World Jul 26 Suspect in deadly Berlin Pride attack is killed in confrontation with police By Geir Moulson, Kirsten Grieshaber, Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press
World Mar 26 Watch 7:15 Germany considers banning social media for most children The debate over social media use by teens is raging on. In the U.S., Meta and Google were just handed back-to-back losses in lawsuits against them. Germany is looking to ban social media, or at least make it harder to… By Malcom Brabant
World Sep 29 A wandering wallaby is on the loose in Berlin, police say Chief inspector Martin Halweg told The Associated Press that Berlin police are no longer tailing the meandering marsupial, a smaller relative of a kangaroo, because it's not believed to pose a threat to public safety. By Associated Press
World Jul 14 Trial begins for Berlin doctor accused of murdering 15 patients A German doctor has gone on trial in Berlin, accused of murdering 15 patients who were under palliative care. By Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press
World Mar 10 One-day strike at German airports brings most flights to a halt A one-day strike by workers at 13 German airports, including the Frankfurt and Munich hubs and all the country’s other main destinations, has caused the cancelation of most flights. By Associated Press
Feb 21 Police arrest suspect in stabbing at Berlin's Holocaust Memorial that injured 1 tourist By Ebrahim Noroozi, Associated Press There was no immediate indication of a motive for the attack, which comes two days before Germans vote in a national election on Sunday. Continue reading
Oct 18 Watch 5:11 News Wrap: In Berlin, Biden urges Western allies to continue flow of aid to Ukraine In our news wrap Friday, Biden met with Western allies in Berlin to discuss the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, a federal judge unsealed nearly 2,000 pages of evidence in Trump’s election interference case, safety officials are investigating… Continue watching
Jan 15 German farmers and their tractors throng Berlin in protest against fuel subsidy cuts By Geir Moulson, Associated Press Over the past week, farmers have blocked highway entrances and slowed traffic across Germany with their protests, intent on pushing Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government to abandon the planned cuts entirely. Continue reading
Sep 24 Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa shatters women's world record by over 2 minutes at Berlin Marathon By Associated Press Ethiopian runner Tigst Assefa, the winner in Berlin a year ago, ran the race in 2 hours, 11 minutes, 53 seconds to break the previous women's record of 2:14:04 set by Kenya's Brigid Kosgei at the Chicago Marathon in 2019. Continue reading
Jun 23 Opening soon: Germany's largest Jewish cultural center since the Holocaust By Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press Germany’s biggest Jewish educational and cultural complex since the Holocaust is set to open in Berlin, five years after the groundbreaking. Continue reading