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A German court has had its say in the trademark battle over what legally constitutes “Dubai chocolate.” Discount chain Aldi had been selling “Alyan Dubai Handmade Chocolate” — which is made in

The Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development and Building has presented figures showing some 531,600 people are without a permanent shelter in Europe’s largest economy. More than half a million people in Germany are

A British bomb from World War II was discovered during construction work on the Carola Bridge. The bridge had partially collapsed into the Elbe river last September. Part of downtown Dresden in

There are sharks in the Red Sea but encounters with them are relatively rare. A shark attack off Egypt’s Red Sea coast has left one tourist dead and another injured, authorities said on Sunday.

Pope Francis called for the sound of arms “to be silenced in war-torn Ukraine” and for a Gaza ceasefire. The biblical town of Bethlehem marked a quiet Christmas amid conflicts in the

A Swiss Air flight from Bucharest, Romania to Zurich made an emergency landing in Austria because of smoke on board. All 79 people, including crew members, have been evacuated. A Swiss International

Police in a small German town found a four-year-old girl asleep at the entrance to a kindergarten. The girl, who snuck out of her parents’ home without them noticing, wanted to be

Russian police have reportedly detained a German-Russian man for allegedly planning a sabotage act at Kyiv’s behest. A German-Russian citizen has been arrested in Russia for allegedly preparing to sabotage a rail line on the

The Russian Federal Security Service said a German man was involved in organizing an explosion in Kaliningrad and had returned to Russia “to organize acts of sabotage.” A German citizen has been arrested in Russia on

Dozens of prominent activists have been given prison sentences of up to 10 years as part of a sweeping law imposed by China that crushed a once-thriving pro-democracy movement. Hong Kong’s High