Nineteen-year-old French cyclist Paul Seixas won the 90th Flèche Wallonne on April 22, 2026, securing his first Monument-classic victory in his debut appearance at the race. His win came just two weeks after claiming the Basque Country round-trip, marking a rapid ascent in the spring classics hierarchy. Seixas defeated Swiss rider Mauro Schmid and British … Weiterlesen …
Italy has rejected German demands for UniCredit to relocate its headquarters to Frankfurt in the event of a Commerzbank takeover, calling the idea self-evidently unacceptable. Economics Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti stated after a cabinet meeting that Italy would not support moving UniCredit’s central functions to Germany, a position echoed by the bank’s spokesperson, who confirmed the … Weiterlesen …
Italian officials have rejected German political pressure to relocate UniCredit’s headquarters should it acquire Commerzbank, calling the idea self-evidently unacceptable. The pushback came after SPD deputy faction leader Armand Zorn argued that any merged entity must be based in Frankfurt, a demand met with swift dismissal by Italian Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti following a cabinet … Weiterlesen …
Andreas Hallaschka, the long-time editor of the travel magazine Merian and brother of television presenter Steffen Hallaschka, died unexpectedly at the age of 63 over the weekend, according to multiple German media reports. The news was first shared by journalist Jens Meyer-Wellmann on Facebook and later confirmed by the industry publication Kress. Hallaschka’s final social … Weiterlesen …
South Africa received 2 million doses of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine from Turkey on Wednesday to combat its worst outbreak in years. The vaccine, supplied by Turkish company Dollvet, will be distributed to provinces in the coming days based on livestock population and risk assessment, according to the agriculture ministry. An additional 4 million doses have … Weiterlesen …
Two days after Galatasaray Istanbul announced the birth of his third child, Ilkay Gündogan confirmed the news himself with a pair of intimate hospital photos on Instagram. The images show the 35-year-old former Germany captain smiling beside his wife Sara in a hospital room, her arm bearing a blood pressure cuff and IV line as … Weiterlesen …
German residential property prices are nearing 2022 record levels as a surge in lending coincides with rising borrowing costs driven by the war in Iran, according to data from Germany’s Pfandbriefbanken association. In the final quarter of 2025, house and apartment prices rose 4.2 percent compared to the same period the previous year, the Verband … Weiterlesen …
German economic growth has been cut in half, with the government now forecasting just 0.5 percent expansion for 2026, down from the 1.0 percent projected only three months ago. The sharp revision, announced by Economics Minister Katherina Reiche on Wednesday, directly links the downturn to the ongoing war in Iran and its ripple effects on … Weiterlesen …
Fatty liver disease is projected to affect 1.8 billion people worldwide by 2050, driven by rising obesity and blood sugar levels, according to a new analysis published in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology. The study, led by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, analyzed health data from 1990 to … Weiterlesen …
Researchers in western Sichuan have identified a fresh species of pitviper that had been mistaken for a common bamboo pitviper for decades. Genetic testing revealed a distinct evolutionary branch hidden in plain sight The snake, now named Trimeresurus lii or the Huaxi Green Pitviper, was discovered during wildlife surveys in the misty forests of Mt. … Weiterlesen …