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The organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest have flagged unusual results during the second semi-final, days after the Grand Final in the Italian city Turin. “A jury voting pattern irregularity of such a scale is unprecedented,” the European Broadcast…

From the Israeli crackdown on the funeral of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jerusalem, to Sweden and Finland submitting their NATO applications, to Eintracht Frankfurt winning the UEFA Europa League title in Seville, DPA Internati…

Athletes and officials who express support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could face sanctions from the International Olympic Committee (IOC), its president Thomas Bach said on Friday. Bach told the 139th IOC Session that they aware that under Russia…

The upper house of the German parliament approved a package of economic relief measures on Friday for residents hit by high inflation, including the introduction of a monthly ticket for public transport for just €9 ($10) nationwide. The government will…

SV Hamburg drew first blood in their Bundesliga play-off tie with Hertha Berlin with a 1-0 victory in the capital on Thursday, leaving the hosts on the brink of relegation. Ludovit Reis scored the winner in the 57th with what appeared to be an intended…

The disgraced former king of Spain, Juan Carlos, has returned to his homeland for the first time in almost two years, touching down by private jet at Vigo-Peinador airport in the country’s north-west on Thursday evening. Footage of the 84-year-old form…

US President Joe Biden gave his full backing to applications by both Finland and Sweden to join NATO during a visit by the leaders of both countries to the White House on Thursday. “This is in my view and the view of our team a momentous day. It’s a ve…

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte see no possibility for the time being of supplying Ukraine with more than the dozen howitzers they already promised between them. “I don’t see that at the moment,” Rutte said at a joint …

Tens of thousands of fans were inundated by torrential rain during Thursday evening’s celebration for Eintracht Frankfurt’s triumph in the Europa League final. The downpour failed to dampen the mood on the picturesque Römerberg square in the city centr…

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned of the danger of a “severe food crisis, especially in the Global South” as a result of Russia’s war against Ukraine. “To be clear, the responsibility for this lies solely with Russia,” he told a joint press conferen…