The repeated escape attempts and day to days lives of prisoners inside one of Nazi Germany’s most notorious prisoner of war camps have been revealed with a collection of photographs. German photographer Johnannes Lange was tasked with documenting every failed Allied escape from Colditz Camp in Leipzig during the Second World War. Among the shots … Read more
Germany has promised its companies the biggest economic aid package in the country’s post-war history to help them cope with the impact of COVID-19. ‘Unlimited’ credit has been offered to keep the country’s economy afloat during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Germany’s Finance Minister Olaf Scholz reassured businesses during a press conference alongside the Minister of Economics … Read more
Travellers are still able to return to the UK from at least 10 countries with worsening coronavirus outbreaks without being considered a risk of having the killer infection. The Government and NHS do not consider people from France, Spain or Germany to be at risk of having coronavirus – even if they have symptoms. All three … Read more
As many as ’60 to 70 per cent’ of Germans will be infected with the deadly coronavirus, Chancellor Angela Merkel warned today as the contagion threatened to rip through across the continent. The infection is now transmitting between humans in nearly 30 countries across Europe, the World Health Organization has warned today. Fears of the life-threatening infection have now … Read more
‘It’s factory fresh’: Soviet spy radio that was buried in a former forest in Germany 30 years ago is discovered in mint condition by stunned archaeologists Soviet spy radio is found just six miles from military base storing nuclear missiles The radio was found in woodland near Cologne in what was old West Germany Archaeologists who … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES In doubt The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more
The EU has told Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that if he wants support for his war in Syria, he must first pull an estimated 35,000 migrants back from the Greek border. Erdogan flew into Brussels for talks today aimed at shoring up the shattered 2016 migrant deal, where Turkey would hold back an estimated … Read more
Africa reports first coronavirus fatality after a German tourist, 60, died at a diving resort in Egypt – as people on the continent remain the most resistant to the illness with just 85 infected Patient, 60, showed symptoms of a fever hours after he travelled to Hurghada He arrived in Egypt from Germany a week … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. Nearly 4,000 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 110,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of … Read more
President Trump on Friday baffled observers while touring the Centers for Disease Control headquarters in Atlanta, where he bragged that he had a predisposition toward science because of his ‘super genius’ uncle. ‘You know my Uncle was a great — he was at MIT,’ the president said while standing next to health officials who are … Read more