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German neo-Nazi heads for women's jail after gender change
AFP, Published on 29/08/2025
» BERLIN - A fierce debate has erupted in Germany around a neo-Nazi who is set to begin a jail term in a women's prison on Friday after legally changing gender.
Man sets world record living for 120 days underwater
AFP, Published on 25/01/2025
» PUERTO LINDO — A German aerospace engineer celebrated setting a world record Friday for the longest time living underwater without depressurisation -- 120 days in a submerged capsule off the coast of Panama.
Bellingham brace earns Real Madrid Clasico win at Barcelona
AFP, Published on 28/10/2023
» BARCELONA - Jude Bellingham's stunning double snatched Real Madrid a 2-1 comeback victory at Barcelona in his first La Liga Clasico on Saturday.
First woman, Black astronaut to make 2024 flight around Moon
AFP, Published on 04/04/2023
» HOUSTON - NASA unveiled the crew on Monday for its first human mission to the Moon in more than 50 years –- including the first woman and Black man to voyage into deep space.
Lost in space: Astronauts struggle to regain bone density
AFP, Published on 30/06/2022
» PARIS - Astronauts lose decades' worth of bone mass in space that many do not recover even after a year back on Earth, researchers said Thursday, warning that it could be a "big concern" for future missions to Mars.
German MPs to decide on mandatory Covid jabs by year's end
AFP, Published on 01/12/2021
» BERLIN - Germany on Tuesday inched closer to mandatory coronavirus vaccines after incoming chancellor Olaf Scholz said they were necessary to contain a fierce fourth wave of the pandemic.
Germany's incoming chancellor Scholz backs mandatory jabs
AFP, Published on 30/11/2021
» BERLIN - Germany's incoming chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday signalled his backing for mandatory coronavirus jabs, a party source told AFP, as the country struggles to contain a fierce fourth wave of the pandemic.
Germany's Covid death toll passes 100,000
AFP, Published on 25/11/2021
» FRANKFURT: Germany announced record coronavirus fatalities and infections Thursday as its total death toll passed 100,000, with its most severe virus wave yet breaking just as a new government prepares to take the reins.
Fresh Dutch Covid lockdown as 10 EU states at 'high concern'
AFP, Published on 13/11/2021
» THE HAGUE - European governments on Friday eyed unpopular Covid curbs, with the Netherlands opting for Western Europe's first partial lockdown of the winter as EU experts said 10 countries in the bloc were causing "very high concern".
'Grave concern' over Covid in Europe as German cases soar
AFP, Published on 04/11/2021
» FRANKFURT: The World Health Organization expressed "grave concern" Thursday over the rising pace of coronavirus infections in Europe, as Germany registered its biggest daily increase since the start of the pandemic.