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Bayern Munich crashed 3-1 at mid-table Mainz a week after clinching a 10th straight Bundesliga title and second-placed Borussia Dortmund also lost on Saturday, 4-3 at home against Bochum despite an Erling Haaland hat-trick. Freiburg won 4-3 at Hoffenhe…

After the occupation of a vacant hostel in central Berlin’s Mitte district, police evacuated the building on Saturday afternoon. Six people were escorted out of the building, a spokeswoman told dpa. Their personal details were taken. A trespassing inve…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russian forces are seeking to wipe out Donbass. “In the Donbass, the occupiers are doing everything to wipe out any life on this territory. The constant brutal bombardments, the constant Russian strikes on in…

Finnish President Sauli Niinistö plans to present his position on possible NATO membership for his country by May 12 at the latest, he told the Ilta-Sanomat newspaper on Saturday. The Finnish parliamentary groups are meeting on May 12, and two days lat…

German Olympic cycling champions Jens Lehmann has suggested staging Olympic Games at one place in the future to save money and make them more sustainable. Lehmann, who won two golds in track cycling 1992 and 2000 and is now a member of Germany’s parlia…

A German opposition politician has slammed former chancellor Gerhard Schröder for his ongoing support for Russia and failure to distance himself from Moscow. Schröder, who was Germany’s chancellor from 1998 to 2005, heads the supervisory board of the R…

Poland and the Czech Republic want to jointly request additional EU funds to host Ukraine refugees in their countries. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and his Czech colleague Petr Fiala agreed the stance in Warsaw on Friday. These must be enti…

Annual anti-Israel demonstrations in Iran took place again on Friday after a two-year gap due to the coronavirus pandemic. On what Iran calls al-Quds Day, hundreds of thousands took part in the rallies in the capital Tehran, shouting anti-Israel slogan…

Due to an impending congestion at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport caused by staff shortages, the Dutch airline KLM is cancelling 47 flights there this weekend. Already on Friday, 28 round trip flights had been cancelled, KLM announced. With this step, KLM…

Defender Danny da Costa will join Mainz next season on a three-year contract from Eintracht Frankfurt, the Bundesliga club said Friday. The 28-year-old Da Costa had previously played on loan with Mainz but this season has struggled for playing time in …