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Women wrestlers battle for equality with Swiss 'schwinger kings'
AFP, Published on 09/08/2023
» ROMANEL-SUR-LAUSANNE (SWITZERLAND) - Traditional Swiss wrestling, known as "schwingen" in German, has been a male preserve for centuries -- the ultimate test of manhood for Alpine alpha males.
Scholz's Social Democrats suffer blow with Berlin election loss
AFP, Published on 13/02/2023
» BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats suffered a heavy setback in a regional poll in Berlin on Sunday, falling behind the opposition conservatives in the capital for the first time in over two decades.
Explosions, 'unprecedented' fire hit Berlin forest
AFP, Published on 04/08/2022
» BERLIN - An "unprecedented" fire broke out Thursday around a German police munitions storage site in a popular forest in western Berlin, sending plumes of smoke into the skies and setting off explosions.
Deadly knife attack kills 3 in Germany
AFP, Published on 26/06/2021
» WURZBURG, Germany: Investigators were racing Saturday to pinpoint the motive of a man who went on a knife rampage in the German city of Wuerzburg, killing three people and leaving five seriously injured.
Finger pointed at Swiss yodelling 'superspreader' concert
AFP, Published on 16/10/2020
» GENEVA: The coronavirus pandemic has not deterred the Swiss from sending yodels echoing across their mountain valleys, but a concert attended by 600 people is believed to have made one canton a European virus hotspot.
Fears of domestic violence rise amid lockdowns
AFP, Published on 28/03/2020
» BERLIN: With families across Europe confined to their homes to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, fears are rising of a surge in domestic violence.