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Bundesliga leaders Union Berlin again proved their season start is no fluke as they easily beat supposed title challengers Borussia Dortmund 2-0 at home on Sunday. Union took an early lead after Dortmund keeper Gregor Kobel slipped when trying to clear…

Following the deaths of four people during a fire and riots in a notorious Tehran prison holding political prisoners, the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has called for Iran to explain the origins of the incident. “We expect maximum transparenc…

Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Paris on Sunday against French President Emmanuel Macron’s policies. Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s Left Party had called for the march to protest the burgeoning cost of living and the government’s lack of action on th…

Some German hospitals face an increasing risk of bankruptcy and closure due to the country’s burgeoning energy costs, Health Minister Karl Lauterbach has warned. “If we don’t react quickly and really drastically, there will be closures,” Lauterbach tol…

RB Leipzig striker Christopher Nkunku is set to miss Tuesday’s German Cup second-round tie against SV Hamburg and could be out for longer after undergoing a wrist operation. Club sources told dpa on Sunday that last season’s Bundesliga player of the ye…

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with top members of his three-way coalition on Sunday in an effort to end a dispute over the lifespan of nuclear power plants that emerged during the country’s energy crisis. Economy Minister Robert Habeck from Germany…

German budget airline Eurowings says it is being forced to make hundreds of flight cancellations from Monday to Wednesday due to the second pilots’ strike within a few weeks. Of the 400 flights planned for Monday, at least 230 are expected to take plac…

The death toll rose to two on Sunday after storms described as “biblical” struck the popular Greek island of Crete at the weekend. The death of a 50-year-old man swept away by the waters had already been reported on Saturday. The new death confirmed on…

Difficult times lie ahead, warned Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday as he opened the Chinese Communist Party congress. In a keynote address to some 2,300 delegates in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the president warned of “potential dang…

Ukraine’s outspoken ambassador to Germany, who has spent the last eight months urging more support for his besieged country and pounced on any sign of Germany wavering in its support, has returned to Ukraine, he tweeted. Andriy Melnyk – who has drawn e…