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May 4, 2020

Ex-Chelsea forward Kalou suspended for handshake video

Former Chelsea attacker Salomon Kalou has been suspended by German club Hertha Berlin after posting a video showing him flaunting coronavirus social distancing rules by shaking hands with teammates. The Facebook video of Kalou, 34, greeting Hertha players and club…
May 4, 2020

Europe emerges from virus lockdown as leaders pledge vaccine cash

Millions of Europeans emerged with relief from coronavirus confinement on Monday, with hard-hit Italy leading the way out of the world’s longest lockdown. At least 3.5 million people are now known to have been infected, but US President Donald Trump…
May 4, 2020

Lebanon’s banned Hezbollah says not active in Germany

The head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement on Monday condemned Germany’s ban on his group as bowing to US pressure and insisted it was not active in the country. Germany designated Hezbollah a “Shiite terrorist organisation” on Thursday as its security…
May 4, 2020

‘I looked like Robinson Crusoe’: relief as salons reopen in Germany

Helmut Wichter had been desperate for a haircut for weeks as hair salons were shut in Germany to slow the spread of the coronavirus. “I looked like Robinson Crusoe,” said the 87-year-old, who joined crowds flocking to salons early Monday…
May 4, 2020

One in five coronavirus infected asymptomatic: German study

One in five people infected with the novel coronavirus shows no symptoms, according to results published Monday of a German study into infections in a small district which could have an impact on disease containment measures. Researchers interviewed and tested…
May 4, 2020

Former pope Benedict complains of attempts to ‘silence’ him

Traditionalist former pope Benedict XVI accuses opponents of wanting to “silence” him while associating gay marriage with “the Antichrist” and attacking “humanist ideologies” in a new authorised biography published Monday in Germany. The 93-year-old, whose original name is Joseph Ratzinger,…
May 4, 2020

Iran charges Germany paying ‘debt’ to Israel with Hezbollah ban

Iran on Monday charged that Germany is repaying a “historical debt” to Israel after Berlin banned the activities of Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement on its soil. Germany designated Hezbollah a “Shiite terrorist organisation” on Thursday as its security forces raided mosques…
May 4, 2020

Widow of German jihadist rapper goes on trial

A German-Tunisian woman who married a German rapper turned Islamic State fighter and who kept a child slave in Syria went on trial on Monday. The woman, named as 35-year-old Omaima M., faces a slew of charges including membership of…
May 4, 2020

Germany’s Love Parade stampede trial ends without verdict

Germany’s Love Parade stampede trial ended without a verdict Monday after judges found that coronavirus restrictions would make it impossible to conclude one of the nation’s biggest post-war trials before the statute of limitations expired. Three people had been in…

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