sunday. The animal belongs to well-known trainer Carmen Zander, who possesses a group of big cats held in an industrial estate, according to the Bild newspaper, which cited the daily Leipziger Volksstimme in its

Almost 600 Ukrainian drones targeted various locations in Russia overnight, killing three people in the Moscow region and one in the Belgorod region, Russian authorities said on Sunday. The attacks come after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed on Friday to launch retaliatory strikes, a day after a Russian assault on Kyiv killed 24 people and injured around

Two Nepali climbers on Sunday broke their own records for the numbers of Everest ascents they have made in the male and female categories respectively. One climber, Kami Rita Sherpa, 56, who is nicknamed the "Everest Man," scaled the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) peak for a record 32nd time, while Lhakpa Sherpa, 52, known as the "Mountain Queen," made

On Wednesday, German Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder arrived at Toyota's fuel cell factory in a German BMW iX5 Hydrogen, only to later depart in a Japanese Toyota Crown FCEV. The choice of cars was, of course, no coincidence, with both vehicles generating electricity from hydrogen in a fuel cell. Car makers BMW and Toyota are currently jointly

A women's football team from the isolated communist country of North Korea arrived in South Korea on Sunday, a rare visit that has generated strong public interest. The visit by the club Naegohyang Women's FC is the first by athletes from the North to the South in eight years. It was approved under the inter-Korean exchange law

Divers have been able to confirm that the deceased humpback whale spotted off the Danish coast is the creature that came to be nicknamed "Timmy" as it spent more than a month stranded off the northern German coastline in the Baltic Sea.  Denmark's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) confirmed the news on Saturday.  The likelihood that the whale was the

Skip next section Small-town club Elversberg promoted to Bundesliga for first time May 17, 2026 Small-town club Elversberg promoted to Bundesliga for first time Fans invaded the pitch to celebrate their historic promotion with Mokwa, who scored twiceImage: Thilo Schmuelgen/REUTERS Elversberg have clinched promotion to Germany's top flight, the Bundesliga, for the first time. The

Skip next section One Indian killed, three injured in Moscow drone attack May 17, 2026 One Indian killed, three injured in Moscow drone attack An Indian worker was killed, and three others were injured in the Moscow region in Russia on Sunday, as Ukraine unleashed one of its largest drone attacks on the rival nation.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda ⁠a "public ⁠health emergency of international concern."   The WHO said the outbreak does not meet the criteria of a pandemic emergency. The agency warned, however, that all 10 countries sharing land borders with DRC are ​at