When a 125,000-year-old elephant skeleton, pierced by a wooden spear, was discovered in an ancient lake bed in Germany in 1948, it was assumed that the Neanderthals who inhabited Europe at that time were not sophisticated enough to hunt such massive megafauna. Skeptics argued that the spear found with the bones in the Lehringen lake…
Struggling to find a foothold in the increasingly competitive market for artificial intelligence, two start-ups on Friday said they were merging in a trans-Atlantic alliance to better compete with American tech giants. Cohere, a Canadian company founded in 2019, is acquiring Aleph Alpha of Germany. The governments of both countries helped facilitate the deal. The…
PARIS — ArianeGroup, the French maker of the Ariane 6 space launcher and the M51 submarine-launched ballistic missile, is studying the possibility of manufacturing ballistic missiles in Germany, the company’s chief executive officer, Christophe Bruneau, told Les Echos. Bruneau continues to believe in French-German cooperation “more than ever,” despite setbacks around programs for a future…
Modern German politicians have long prided themselves on being among Israel’s fiercest supporters. But over the past several weeks, some politicians’ frustration with Berlin’s longtime ally has become palpable — a sign that support from Germany may be beginning to soften. Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, cabinet ministers and government press officials have used unusually…
NewsFeed The exiled former crown prince of Iran Reza Pahlavi was splashed with red fluid by an activist during a visit to Berlin, in an apparent protest over his stance on the war in Iran. Video shows the liquid hitting the back of his neck and shoulders before police detained the suspect and Pahlavi was…
Lufthansa Group, the German airline, said it would cut 20,000 flights over the next six months to save jet fuel as the pressure builds on companies to address surging prices and declining supplies of energy caused by the war in Iran. The airline said on Tuesday that it had already announced which flights it had…
Shorouk Express Germany is sending soldiers to strengthen Poland’s eastern border with Belarus and Russia, multiple media reported on Saturday. Several dozen German soldiers will join Poland’s East Shield from April 2026, with the mission initially running until the end of 2027, Deutsche Welle reported, citing Berlin’s defense ministry. German troops will focus on engineering…
Shorouk Express The British government said the European leaders plan to meet in Berlin on Monday, not over the weekend. POLITICO reported earlier that the U.K.’s national security adviser, Jonathan Powell, was expected to hold talks this weekend with German and French counterparts, the U.S.’s Witkoff and Ukrainian representatives. Merz on Thursday said Germany is…
Shorouk Express Spanish police said Saturday they had arrested a 64-year-old long-haul truck driver wanted by German authorities for drug trafficking. The man allegedly used his job to transport more than 250 kilograms of marijuana and hashish worth over 500,000 euros ($540,000) from Spain to Germany, Catalan regional police said in a statement. Police arrested…
Shorouk Express Berlin is recalling for consultations its ambassador to Georgia, Peter Fischer, after he became the target of attacks from the pro-Russia government of the South Caucasus country, the German foreign ministry announced on Sunday. “For many months, the Georgian leadership has been agitating against the EU, Germany and also German Ambassador Fischer personally,” the…
