Borussia Dortmund began their bid to end Bayern Munich’s decade of Bundesliga dominance with a tough 1-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday. Marco Reus scored the only goal of the game in nine minutes by squeezing the ball over the line after Karim …
Tesla board approves three-for-one stock split
US electric carmaker Tesla said that its board has approved and declared a three-for-one split of its common stock on Saturday, converting each existing share into three new ones in a measure that makes the company more accessible to small investors. T…
Union humble Hertha – again – in Bundesliga Berlin derby
Berlin remains in the red and white of Union Berlin after the Köpenick side humbled city rivals Hertha 3-1 in the opening game of their Bundesliga campaign on Saturday. Union have now won the last four meetings, in league and cup, against Hertha having…
Around 250,000 march through Hamburg for Christopher Street Day
After a two-year break due to the pandemic, some 250,000 people came to Hamburg’s Christopher Street Day demonstration, the organizers said on Saturday. “We are super satisfied and indescribably happy,” a spokesperson for Hamburg Pride said, adding tha…
Weakened Beluga whale stuck in the river Seine near Paris
A weakened Beluga whale is on the move in the river Seine, about 70 kilometres from Paris. The authorities have been working for several days to locate the whale, the prefecture of the Eure department in north-western France wrote on Twitter on Saturda…
Union humble Hertha – again – in Bundesliga Berlin derby
Berlin remains in the red and white of Union Berlin after the Köpenick side humbled city rivals Hertha 3-1 in the opening game of their Bundesliga campaign on Saturday. Union have now won the last four meetings, in league and cup, against Hertha having…
Erdoğan promotes Russian rouble, Mir system despite Western sanctions
Turkey is switching part of its payments for Russian gas to roubles and plans to extend use of the Russian Mir payment system to deepen economic ties, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Saturday, after a meeting with Russian counterpart Vla…
Israel’s military ready for week of operations against Gaza militants
The Israel Defence Forces said on Saturday they are preparing for a “week of operations” against Palestinian militants, as a barrage of retaliatory rockets were fired from Gaza following the targeted killing of a Islamic Jihad leader. Air-raid sirens s…
Olympic tennis champion Zverev reveals diabetes illness
Germany’s Olympic tennis champion Alexander Zverev revealed Saturday he has long had type one diabetes and has created a foundation to help others battle the disease. Zverev, was diagnosed at the age of four. “When I was a little boy I didn’t think muc…
Norway’s King Harald to remain in hospital for treatment
Norway’s 85-year-old King Harald V, who was admitted to Oslo’s Rikshospitalet hospital with a fever on Thursday, is to remain there for several more days, the Norwegian Royal House said in a statement on Friday. Doctors have diagnosed an infection and …