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Still ‘every bit the hero,’ Dirk Nowitzki’s German No. 14 is retired at EuroBasket

COLOGNE, Germany — Nearly 18,000 people in Lanxess Arena on Thursday night alternated between craning their necks to see the highlights, speech text and video displays on the jumbotron hanging from the ceiling and looking down toward the man at the center of the spotlight on the court.

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Sweet or Not? German Farmer Trials Solar Roofs for Orchard

It’s picking season at Christian Nachtwey’s organic orchard in western Germany and laborers are loading their carts with ripe red Elstar apples, ready to be shipped to European supermarkets. But Nachtwey’s farm is also reaping a second harvest: Many of the apple trees grow beneath solar panels that have been…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Examining Luka Doncic’s potential to overtake Dirk Nowitzki as European basketball’s GOAT

COLOGNE, Germany — Luka Doncic isn’t often considered the opening act for a grander, more prominent show to follow.

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Pushing Buttons: What to expect from the world’s biggest games convention

It doesn’t have the pizzazz of E3, but Gamescom in Cologne is a great place to check out the titles you’ll be reading about in future newsletters

The Guardian - UK

Houshang Ebtehaj, prominent Iranian poet, dies at 94

Houshang Ebtehaj, a distinguished Iranian poet whose small but influential body of work made him a major figure in his own country and in world literature, has died in Cologne, Germany

The Independent UK

The best summer scents (to spritz even if you’re not going on holiday)

Zesty, delicious and sophisticated — Melanie McDonagh presents the season’s hottest colognes

Evening Standard

Pensioners heading to France for summer holiday brand Dover travel chaos 'a disaster'

Pensioners Paul and Wendy Nicholas, from Brockenhurst, Hants, were heading to Cologne, France, to join a Saga river cruise. They said 150 people were due to join the seven-night cruise

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Cologne's Pride parade draws upwards of 1 million in Germany

Around 1 million people have turned out for the Pride parade in the western German city of Cologne either to participate or to watch the colorful festivities

The Independent UK

'A dear friend': Syrian carves model of Cologne cathedral

When Syrian refugee Fadel Alkhudr arrived in Germany in 2015, the first thing he saw when he stepped out of the train in Cologne was the city’s majestic cathedral

The Independent UK

Gold Swindler: Cops Bust Crooks Selling Thousands Of Dollars In Fake QE II Gold Coins

Fraud police have busted scammers suspected of selling fake Canadian ‘Maple Leaf’ gold coins with the face of Queen Elizabeth II on them.

Zenger

Stolpersteine: UK joins the world's largest Holocaust memorial

The world’s largest memorial is about to get a little bigger, as it comes to Britain for the first time. It began life in 1992, when German artist Gunter Demnig laid the first “Stolperstein” – or stumbling stone – in Cologne, Germany. Since then, more than 75,000 memorials, each the…

The Conversation

All the easyJet flights cancelled today from UK airports

After easyJet grounded its Gatwick-Cologne flight, Ryanair is selling seats for £225 for a 70-minute hop.

The Independent UK

Wrightbus signs "significant" deal for 60 hydrogen buses with Cologne operator

The deal with RVK is the first sale of left-hand drive buses since Jo Bamford bought the company out of administration in 2019

Birmingham Post

Child’s Play: Boy Aged Nine Sells Artwork For Cool $25,000

The world’s youngest abstract artist – aged just nine – has just sold an artwork for a cool $25,000.

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VIDEO: German Air Force Airbus A310 MedEvac Flies Wounded Ukrainians For Urgent Treatment

The military flying hospital flew a selection of badly injured Ukrainians to Germany for urgent treatment.

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Devo: ‘Richard Branson almost killed us in the Jamaican mountains’

Gerard Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh on being bombarded by hippies at Knebworth in 1978, being told off by Neil Young and their unreleased jam sessions with Bowie and Eno in Cologne

Reuters

Ukrainian female soccer pros find new training ground in Germany

A semi-professional female soccer team that fled the war in Ukraine has found shelter and a new training ground at the German Bundesliga club 1.FC Cologne.

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Cocaine Seizures Soar By Sixfold At German Airport

Illegal drugs hidden in a variety of guises confiscated in first six weeks of the year at Cologne Bonn Airport.

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‘My subjects feel special – most of the time’: Judith Joy Ross on her sensual portraits

Hailed by some as the world’s greatest living portrait photographer, the American artist forges connections with people you might not normally notice

Benzinga

Why Are Luna Innovations Shares Trading Higher Today

Luna Innovations Inc (NASDAQ:LUNA) reported fourth-quarter FY21 revenue growth of 26% year-on-year to $24.2 million, beating the consensus of $23.7 million. The gross margin contracted 300 bps to 58%, driven primarily by product mix due to acquisitions. Luna reported a positive operating margin of 4.3% against a negative margin of (3.3)% in the…

The Independent UK

German archbishop offers resignation on return from timeout

A prominent Roman Catholic archbishop who faced strong criticism for his handling of the church’s sexual abuse scandal in Germany says he has offered his resignation to Pope Francis

Reuters

Cologne archbishop offers resignation over abuse scandals

The Archbishop of Cologne, Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki, said he offered his resignation to the Pope during the break from his duties he took after criticism of how he dealt with Church abuse scandals, but the Pope has yet to decide on his offer.

Reuters

German revellers swap Carnival parade for anti-war rally

Germans in Cologne swapped their traditional Carnival festivities for an anti-war rally on Monday that featured parade floats lampooning Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

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