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German and Austrian Ministers Cancel Syria Trip Over Terror Threat

Germany's Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and her Austrian counterpart Gerhard Karner have at the last minute cancelled a trip to Syria due to a possible assassination threat, according to German authorities. The German delegation was to fly with a military plane from Amman to Damascus on Thursday morning to meet with representatives of the new government, but cancelled the plans after concrete intelligence information about a terrorist threat, reports the Interior Ministry in Berlin to the news agency DPA.

German and Austrian Ministers Cancel Syria Trip Over Terror Threat

Norway Faces Potential Loss of More Ski Jumping Medals After Suit Scandal

Norway risks losing more World Championship medals in ski jumping after the suit scandal in Trondheim. In the wake of this, we want the decisions made to be very clear, says Sandro Pertile, competition chief for ski jumping at the International Ski Federation.

Norway Faces Potential Loss of More Ski Jumping Medals After Suit Scandal

Tragedy Strikes Mannheim Carnival: SUV Plows Into Crowd, One Dead

A motorist has been arrested after driving into people in central Mannheim, announces German police. At least one life has been claimed in the incident, which occurred during school break for carnival celebrations.

Tragedy Strikes Mannheim Carnival: SUV Plows Into Crowd, One Dead

Tragedy Strikes Mannheim: Driver Hits Pedestrians During Carnival

A motorist has been arrested after driving into people in central Mannheim, announces German police. At least two lives have been claimed in the incident, which occurred during school holidays for carnival celebrations.

Tragedy Strikes Mannheim: Driver Hits Pedestrians During Carnival

Mother and Two-Year-Old Dead After Munich Attack

Two people have died from their injuries after the incident in central Munich on Thursday when a car drove into a crowd, the German police announced according to several media outlets. The deceased are a mother and her two-year-old daughter.

Mother and Two-Year-Old Dead After Munich Attack

He still believes in the German Northvolt factory

Germany's Minister of Economy and Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck is "cautiously optimistic" about crisis-stricken Northvolt's plans for a factory in Germany. Northvolt's problems must be taken seriously, but they are technically possible to solve, according to Habeck.

He still believes in the German Northvolt factory

Floods in Europe – several dead

Several countries in Eastern Europe have been hit by flooding after heavy rain. In Romania, at least four people have lost their lives as a result of the bad weather.

Floods in Europe – several dead

Possible Threat - Enhanced Security at German Airbase

The security at an airbase in western Germany has been increased due to intelligence information indicating a "potential threat", announces Nato. All personnel not essential for the mission have been sent home as a precautionary measure.

Possible Threat - Enhanced Security at German Airbase