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Stuttgart survived a late scare against underdogs Arminia Bielefeld to win the German Cup final 4-2 at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on Saturday night. The Bundesliga side had been cruising after going four goals up with over 20 minutes left to play.  But Stuttgart were made to hold off a late fightback from the Third Division champions, who scored twice in the last 10 minutes. No fairytale ending for Arminia Nick Woltemade opened the scoring in the 15th minute to settle any nerves the Stuttgart fans might have been feeling against a Bielefeld side that had dumped out Bundesliga…

Skip next section Prisoner exchange expected to continue05/25/2025May 25, 2025Prisoner exchange expected to continueA prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia that is expected to be the biggest in more than three years of war is set to continue on Sunday, officials said. In negotiations held in Istanbul earlier this month, Kyiv and Moscow agreed to swap 1,000 prisoners of war and civilian detainees each. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russia’s Defense Ministry said 307 soldiers were swapped on Saturday, after 390 soldiers and civilians were released on Friday. “We expect more to come tomorrow,” Zelenskyy said on his official Telegram channel on…

Ever heard of a DDoS attack? The abbreviation stands for Distributed Denial of Service — a deliberate blockade of digital services. If you have ever tried for hours to access the tax office’s website, a university, or a telecommunications provider without success, it could have been because of a DDoS attack. Municipal authorities, parliaments, political parties or prominent companies are often the targets. For example, on February 12, in the northern German city-state of Bremen,  residents could not contact the police for almost two hours. It turned out that 18,000 online requests per minute had inundated the servers. The system collapsed under the…

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum chose a symbolic stage for shooting back at US President Donald Trump’s proposal for taxing remittances, called “remesas” in Spanish-speaking Latin America. During the construction ceremony for the Los Cabos Regional General Hospital in Baja California Sur on Sunday (May 18), she stressed that the US “can’t tax people twice when they’re already paying taxes.” By choosing this setting, Sheinbaum visually reinforced the social and political dimension of the US regulation, which is causing widespread concern across the entire region.Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is one of the most vocal critics of Trump’s taxation planImage: Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images…

The apolitical dissident director Jafar Panahi never set out to be a political filmmaker. “In my definition, a political filmmaker defends an ideology where the good follow it and the bad oppose it,” the Iranian director says. “In my films, even those who behave badly are shaped by the system, not personal choice,” he tells DW. But for more than a decade, Panahi has had little choice. Following his support for the opposition Green Movement protests, the director of “The White Balloon” and “The Circle,” was handed a 20-year ban on filmmaking and international travel in 2010. That didn’t stop…

Whatever its legitimacy, the organizers of the Enhanced Games know how to grab attention. A launch on Wednesday was accompanied by a glossy one-hour film, a sales platform for prescription performance enhancers and the claim of a new 50-meters freestyle world record by Greek swimmer Kristian Gkolomeev. “He should be retired, but in fact, he’s swimming faster than any human being has ever done so. Why? Because he used technology and science to enhance his performance,” boasted founder Aron D’Souza. “Once the world realizes that, I think everyone is going to want it. Every middle-aged guy who once played competitive sport and is now suffering…

After 11 weeks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government finally relented: this week,trucks have been allowed to drive into the Gaza Strip to bring humanitarian aid to the population, which is at risk of famine as the war continues to rage. Netanyahu said it was important that the “red line” of starvation not be crossed in order to maintain international support. According to the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), an Israeli Defense Ministry unit that oversees civilian policy in the Palestinian occupied territories, 198 trucks carrying humanitarian aid passed through the Kerem Shalom crossing between May 20 and May…

In a nation that has long been synonymous with working hard and showing unswerving loyalty to an employer, more and more Japanese people are “quiet quitting” their jobs. A term originally coined in the United States in 2022 for people who are disengaged and just do the bare minimum of work, “quiet quitting” has taken on a slightly different meaning in Japan — and one that would arguably make legions of toiling “salarymen” shudder. A growing number of Japanese are choosing to clock in at work exactly on time and leave as soon as they can. They are not looking for praise or promotion…

President Trump’s Friday flurry of pronouncements marks the return of negotiation by smartphone and may trigger another period of profound uncertainty for international trade and financial markets.The threat of 50% tariffs against the European Union, issued hours before his trade representative met their European counterparts, is a show of presidential muscle surely designed to strongarm those on the other side of the table. It is an escalation likely to heighten the threat of retaliation from Europe, and with a few keystrokes ends the brief period of calm that had returned to global trade and markets in recent days.Money blog: Trump…

US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened a 50% tariff on goods from the European Union starting Jun 1, citing a lack of progress in current trade negotiations. “Their powerful Trade Barriers, Vat Taxes, ridiculous Corporate Penalties, Non-Monetary Trade Barriers, Monetary Manipulations, unfair and unjustified lawsuits against Americans Companies, and more, have led to a Trade Deficit with the U.S. of more than $250,000,000 a year, a number which is totally unacceptable,” he wrote in a Truth Social post Friday morning. “Our discussions with them are going nowhere! Therefore, I am recommending a straight 50 percent Tariff on the European Union, starting…