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Omar Marmoush is tearing the Bundesliga up. The Egyptian has proven indispensable to a resurgent Eintracht Frankfurt, with his dynamic footwork and finishing flair bringing many a defender to their knees. “The way he’s gotten himself stuck in and won over crowds, not to mention how decisive his goals and assists are, it’s clear he feels at home here,” Frankfurt coach Dino Toppmöller told German sports magazine kicker. While it’s now difficult to imagine the Bundesliga without Marmoush’s name in the headlines, the 25-year-old’s first years in Germany were anything but easy. Marmoush’s Egyptian education “As a kid I dreamed of being…

Tens of thousands of people marched on Saturday in the southeastern Spanish city of Valencia over authorities’ handling of devastating floods. Over 220 people were killed in the flooding, which was the most deadly in Europe in decades.Spain: Thousands protest, demand Valencia leader resignTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A small group of protesters clashed with riot police in front of Valencia’s city hall toward the end of the march, and police used batons to beat them back.  What do we know about the protest in Valencia? According…

US President-elect Donald Trump won Arizona on Saturday, according to the Associated Press, completing a clean sweep of all seven swing states. The Republican, who had secured the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House by early on Wednesday, now has what is expected to be a final total of 312 votes to Vice President Kamala Harris’ 226. In addition to Arizona, Trump also won the swing states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Nevada. Republicans have also regained control of the US Senate and look close to clinching control of the US House of…

Earlier this year, some 45 German firms launched a 4-day workweek project to find out if such a fundamental change to how we work can achieve positive results for employers and employees. For six months, and closely watched by researchers from Münster University in Germany, the volunteer companies allowed their employees to work fewer hours without reducing their salaries. The pilot run was initiated by Berlin-based management consultancy, Intraprenör, in collaboration with the nonprofit organization 4 Day Week Global (4DWG). Achieving the same output with fewer hours and the same pay requires greater productivity. Initially, this might imply more stress and a heavier…

At least 26 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a bomb blast at a train station in Pakistan. The bomb exploded in the southwestern city of Quetta when nearly 100 passengers were waiting for a train to travel to Rawalpindi. The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), a separatist group, have claimed responsibility for the attack, saying in a statement that a suicide bomber targeted troops at the railway station.Government spokesman Shahid Rind said the bombing seemed to have been a suicide attack but an investigation was still ongoing to confirm the BLA’s claim.TV footage showed the steel…

It’s been 35 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. The decade that followed shaped Berlin’s global image as a hub of creativity and change, as a new photo exhibition illustrates.

Where exactly is Israel? Israel is a nation in the Levant, the Mediterranean region connecting Africa to Asia. Just like the neighboring nations of Lebanon, Syria and Jordan and parts of Egypt, it’s geographically in the Middle East. Shouldn’t Israeli teams play in Asian competitions then? The state of Israel was founded in 1948 in the wake of the Holocaust and World War II. The Israeli Football Association (IFA) was founded in the same year. The IFA emerged from the Football Association of Palestine, where both Arab and Jewish clubs were represented under the British mandate. In 1956, the IFA…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday ordered two planes be sent to the Netherlands to bring home football fans following violent clashes in Amsterdam. Dutch police said that five people required hospital treatment and that 62 arrests had been made. Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. said in a statement on X that the team was in direct contact with Israel’s Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Culture and Sports “to help coordinate the return of the fans who are in Amsterdam.” The club warned its supporters to stay inside their hotel rooms and cautioned supporters to avoid displaying Israeli or Jewish symbols.Arrests follow…

Beyonce has become the most Grammy nominated artist of all time, after the Recording Academy announced its nominations on Friday. Beating her husband Jay-Z’s record of 88 nominations, Beyonce has a whopping 99 nods under her belt, thanks to her first country album “Cowboy Carter,” which she released last spring. The album earned the 43-year-old megastar 11 nominations, putting her in the lead of all other artists competing this year. The award ceremony will take place on February 2 in Los Angeles. Who else made the cut? Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone closely followed Beyonce, each…

Since Wednesday evening, Germany’s three party coalition government of Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and the liberal Free Democrats (FDP) is history. The collapse ocurred when Chancellor Olaf Scholz sacked Finance Minister Christian Lindner, from the FDP, prompting other liberals to step down from the cabinet. Last week, an 18-page so-called position paper of Lindner’s was leaked to the public. In it he advocated for a moratorium on regulations and tax cuts, abolishing a solidarity surcharge in income tax for high-earners, and pushing back climate targets to 2050. Most significantly, Lindner vehemently opposed suspending a constitutional ban on excessive borrowing — Germany’s…