German News

German Auto Club Under Pressure in Favorite Car Vote Scandal

Germany’s main automobile club apologized on Monday and conceded that its image as a trusted institution has taken a knock after a top official admitted to manipulating the figures in a poll on the nation’s favorite car. ADAC says it …

U.S. Settlement Reached in Chinese Drywall Case

Owners of thousands of U.S. homes tainted with foul-smelling Chinese drywall agreed to a legal settlement on Thursday with a German manufacturer. An attorney for the plaintiffs, Russ Herman, said the settlement reached with Knauf International was worth $800 million …

German Woman Dies in Thailand Elephant Accident

A 52-year-old German woman has died after falling off an elephant in southern Thailand. Police Capt. Chatchai Nakpaksee says the tourist, Kerstin Kretz Schmar, was riding the elephant with her husband when the accident occurred Tuesday evening in Krabi province. …

German Autobahn Pileup Kills 3

Police say a 52-vehicle pileup on a highway in northwestern Germany has left three people dead and 35 injured. The accident happened Friday evening on the A31 autobahn near the town of Gronau on the border with the Netherlands. The …

Scientist: German Satellite Must Have Crashed into Asia

A defunct German research satellite crashed into the Earth somewhere in Southeast Asia on Sunday, a U.S. scientist said – but no one is still quite sure where. Most parts of the minivan-sized ROSAT research satellite were expected to burn …

Old German Satellite Hurtles Toward Earth

A retired satellite is hurtling toward the atmosphere and pieces of it could crash into the Earth as early as Friday, the German Aerospace Center says. Scientists are no longer able to communicate with the dead German satellite ROSAT, which …

16th Firebomb Found Near German Rail Tracks

Police on Thursday found bottles filled with a potentially explosive mix of liquid and powder beside train tracks in southwestern Berlin on Thursday, the 16th firebomb discovered in four days. Investigators found the bomb, which hadn’t exploded, hidden in the …

5th Attempted Arson Attack on German Railway

German police say two more attempted arson attacks on Berlin’s railway network have been thwarted after workers found suspicious devices near the tracks. It brings the total of attempted arson attacks in and around Germany’s capital to five since Monday. …

New Arson Attack on German Train Tracks Foiled

An attempted arson attack on a railway link in Germany’s capital with three separate explosives devices was thwarted Tuesday, police said. It was the third in two days targeting railway operations in and around Germany’s capital. A railway employee found …

Driverless Car Navigates the Streets of Germany’s Capital

It can talk, see, drive and no longer needs a human being to control it by remote. The car of the future – completely computer-controlled – is on the streets of Berlin. All summer, researchers from the city’s Free University …