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A senior ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia is not bluffing about using tactical nuclear weapons against Ukraine and warned that the conflict could spill over into other countries. Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chair of the Security Council of Russia, made the comments after President Biden quietly authorized Kyiv to launch U.S.-supplied weapons at military targets just over …

Real Madrid could breathe a sign of relief in the first half of the UEFA Champions League final Saturday against Borussia Dortmund. Dani Caravajal rose to the occasion in the second half to help the La Liga giant win the trophy. Caravajal’s 74th-minute header came before Vinicius Junior added the match-sealing score nine minutes later. Real Madrid defeated Dortmund 2-0. …

Heidi Klum, born on June 1, 1973, in Germany, is a world-renowned model who has graced the cover of highly-esteemed magazines and walked the runway for many years as a Victoria’s Secret Angel. She earned her big break in 1998, when she did a swimsuit cover for Sports Illustrated. Klum was a Victoria’s Secret Angel. She modeled for the brand …

The German government said Friday that Ukraine can use German-supplied weapons against Russian attacks from positions just over their joint border, in a significant policy change that came a day after U.S. President Joe Biden gave Kyiv a green light to strike back with American weapons at Russian military assets targeting the country’s second-largest city. A German government statement noted …

Germany has scrapped a requirement for its military servicepeople to be vaccinated against COVID-19, a mandate that had been in place since late 2021, the government said Wednesday. People serving with the German military, the Bundeswehr, are required to get vaccinations against a number of diseases — including measles, mumps and flu — so long as individuals have no specific …

Voters in the 27 countries of the European Union will elect 720 lawmakers to the European Parliament for the next five years on June 6-9 and are expected to deliver a shift to the right. The parliament has for the past five years been governed by a three-group majority of the center-right European People’s Party, center-left Socialists and Democrats and …

In a strip of greenery between Berlin’s Natural History Museum and a busy street, bumblebees move swiftly between flowers while a ladybug makes its way along a leaf full of aphids and bugs crawl about. Gardens, balconies, verges, fields, woods and patches of wilderness across Germany will be the scene of this year’s “insect summer,” now in its seventh year, …

French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday he will greet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy along with other world leaders in Normandy for the 80th anniversary commemorations of D-Day. President Joe Biden is also scheduled to attend this year’s commemorations of the landings that led to the liberation of France and Europe from Nazi Germany’s occupation. BIDEN MISSING UPCOMING UKRAINE TALKS WOULD …

JERUSALEM – The Biden administration is facing new calls to sanction Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, which has links to Iran’s regime and the U.S.-designated terrorist movement Hamas. Germanyoutlawed Samidoun in November and Israel classified the Palestinian organization as a terrorist entity in 2021. “If the U.S. is going to get serious about the pro-Hamas mobs who’ve wreaked havoc on …

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz waded into the European election campaign on Friday by warning that the next president of the European Commission should not seek support from far-right parties hoping to make big gains in next month’s vote. Left-leaning parties across Europe have been heaping pressure on their mainstream conservative and liberal counterparts to rule out cooperation with far-right parties …