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Germany’s Interior Ministry said it was satisfied with the security situation over the first weekend of the Euro 2024 championship. “The security measures are working,” Interior Ministry spokesperson Maximilian Kall said on Monday. He said that “so far, there have been no surprising events.” However, incidents did occur away from the pitch. In Saxony-Anhalt, police shot a man who fatally stabbed a guest at a viewing party. In Hamburg, police also shot a man wielding a hammer near where Dutch soccer fans were gathering, although authorities dismissed any connection to the Euros. Police respond to Serbia-England clash Kall nevertheless pointed to an…

The governor of the US state of Maryland pardoned more than 175,000 marijuana convictions on Monday. “I’ll pardon all convictions related to the possession of cannabis and cannabis paraphernalia,” Governor Wes Moore said at a press conference in Annapolis. This move forgives low-level convictions for around 100,000 people. Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown said the mass pardon was “a racial equity issue.” “This unequivocally, without any doubt or reservation, disproportionately impacts — in a good way — Black and Brown Marylanders,” Brown told The Washington Post. Marijuana legal in Maryland Maryland legalized recreational cannabis in 2023 after a referendum in…

The Serbian football association has been charged by UEFA after objects were allegedly thrown at England’s Euro 2024 group stage match against Serbia.Eight people were temporarily detained following a brawl between Serbia and England fans in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, ahead of Sunday’s game, police said. The charges include “transmitting a provocative message unfit for a sports event”.European football’s governing body says its control, ethics and disciplinary body (CEDB) will decide on the matter in due course.In addition, a UEFA ethics and disciplinary inspector will conduct an investigation regarding alleged discriminatory behaviour. England won the match 1-0.Before it got underway, riot police…

It was one of those moments that prove that Ilkay Gündogan is one of Germany’s best midfielders. In the 19th minute of Germany”s match against Scotland, Gündogan took the ball in midfield and played a perfect pass to Kai Havertz in the penalty area, allowing him in turn to set up Jamal Musiala for Germany’s second goal. A short time later, Gündogan drew a penalty, which Havertz converted to erase any doubt about the eventual outcome in what would be a dream start to Germany’s home Euros. “A world-class performance. Especially with the external pressure that he’s always under,” said…

“Humans. For sale” is the title of a play by Romanian playwright and theater director Carmen Lidia Vidu about the little-known chapter in German–Romanian relations that saw the government of West Germany buy the freedom of about 220,000 ethnic German Romanians from Romania’s communist regime between 1969 and 1989. The German State Theater in Timisoara (DSTT) brought the play to Germany, staging it in Berlin and Timisoara’s twin city, Karlsruhe.Romanian author and director Carmen Lidia Vidu has made a name for herself in Romania with documentary plays about her country’s present and recent pastImage: Marian Adochiței “This deal is unique in…

The bodies of 10 migrants have been discovered on a wooden boat by rescuers from German migrant rescue charity, ResQship. The group said on Monday that rescuers had come to assist a wooden vessel in distress in the Mediterranean. Bodies discovered in flooded lower deck Rescuers managed to save 51 people, however, the bodies of 10 people were found below the flooded deck of the vessel. The charity did not provide details about where or when this specific rescue operation took place, but according to the marinetraffic.com tracking service, it  was in the western Mediterranean, between the Tunisian port of…

The longest day of the year is almost here, but there has been barely a hint of summer in the UK – while parts of Europe swelter in record-breaking heat. Greece recorded its earliest ever heatwave last week, as temperatures soared about 38C for more than three days running. It’s a huge contrast to the weather in the UK, which has been “disappointingly cool” so far this month, Sky News meteorologist Steff Gaulter says.So what’s going on – and is our weather finally going to get better?A tale of two summers The UK has felt far from summery for much of…

The body of a tourist from the United States was found on a beach on the Greek island of Mathraki, near Corfu, authorities said Sunday. It is the latest grim discovery in a string of incidents involving dead or missing foreign tourists in Greece over the past few weeks. On Saturday, a 74-year-old Dutchman was found dead by the fire service in Samos less than a week after British TV personality Michael Mosley was found dead on the island of Symi.Michael Mosley went for a walk on the island of Symi when he went missingImage: Anna Reinert/imageBROKER/picture alliance Search for more…

Leading Chinese women’s rights advocate Huang Xueqin was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday for  “inciting subversion of state power,” according to a group campaigning for her release and a copy of the verdict issued by the the Guangdong Intermediate People’s Court. Huang, who is also a#MeToo activist, was sentenced alongside labor activist Wang Jianbing who was given three years and six months in prison on the same charge. Wang has also spoken out in support of women reporting sexual harassment.  Both Huang and Jianbing have been detained for over 1,000 days since their arrest in September 2021. Throughout their detention and trial, both maintained…

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a Southwest Airlines flight came within 400ft of the ocean following an aborted landing attempt. The Boeing 737 MAX 8 plunged at a maximum descent rate of about 4,400ft per minute off the coast of Hawaii before climbing back up to safety on 11 April. The plane had been flying between cities from Honolulu to Lihue airport in Kauai, but bad weather conditions prompted pilots to bypass a landing attempt.During the go-around – when a plane flies back up in the air after deciding not to land – the first officer “inadvertently pushed forward…