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Cheers, protests as German court lets cities ban diesel cars

February 27, 2018 at 10:03 p.m.

Handing environmentalists a landmark victory, a German court ruled Tuesday that cities can ban diesel cars and trucks to combat air pollution, a decision with far-reaching and costly implications in...

German police union chief slams New Year’s Eve “safe zone” for women

December 30, 2017 at 9:29 p.m.

A German police union boss has criticized organizers of Berlin's annual open-air New Year's Eve party for designating a special "safety area" for women, saying it suggests they aren't safe...

A coal-burning power plant steams in ...

Climate talks wrap up with progress on Paris rulebook

November 18, 2017 at 9:06 p.m.

Global talks on curbing climate change wrapped up Friday, with delegates and observers claiming progress on several key details of the 2015 Paris accord.

Nations to work on curbing climate change despite Trump

November 3, 2017 at 9:36 p.m.

Governments, scientists, industry groups and environmental campaigners are meeting in Germany next week to discuss implementing a global agreement to curb climate change, despite uncertainty over how the United States...

The Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica is ...

Warming Arctic spurs battles for riches, shipping routes

August 24, 2017 at 5:35 a.m.

From a distance, the northern shores of Baffin Island in the Arctic appear barren 鈥� a craggy world of snow-capped peaks and glaciers surrounded by a sea of floating ice...

Counter-protesters block neo-Nazi march to Berlin prison

August 19, 2017 at 6:51 p.m.

Left-wing groups and Berlin residents prevented more than 500 far-right extremists from marching Saturday to the place where high-ranking Nazi official Rudolf Hess died 30 years ago.

Ship sets record for earliest crossing of Northwest Passage

July 29, 2017 at 3:43 p.m.

After 24 days at sea and a journey spanning more than 10,000 kilometers (6,214 miles), the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica has set a new record for the earliest transit of...

Online hate speech may soon incur a hefty bill in Germany

June 29, 2017 at 7:11 a.m.

German lawmakers are poised to pass a bill designed to enforce the country's existing limits on free speech 鈥� including the long-standing ban on Holocaust denial 鈥� in social networks....

FILE - In this April 11, 2017 file photo a window of Dortmund's team bus is damaged after an explosion before the Champions League quarterfinal soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and AS Monaco in Dortmund, western Germany. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, file)

Suspect bet against Dortmund soccer team then bombed its bus, German authorities say

April 21, 2017 at 11:37 a.m.

A 28-year-old German-Russian citizen took out a five-figure loan to bet that Borussia Dortmund shares would drop, then bombed the soccer team's bus in an attack he tried to disguise...

German scientists test world’s so-called “artificial sun”

March 24, 2017 at 11:06 p.m.

Scientists in Germany flipped the switch Thursday on what's being described as "the world's largest artificial sun," a device they hope will help shed light on new ways of making...

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