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German president urges voters to go to the polls

Berlin (dpa) - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has urged voters to go to the polls in Sunday‘s parliamentary election."Voting is a civic duty. Go and vote!" Steinmeier wrote in an opinion piece published in the Bild am Sonntag Sunday

Germany expected to re-elect Merkel, send

Berlin (dpa) - Germany‘s long-serving Chancellor Angela Merkel looks all but certain to win a fourth term in office when Germans vote on Sunday in an election that is also expected to see the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) entering

German foreign minister unimpressed by May's

Wolfenbuettel, Germany (dpa) - German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel showed little enthusiasm Saturday for Theresa May‘s recent Brexit speech, saying the British prime minister‘s attempt to set out her country‘s plan for leaving

PROFILE Who is Luigi Di Maio, new leader of

Rome (dpa) - The anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) is Italy‘s most popular party, according to opinion polls, and has a good shot at winning next year‘s general elections, under the newly established leadership of Luigi Di

Italy's Five Star Movement crowns promising

Rome (dpa) - With his preppy looks and relative youth, Luigi Di Mario has been named, as expected, the new leader of Italy‘s anti-establishment Five Star Movement and the party‘s prime ministerial candidate."Luigi Di Maio is the

Gay rights march in Poznan takes aim at Poland's

Bratislava (dpa) - Some 3,000 people marched for gay rights through the streets of the western Polish city of Poznan on Saturday.The March for Equality made clear that Poznan is an open and tolerant city, said Mayor Jacek Jaskowiak, according to the

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IOC outlines new independent anti-doping test body

Pyeongchang, South Korea (dpa) - The International Olympic Committee advanced plans on Thursday to set up an independent anti-doping testing system following the drugs scandal in Russian sports.The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is also set to

Olympic medals at Tokyo 2020 to come from recycled

Berlin (dpa) - Medals at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be made from recycled material as local organizers called on the Japanese population to donate "discarded or obsolete electronic devices" for the purpose."The organizing committee aims to

FEATURE That brief, shining moment when a country

The Olympic spirit is perhaps best in evidence when, for a brief, shining and historical moment, an outsider from a small nation grabs the glory with their first-ever medal.Rio de Janeiro (dpa) - Tears of joy, being overcome by emotion, instant fame,

Hungarian premier Orban: Budapest would be «one

Budapest (dpa) - Hungarian Premier Viktor Orban, currently attending the Rio Olympics, put in a word for Budapest‘s bid to host the 2024 summer games, promising a compact venue that would make "one large Olympic park" of Hungary‘s capital

Klinsmann praises oldie Hrubesch for work with

Berlin (dpa) - Former German national trainer Juergen Klinsmann called Olympic trainer Horst Hrubesch‘s work with his young football team "totally outstanding" as Germany heads into a gold medal final against hosts Brazil on Saturday.In remarks

NEWS FEATURE Furious Lavillenie hits out at Brazil

Thiago Braz da Silva won an improbable Olympic pole vault gold ahead of French top favourite Renaud Lavillenie, who is furious about the behaviour of the noisy crowd.Rio de Janeiro (dpa) - Thiago Braz da Silva stunned French top favourite Renaud