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Covid-19 R rate rises to 1.95 in Berlin: Authorities switch ‘traffic light’ warning systems to red

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The Covid-19 R rate has risen to 1.95 in Berlin prompting authorities to switch one of their ‘corona traffic light’ warning systems to red. The number of active cases in the German capital rose to more than 300 on Tuesday, with another 35 cases recorded as compared with 23 new cases the day before. Berlin’s … Read more

The world demands justice for George Floyd: Thousands of protesters from Berlin to New Zealand

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Protests over the death of George Floyd have swept across the globe with demonstrations from Poland to New Zealand in solidarity with US demonstrators caught up in violent riots. Thousands rallied outside the US embassies in London, Copenhagen and Berlin, chanting ‘I can’t breathe,’ the words Floyd gasped as a white police officer knelt on … Read more

The world demands justice for George Floyd: Thousands of protesters from Berlin to New Zealand

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Protests over the death of George Floyd have swept across the globe with demonstrations from Poland to New Zealand in solidarity with US demonstrators caught up in violent riots. Thousands rallied outside the US embassies in London, Copenhagen and Berlin, chanting ‘I can’t breathe,’ the words Floyd gasped as a white police officer knelt on … Read more

Medieval cemetery discovered under a Berlin car park reveals its original residents’ lives

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Medieval cemetery discovered under a Berlin car park reveals its original residents’ lives were plagued by conflict, disease and poor diets Signs of rickets, scurvy and tuberculosis were found on some of the skeletons They had been buried around the former St Peter’s Church in Colln, now in Berlin Archaeologists suggested the remains reveal the … Read more

Alligator called Saturn who was rumoured to have belonged to Hitler dies at Moscow Zoo aged 84 

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Alligator called Saturn who survived World War Two in Berlin and was wrongly rumoured to have belonged to Adolf Hitler dies at Moscow Zoo aged 84 Saturn the alligator survived the battle of Berlin and was taken to Moscow Zoo  Saturn, 84, has died, surviving past the 75th anniversary of Hitler’s defeat Russian writer Boris … Read more

4,500 year-old skeleton found in Germany in grave ‘lovingly bordered with field stones’

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4,500 year-old skeleton found in German countryside grave ‘lovingly bordered with field stones,’ offering new insight on ancient burial practices Archeologists in the German countryside discovered a 4,500 year-old gravesite It contained the remains of a woman buried in a north facing fetal position The positioning is similar to that found in other sites across … Read more

France records just 104 daily coronavirus deaths – three times fewer than the day before

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France has recorded 104 new coronavirus deaths on Friday – three times fewer than the day before, which saw 351 fatalities – as Slovenia becomes the first European country to declare an end to the epidemic and bars reopen in Berlin. It brings the country’s total to 27,529, still the fourth-highest in the world, after … Read more

Former Chelsea striker Salomon Kalou is seen making a mockery of coronavirus hygiene rules

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It is the video which some say might spell the end of the Bundesliga season. The German league had hoped to restart later this month. After proposing a detailed plan involving stringent hygiene regulations, clubs were waiting for the green light from Angela Merkel and fellow politicians later this week. Yet an ill-fated Facebook live … Read more