August 7, 2019 Lioness devours pair of cubs days after giving birth in German zoo Staffers at a German zoo were shocked when a lioness ate her two cubs a mere three days after giving birth to them, officials said Monday.
August 7, 2019 German lawmakers consider 'meat tax' to combat climate change, improve animal welfare Germany is floating the idea of steeply increasing taxation on meat in an effort to improve the environment and strengthen animal welfare.
August 6, 2019 Fiona Kolbinger, 24, becomes first female cyclist to win grueling Transcontinental Race Cancer researcher Fiona Kolbinger became the first woman to win the Transcontinental Race (TCR) on Tuesday, cycling a grueling 2,485 miles across Europe in her first-ever bike race.
August 6, 2019 Hedgehogs' raucous mating ritual keeping Germans up at night German residents are being kept up at night by loud noises from frisky hedgehogs partaking in their mating ritual, according to a report.
August 2, 2019 German customs seize 4.5 tons of cocaine disguised as soybeans, worth $1.1 billion German customs announced they have confiscated a record-high 4.5 tons (nearly 5 U.S. tons) of cocaine in a container shipped from Uruguay after suspicions arose Friday—a haul with an estimated street value of almost 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion).
July 30, 2019 Boy, 8, dies after being pushed in front of German train; no motive German prosecutors are still trying to determine the motives of a man suspected of pushing an 8-year-old boy and his mother in front of a train at Frankfurt's main station. The boy suffered fatal injuries.
July 26, 2019 German students try to force their way into police station to spring friend, 15, from cell Dozens of teenagers in a lakeside Bavarian town tried to break down the front door of a local police station after one of their friends was arrested for being drunk and aggressive.
July 24, 2019 Last surviving Polish inmate from first transport to Auschwitz dies The last surviving inmate from the initial transport of Polish prisoners to the German Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz has died, officials at the camp's museum said Wednesday.
July 24, 2019 Former Nazi soldier charged after blaming victims for deaths, denying impact of Holocaust, report says A former Nazi soldier is facing up to 7 years in prison after German prosecutors say he appeared on a television program and blamed his victims for their deaths, while also denying the impact of the Holocaust.