The WWI sniper who killed 100 Germans: How deadly Scottish sharpshooter led crack team of 24 men who shot dead 3,000 enemy in two years - as medals go on sale

The exploits of a ruthless sniper who killed more than 100 Germans in the First World War can be revealed with the sale of his medals. Lieutenant Neville Methven led a crack sniper unit of 24 men who operated on the Western Front. Hiding in shell...

German state of Thuringia explores opportunities in Vietnamese agricultural sector

Berlin (VNA) – As Vietnam is a long-standing and reliable partner of the German state of Thuringia, the two sides can further consolidate and expand their mutually beneficial cooperation by focusing more on agriculture and agri-tech - sectors in...

Old mines reborn as solar farms powering clean energy transition, creating jobs

- China leads the global coal-to-solar shift, while Europe and Türkiye join the transition with flagship projects - Conversions could generate over 260,000 jobs worldwide LONDON Around the world, from Türkiye to China and Canada to Greece, closed...

How you'll be affected by a steep rise in German health insurance contributions

With statutory health insurance contributions set to increase in January 2026, we look at how the proposed increases could affect your wallet – and what steps you can take to keep the financial impact to a minimum. Foreign residents in Germany are...

Employment prospects brighten slightly in Switzerland

The indicator points to a slight improvement in employment prospects for the first time in three years, said the KOF institute. Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close English...

Ghana, Germany vow to strengthen bilateral ties 

By Iddi Yire, GNA Accra, Nov 03, GNA – Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama and his visiting German counterpart President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Monday agreed to strengthen diplomatic and bilateral relations between their two nations. During...

Erik ten Hag 'emerges as surprise candidate' to take over at WOLVES: Ex-Man United manager rivals Gary O'Neil, two months after he was sacked just 62 days into his new job

By LUKE POWER, SPORTS REPORTER and LEWIS BROWNING, SPORTS REPORTER Published: 08:50 EDT, 3 November 2025 | Updated: 09:36 EDT, 3 November 2025 Erik ten Hag is reportedly one of the frontrunners to succeed Vitor Pereira at Wolves. He is one of the...

Heavy fortifications and cancellations? Misinformation spreads about German Christmas markets

Published on 03/11/2025 - 12:37 GMT+1 It might still be too early for some, but with Halloween over, Christmas is well and truly on the way, and a wave of misinformation about the festive season is also on its way. A picture going around online...

Germany: Military chief wants draft checks for all young men

11/03/2025November 3, 2025Women hold fewer than one-third of leadership roles in Germany Women remain markedly underrepresented in executive positions across Germany, with only 29.1% of leadership roles held by women in 2024, according to figures...

German manufacturing sector remains sluggish in October, PMI shows

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s manufacturing sector showed little sign of recovery in October as production growth slowed down again, a business survey showed on Monday. The headline HCOB Germany Manufacturing PMI inched up to 49.6 from 49.5 in...

How Germany Became the World’s Worst-Performing Economy

“The welfare state as we know it today can no longer be financed by our economy.” With that single sentence, Chancellor Friedrich Merz broke one of Germany’s and Western Europe’s greatest political taboos, daring to question the welfare state’s...

Two in five German industrial companies plan job cuts in 2026

Sentiment in Germany’s industrial sector is at rock bottom with more than 40 per cent of companies planning to reduce their workforce in the coming year. Only one in seven industrial companies said they were aiming to create new jobs. That was one...

‘Choices aren’t Instagram-pretty,’ Bengaluru founder shares journey after leaving Yahoo job

In August 2007, Arjun Jain was staring at his resignation draft from Yahoo Bangalore, earning ₹1 lakh per month with stock options — “the golden handcuffs every middle-class kid dreams of.” Yet he felt suffocated. “Another content push. Another...

Portugal took more immigrants per head than Germany, now the desperate reckoning

For years, under the government of former Prime Minister— and now President of the European Council — António Costa, Portugal paraded itself as Europe’s island of multicultural tolerance. While France struggled with unrest in its suburbs, Sweden...

Germany Commits EUR 43.1 Million to Support Mongolia’s Strategic Reform Agenda

Ulaanbaatar, November 3, 2025 /MONTSAME/. The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany has committed EUR 43.1 million in support of the Action Program set forth by the Government of Mongolia. The announcement was made during intergovernmental...

GERMAN TRAVELERS GO FOR MORE TRIPS, SMARTER LUXE, AND AI-POWERED TOURS

As the leaves change color and a certain crispness fills the Rhine Valley air, something remains dependably comforting, much like sipping warm Glühwein: the German enthusiasm for travel. A recent report from Marriott Bonvoy, "Ticket to Travel...

Western naivety: German media outlet drops Gaza production company

After a 37-year-old technician from the Gaza production company Palestine Media Production (PMP), with which German media outlet ZDF had cooperated for years, was killed in an Israeli airstrike and it emerged that he was apparently a Hamas...

NATO member Romania signs agreement with Germany’s Rheinmetall to build a gunpowder plant

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Swifties rush German museum to see art behind ‘Ophelia’

Some 200 Swifties attended a special event at a German museum on Sunday to catch a glimpse of an Art Nouveau painting that possibly inspired "The Fate of Ophelia," – the opening track of U.S. superstar Taylor Swift's latest album. Following the...

Germany: Mass layoffs, trade war and war—What is to be done?

The crisis in the German and European automotive and supplier industries is assuming catastrophic proportions. Not a day passes without new disastrous news. The major manufacturers—Volkswagen, Mercedes, Bosch, ZF, Porsche, Ford, Audi, etc.—are...