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Germany news: Deportations on the decline
Despite a decrease in overall deportations, more people were sent back to Turkey than in previous years. At the same time, Volkswagen is facing a fresh 'Diesel…
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Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong sentenced to 10 more years
Joshua Wong, once a teen activist and a poster boy of the "Umbrella Movement," is spending most of his adult life in prison.
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NASA's Swift space telescope plunges back to Earth in fiery demise
NASA's Swift orbital observatory fell back to Earth after running its mission for more than two decades. A rescue attempt to raise its sinking orbit had earlie…
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Democrats take House and Senate from Republicans in US midterm rout
Democrats will control both chambers of Congress after flipping seats in Republican strongholds across the US in an election seen as a repudiation of President…
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Bavarian politician Hubert Aiwanger found dead in Berlin hotel
Aiwanger was Bavaria's Economy Minister and the chairman of the right-wing populist Free Voters party. The circumstances surrounding his death are still unclea…
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Winners, losers, the EU: Five takeaways from the US midterms
Donald Trump's Republicans suffered a crushing defeat in Tuesday's midterm elections, with the Democrats wresting control of Congress. What does this mean for…
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36 years later: Hungary opens Communist-era secret service files
Decades after the end of Soviet rule, Hungary is releasing all its secret service files. The disclosure is sparking fresh debate about informants, guilt and re…
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Fact check: Examining viral narratives after the US midterm elections
As Democrats celebrate major gains, false claims about election fraud have spread. Viral posts alleging illegal voting and election rigging are intended to fue…
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French blood banks targeted by refrigerator cyberattack
A cyberattack had attempted to destroy blood plasma by raising the temperatures in cold storage facilities past the boiling point.
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The 2011 discovery of neo-Nazi killers aired biases in German policing
Many questions still surround the National Socialist Underground whose existence was revealed by neo-Nazi terrorist Beate Zschäpe on November 4, 2011. How has…
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Neo-Nazi NSU attacks exposed 15 years ago
Many questions still surround the National Socialist Underground whose existence was revealed by neo-Nazi terrorist Beate Zschäpe on November 4, 2011. How has…
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German leaders react to the 'blue wave' after US mid-term elections
US President Donald Trump, and a long list of state and regional candidates associated with his MAGA movement, faced serious repudiation in the US mid-term ele…
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Kosovo: Outrage as authorities accused of not helping femicide victim
Despite reporting her husband to the police and pleading for protection, Arlinda Zekaj was brutally murdered. Now, thousands in Kosovo are protesting what they…
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Kosovo: Protests and outrage after a woman was killed despite repeatedly seeking assistance from the authorities
Despite reporting her husband to the police and pleading for protection, Arlinda Zekaj was brutally murdered. Now, thousands in Kosovo are protesting what they…
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Pet passports set to be restored between the EU and the UK
An agreement set to be announced at the upcoming EU-UK summit could mark the return of pet passports allowing easier travel across the Channel for holidaymaker…
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Gold for the West Bank: Meet Palestinian karate champ Mariam Bsharat
The occupied West Bank is not an obvious breeding ground for sporting success. But Mariam Bsharat, 17, has beaten the odds to become a karate world champion an…
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Gold for Palestine: Meet junior karate champ Mariam Bsharat
The occupied West Bank is not an obvious breeding ground for sporting success. But Mariam Bsharat, 17, has beaten the odds to become a karate world champion an…
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Gold for Palestine: Karate's Mariam Bsharat a rare sporting success
The occupied West Bank is not an obvious breeding ground for sporting success. But Mariam Bsharat, 17, has beaten the odds to become a karate world champion an…
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Africa's shifting role in the global drug trade
Recent discoveries of meth labs suggest parts of Africa are moving beyond drug transit and becoming sites of synthetic drug production.
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Harry Potter films turns 25 ahead of new TV series' release
In 2001, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" hit cinemas and took the world by storm. Today, anticipation for the new series is high, but its creator, J.K.…
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What the Democrats' midterms win means for the US economy and Trump
From high oil prices and data centers to tariffs and mounting debt, economic concerns played a key role in the crushing defeat of President Donald Trump's Repu…
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EU says Montenegro on track to become bloc's next member state by 2028
Brussels says Montenegro is likely to become the EU's 28th member state, followed by Albania and Moldova. It said Ukraine needed to speed up reforms and offere…
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When does a German citizenship processing delay become a 'failure to act'?
Courts in Germany have contrasting views on how long an authority can reasonably take to process a naturalisation application. Immigration lawyer Nihat Kaygala…
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'It took two years': What a foreign couple learnt renovating a house in Germany
Two years after a French couple bought an old rural house in Germany, they now have four usable rooms – and plenty of lessons to share about mortgages, tradesp…