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Germany 4-0 Finland (1-0) Goals: 1-0 Undav (34′), 2-0 Wirtz (48′), 3-0 Undav (57′), 4:0 Musiala (63′) Attendance: 25,122 A day before Germany depart for America, Julian Nagelsmann’s team comprehensively beat Finland in Mainz thanks to an outstanding performance by striker Deniz Undav. The Stuttgart forward scored twice and assisted one to help deliver the expected result. “We can keep going like this,” Nagelsmann said afterwards. “One of our strengths is that we always look like we can score.” There’s not a lot to make of these games. Less than two weeks out from a World Cup is not the…

Since the beginning of June, everything quiets down in German Ikea stores on Wednesdays between 5 and 7 p.m. — with no music to be heard, dimmer lights and no announcements over the PA system (except in the case of an emergency). All in all, customers and staff are experiencing less of a strain on their senses — and that’s the whole idea behind the Quiet Hour. The concept stems from an initiative by the German association Gemeinsam Zusammen (Together Together). “We want the Quiet Hour to provide relief for people with invisible disabilities. Their nervous systems are often permanently overwhelmed, which is…

As the Iran war approaches 100 days on Sunday, a comforting but flawed assumption has taken hold.  Many policymakers, businesses and investors believe that a rapid reopening of the Strait of Hormuz will quickly bring down energy prices, once stranded oil and gas tankers can finally leave the Gulf. Yet top oil executives, shipping sector leaders and economists are predicting the opposite. They caution that peace will not instantly return energy markets and global supply chains to normal. The fallout, they say, could last for many more months and even years. Amin Nasser, CEO of Saudi Aramco, the Gulf’s largest oil supplier, told investors last month that even if…

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are among the most widely prescribed antidepressants in the world. Drugs such as Prozac, Zoloft and Lexapro are used to treat depression and anxiety disorders in millions of people. But some experts believe we have become over reliant on such drugs and that that has led some doctors to treat ordinary human distress as a medical illness. “We have medicalized all emotional distress,” said Allen Frances, professor emeritus of psychiatry at Duke University School of Medicine in the US.  “Eighty percent of antidepressants in the US are carelessly prescribed by rushed primary doctors as an easy…

1. Three hosts with strained ties This World Cup will be the first to be hosted by three countries – the United States, Canada and Mexico – as opposed to the usual single nation. 2002 was an exception, when Japan and South Korea broke new ground by sharing the hosting duties. This year’s cohosts have usually enjoyed good relations, but these have become more difficult since US President Donald Trump began his second term in office. His threats to annex Canada as the “51st” US state and punitive tariffs have soured the mood between two historically close allies. US ties with…

Memory of the Holocaust may be omnipresent in Israel, but it is fading elsewhere, even in the country where it was planned and by whom it was carried out. Some 80 years after the end of World War II, a 2025 survey by the Jewish Claims Conference found that roughly 10 to 12% of young adults in Germany had never heard the word “Holocaust.” The same study found that around 40% of 18- to 29-year-olds in Germany did not know that six million Jews were murdered during the Nazi era. That is one of the reasons Yad Vashem — the world’s…

This year’s St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), which opened on June 3, is the fifth to be held since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Before the war, the forum served as a venue for signing major investment agreements with foreign companies. Back then, the European Union was Russia’s key economic partner, and the forum attracted prominent Western politicians, business leaders and senior executives. But after Russia invaded Ukraine, major Western economies scaled back ties and the forum’s highest-profile foreign attendees have increasingly come from countries that are no longer among Moscow’s key economic partners. This…

What’s the best way to combat disease-spreading mosquitoes? More mosquitoes! At least that’s the plan of scientists at Google’s Debug program. The researchers want to release 16 million mosquitoes each in the US states of Florida and California in a first step. And then they want to do it all again next year. Trying to reduce the mosquito population by adding millions more sounds counterintuitive at first. But to understand the project, you have to look at what kind of mosquitoes the researchers are fighting — and what kind they’re looking to release. In a nutshell, it’s good mosquitoes vs. bad…

Some of the best young talents at the World Cup this summer include Bayer Leverkusen’s Ibrahim Maza and Malik Tillman, Eintracht Frankfurt’s Can Uzun, and Bayern Munich’s domestic-double winner Josip Stanisic. There’s also Juventus’ Kenan Yıldız and PSV’s Paul Wanner. Despite either being born in Germany or having gone through the academy system in the country, none of them will be playing for Germany on the world’s biggest stage this summer. They all hold dual citizenship and have opted to take the field for Turkey, Algeria, the USA, Croatia or Austria. Whether for sporting, emotional, or family reasons, or because they…

The Wim Wenders Foundation announced on Wednesday that the 1975 film “Falsche Bewegung” (“The Wrong Move”), at the center of a headline-grabbing dispute between the German filmmaker and actress Nastassja Kinski, is being withdrawn from circulation for the time being. Kinski has been trying for years to get filmmaker Wim Wenders to remove a scene from the movie. In the brief scene, her co-star Rüdiger Vogler (then over 30 years old) visits the 13-year-old in her bedroom, where she is lying on a bed wearing only panties. The man undresses down to his underwear and lies on top of her; he slaps her…