Struggling with its past, Germany's 1,000-year-old choir admits girls for the 1st time
Since its founding over 1,000 years ago, this Catholic music school and song group in Regensburg, Germany, has been boys only. Until now.
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Why even environmentalists are supporting nuclear power today
Environmentalists advocating for nuclear power have led a push to extend the operating life of Diablo Canyon, California's last nuclear power plant. Japan and Germany consider similar extensions.
Germany's Rhine is at one of its lowest levels. That's trouble for the top EU economy
A hot, dry summer has meant the water level on the Rhine River, Western Europe's most important waterway, is at a record low, making it too shallow for many ships to pass.
A German court sentences 101-year-old to 5 years for role as Nazi guard
The regional court in Germany convicted the man of 3,518 counts of being an accessory to murder for serving at the Nazis' Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II.
Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (June 16)
A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine's Zelenskyy hosts European leaders, welcomes more U.S. weapons
Ukraine says it urgently needs the heavy artillery to counter Russia on the battlefield. Also, President Zelenskyy is looking for additional support as the leaders of Germany, France and Italy visit.
German industrial giant Siemens is leaving Russia after nearly 170 years
The company first arrived in Russia in 1851 to deliver devices for a major telegraph line. It primarily does maintenance work on high-speed trains these days — though it's now winding down operations.
Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 26)
A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Germany seizes the world's largest yacht (at least according to volume)
German authorities impounded the 15,917-ton yacht after confirming that sanctioned Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov had transferred ownership to his sister, who is also under Western sanctions.
Ukrainian Holocaust survivors flee war again — this time to Germany
Germany has welcomed dozens of the oldest refugees fleeing Ukraine — those who survived the Holocaust during World War II. They've now narrowly escaped death for the second time in their lives.