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Germany hosts Hungary as sports, politics mix at Euro 2020

Both Germany and Hungary are trying avoid early elimination from the European Championship. The Hungarians need to win when the teams meet on Wednesday, the Germans don't. The match will take place following a request to light the stadium in rainbow colors to protest what the Munich city council said was the "homophobic and transphobic legislation of the Hungarian government. UEFA turned down the council's application. It previously gave the go-ahead for Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to continue wearing a captain's armband with the rainbow colors considering that it was promoting a good cause, i.e. diversity. It will be the first competitive match between Germany and Hungary since the Miracle of Bern in the 1954 World Cup final, when the West German team came from behind to defeat a Hungarian side considered to be the best in the world 3-2. Hungary coach Marco Rossi's current team can't be compared to the Mighty Magyars of yesteryear, but it can still reach the round of 16 after

Explainer: What's happening with Tesla's $7 billion German 'gigafactory'?

Next Thursday, July 1, was supposed to be a day of celebration for Tesla: the opening of its self-styled "gigafactory" in the tranquil German municipality of Gruenheide, just outside Berlin

Apple becomes the latest target of German antitrust crackdown: Report

Federal Cartel Office said it will focus on the App Store and whether Apple has created a dominant business around its iPhone and operating system iOS

German antitrust watchdog launches investigation into Apple

Germany's antitrust watchdog said on Monday it had launched an investigation into whether Apple was exploiting its market dominance

Germany looking for efficiency against Portugal at Euro 2020

Portugal has the European Championship's all-time leading scorer in Cristiano Ronaldo. Germany has a team full of players who have never even scored once at the continental tournament. They will come up against each other on Saturday. Ronaldo scored two late goals in a 3-0 victory over Hungary on Tuesday to become the tournament's record holder with 11 career goals. Germany, meanwhile, tried and tried but failed break through France's defense in a 1-0 loss. With no goals scored and no points in the standings, the pressure is on Germany to do much better before the team's final Group F match against Hungary, also in Munich. "We have zero points. But we still have to keep our heads up," Germany midfielder Toni Kroos said. "There are still six points to be won. We have to concentrate on those." Defending champion Portugal can secure a spot in the round of 16 with a win ahead of its last group game against World Cup champion France. "It will be a difficult game for us, but for Germ

Israel Aerospace Industries to sell Germany 69 radar systems for 36 mn euro

The state-owned company Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced it will manufacture and deliver 69 tactical mobile radar systems to the German Army in a deal valued at 36 million euros

Euro Cup 2021 highlights: Wales beats Turkey 2-0; qualify for pre-quarters

Wales qualify for pre-quarter finals with four points in Group A. Check Euro Cup's match schedule on Jun 16 (Indian time), match timings, live streaming, telecast details

Germany's Rudiger regrets putting mouth on Pogba's back at Euro 2020

Holding France midfielder Paul Pogba from behind, Germany defender Antonio Rudiger appeared to open his mouth and lightly bite his opponent's back.

Hummels own-goal gives France 1-0 win over Germany at Euro 2020

Mats Hummels' return to the national team went better for France than it did for Germany

France and Germany in rare early meeting at Euro 2020

France and Germany usually play each other in the latter stages of major soccer tournaments. Not this time. The teams will meet in the group stage of a European Championship or World Cup for the first time on Tuesday when they open their Euro 2020 campaigns in Munich. Their last match at a major tournament came in the Euro 2016 semifinals. Antoine Griezmann scored twice for France in the 2-0 victory over then-World Cup champion Germany in Marseille. Germany has never really recovered, and though the French lost to Portugal in the final five years ago, they went on to win the World Cup two years later. Remarkably, no player in Germany's current squad has ever scored in a European Championship match. Thomas Mller, who has played 11 tournament games, missed a penalty in the 2016 quarterfinal shootout win over Italy. German hopes this time are pinned on a good start in Munich to set the team up for success in Joachim Lw's last tournament as coach after 15 years in charge. Germany wi

Ex-German Minister's PhD degree revoked after plagiarism scandal

PhD degree of former German Minister for Family Affairs Franziska Giffey had her doctoral was revoked after an investigation into her doctoral thesis on European politics found evidence of plagiarism

Chancellor Merkel's party fends off far-right challenge in state vote

Merkel's conservatives handily batted away a challenge from the far right in a state election that was seen as the last big test for Germany's political parties before a national vote in September

German competition authority launches probe into Google's news showcase

Google said that its Showcase product, which was launched last autumn, was one of many ways it supported journalism

Germany failed to cut city's air pollution, rules EU top court

EU court judges in previous rulings also chided France and the U.K. for "persistently" exceeding limits.

German airline Lufthansa gets green light to resume flights to Russia

Lufthansa said that it has received the green light from Russia to resume flights there, after being briefly denied permission, which resulted in a reciprocal blocking of flights by Germany

Germany, United Nations to host conference on Libya in Berlin on June 23

Germany and UN plan to host a conference on Libya in Berlin on June 23, a gathering that aims to bring together powers with interests in the North African country and its transitional government

Behavioural science can help in reparations for slavery, colonial abuses

Germany agrees to pay more than €1.1 billion to Nambia for reparations for slavery and colonial abuses.

German economy stutters as coronavirus curbs push up savings rate

Exports increased by 1.8 per cent on the quarter helped by strong demand from the US and China

India pips Germany into the $3-trillion market capitalisation club

India currently ranks eighth on the table of most-valued equity markets, ahead of Germany which has a market cap of $2.8 trillion

Covid-19: Germany is putting the Britain back on a list of risk areas

Germany is putting the Britain back on a list of risk areas because of the emergence there of cases of a coronavirus variant first detected in India