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Ann-Katrin Berger ended the Euro 2025 quarterfinal as she’d started it, with a broad smile. As the rest of Germany’s team belted out the national anthem prematch with their game faces on, their goalkeeper grinned and took in the surroundings. After her second penalty save won a match Germany looked to have lost inside 15 minutes, that smile was wider still. Just before her save, Berger herself scored a penalty in a 6-5 shootout win after the game had finished 1-1 after extra time. Before that, she’d made a stunning save in extra time, as her teammate Janina Minge’s header…

Germany has had an official friendship with France for more than 60 years in the form of the Elysee Treaty. Now there is also one with the United Kingdom— the first comprehensive bilateral treaty between the two nations since the end of the Second World War. Above all, the treaty signed on Thursday provides for close security and arms cooperation, including mutual assistance obligations in the event of a crisis, though this is something that has long existed within NATO. Chancellor Merz and Prime Minister Starmer celebrate the signing of the new German-British friendship treaty on July 17Image: Michael Kappeler/dpa/picture…

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said on Saturday that a man suspected of driving a car into a crowd in Hollywood had been hospitalized and was undergoing surgery. The car ramming took place in the early hours of Saturday at the entrance of a nightclub. Some 30 people were injured in the incident. Authorities said the man was shot during the incident, although it was unclear whether he was shot before or after he drove into the crowd. “He was transported to the hospital, he’s undergoing surgery, he is in stable condition. However, he is not free to leave, he…

US President Donald Trump has announced new weapons for Ukraine and threatened to hit buyers of Russian exports with sanctions unless Russia agrees to a peace deal in 50 days. Sitting side by side with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office on Monday, Trump told reporters that he was disappointed with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which is why he would be sending “billions of dollars” in weapons to Ukraine, including Patriot air defence missiles which Kyiv has requested to defend its cities from Russian air strikes. Additionally, the US president has threatened Moscow with secondary sanctions, saying “if we don’t have a…

Posts on social media have popped up recently, claiming that applying sunscreen reportedly increases the risk of skin cancer. Even though ultraviolet (UV) radiation is the main cause of melanomas, and sunscreen helps protect skin by filtering UV rays, these posts claim that sunscreen itself is doing damage. Claim: “It is an indisputable fact that the countries that use the most sunscreen, have the highest incidence of skin cancer,” said this X userin a post with close to 60,000 followers. “And the more sunscreen they use, the greater the prevalence.” There are also TikTok videoswarning about sunscreen. DW Fact check: False “There is…

Marathon world record holder Ruth Chepngetich has been provisionally suspended on suspicion of doping, World Athletics’ independent Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Thursday. The 30-year-old Kenyan smashed the women’s marathon world record in Chicago in October last year with an astonishing time of 2:09:56 – almost two minutes faster than the previous record held by Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa (2:11:53). On March 14 this year, however, she tested positive for the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide, which is banned because it can be used to hide traces of other banned substances. It can also be used to treat fluid retention and hypertension. According…

Jemima Goldsmith, the former wife of Pakistan’s ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan, has accused the Pakistani government of obstructing her children from communicating with their father.    The 72-year-old cricketer-turned-politician Khan has been behind bars since August 2023. He was previously ousted as prime minister in a parliamentary vote of confidence in April 2022. Khan faces multiple charges, including corruption and terrorism, but his supporters believe the cases are politically motivated and aimed at thwarting his return to power. In a post on X, Goldsmith said the government threatened to arrest Khan’s sons if they attempt to visit him. She described it…

US President Donald Trump signed a law to create a regulatory framework for stablecoins. This could create a way for the US-dollar-based cryptocurrencies to come into regular use for making payments and moving money. The bill, also known as the GENIUS Act (Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins), passed in the House of Representatives by a vote of 308 to 122 after being approved by the Senate earlier.  “The GENIUS Act, they named it after me,” Trump said at the bill-signing ceremony at the White House, where a few government officials, lawmakers, and crypto industry leaders were present.  “It’s…

How long does it take to divorce in your country? In Estonia, the first step of the uncomfortable undertaking can be made in less than a minute — and even without the undesired spouse being present. “It takes 45 seconds to get to the point where it says submit the divorce application,” said Luukas Ilves, until last year the Estonian government’s chief information officer Ilves told DW that divorce application was the last section of public administration that had yet to be digitized, which means the small Baltic state bordering Russia is probably the first fully digitized country in the world.Estonia’s digital administration platforms are easy…

US television host Stephen Colbert has announced that The Late Show, a fixture of late-night stateside broadcasting, will conclude in 2026. The timing has raised questions, coming just days after Colbert criticized his broadcaster CBS’s parent company Paramount over its recent $16 million (€13.8 million) legal settlement with US President Donald Trump. How the news was delivered “Next year will be our last season,” Colbert said. “The network will be ending the show in May [2026].” The news, delivered during his live taping, was met with audible boos from the studio audience. CBS described the decision as “purely a financial one…