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Lamine Yamal breaks records as easily as he dismantles defenses. On Saturday, at 16 years and 338 days old, he became the youngest player in European Championship history. He was already the youngest to play for Barcelona, and for Spain. The youngest goal scorer in the history of La Liga, the Spanish Cup and his national team. The word prodigy barely does him justice. “A talent that only the chosen ones have,” summarized his coach Luis de la Fuente in the buildup. “It’s like he has been touched by the wand of God. Very few have that quality, that incredible ability. They’re…

Tucked high in the Swiss mountains, the Bürgenstock resort is no stranger to making history. It has hosted movie stars and power brokers throughout the 20th century, and in 2002, the Sudanese government and rebels brokered a cease-fire deal here. But as leaders, ministers and envoys of more than 90 nations descended on the mountaintop venue for first-of-their-kind talks on bringing peace to Ukraine, the goals were more modest. Russia was not invited and showed no interest in attending, prompting its ally China to boycott the talks. Swiss hosts said they hoped only to lay some groundwork for future negotiations, inching forward…

What was considered almost unthinkable years ago is now being reflected in the job market for military aircraft maintenance. There’s such a need for military aircraft maintenance experts that companies like Lufthansa Technik (LHT) are going to great lengths to train and retrain employees from outside the industry. These new experts often come from suppliers whose jobs have become obsolete due to the switch to electric vehicles. “Lufthansa Technik, for example, is recruiting mechatronics engineers from the automotive sector in its search for specialists,” aviation expert Heinrich Grossbongardt told DW. “They have a good education and are being retrained as…

A leading rebel commander was among those killed in the besieged north Darfur city of El Fasher, the latest flashpoint in Sudan’s ongoing civil war, the army said on Friday. In a social media statement, the Sudanese army said Ali Yagoub Gibril, a commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) who was under US sanctions, was among hundreds killed and injured in confrontations between the rebels and the army. The announcement closely followed a United Nations Security Council resolution passed on Thursday. It called on Sudan’s RSF to halt the siege of El Fasher, a city of 1.8 million people,…

Pope Francis has issued a warning about AI as he became the first pontiff to address the G7 summit of world leaders.A hush fell as he entered the room in his wheelchair – and he greeted each of the leaders in turn, including President Biden, President Zelenskyy and Rishi Sunak. His countryman, Argentinian President Javier Milei, gave him an especially warm welcome, while there was a hug from Jordan’s King Abdullah and a whispered exchange with President Biden.The Pope told leaders artificial intelligence offered “epochal transformation” that included “exponential” advances in scientific research.However, he warned it must be closely monitored…

When asked why he wears such small shinpads, Florian Wirtz smiled and said: “I always try to make sure I don’t get caught by too many [players].” In the 2023-24 season, only one team has caught Bayer Leverkusen or Wirtz. The Bundesliga club’s record-breaking run came to an end after 51 games without defeat, Atalanta beating them in the Europa League final to spoil an otherwise perfect, double-winning season. Although Leverkusen’s success is a result of a collective effort, it’s clear how decisive Wirtz’s contributions have been this season. His audacious chip against Qarabag sparked Leverkusen’s comeback in the Europa…

Scottish and German football fans flooded the central streets of Munich on Friday, ahead of the opening game in this year’s Germany-hosted Euro Cup. Scots have been flocking to the Bavarian capital for days, as the  “Tartan Army” follows the Scottish team for its showdown with the German hosts at the Allianz Arena in Munich..German authorities warned of overcrowding in Munich’s central Marienplatz squareImage: Stefan Puchner/dpa/picture alliance Scottish fans were seen wearing traditional kilts and playing bagpipes, a picture of Scottish nationalist symbols in the heart of Munich.  Some 60,000 Scottish fans are expected in Munich around the opening fixture, according…

The list of war-time atrocities in Sudan is long and getting longer. A maternity hospital bombed, causing the roof to fall onto babies inside. Refugee camps shelled, mass executions, streets filled with corpses, aid blocked, systematic sexual abuse and other war crimes: Since the civil war started a year ago in the northeast Afrcan country, an estimated 16,000 people have been killed. Sudan’s war has also created the world’s worst displacement crisis, with just under 10 million people forced to move to find safety. Last week, the United Nation’s International Organization for Migration reported that of the millions of Sudanese displaced, 70%…

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With a guitar slung across his well-toned body, Bruce Springsteen has spent his career singing iconic, gravel-throated songs of hope and despair over the American dream. As the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall is commemorated, Germans also recall Springsteen’s “Born in the USA” as an anthem for democracy in the former East Germany. The song’s refrain boomed out of East Berlin during a massive 1988 concert that was a harbinger for the fall of the Wall a year later.   Even Angela Merkel recently revealed that she too was a fan of The Boss. Springsteen’s 1988 concert in East Berlin rocked the Berlin WallImage: picture-alliance/dpaThe ‘new Bob…