Cargo ship heading for the US with up to 4,000 Porsches and Volkswagens catches fire in the middle of the Atlantic: Greek tanker rushes to save the crew of 22 from lifeboats who abandoned ship and were later airlifted by Portuguese Navy
Is Oktoberfest moving from Germany to DUBAI? Beer festival cancelled due to Covid ‘has been given green light to go ahead in UAE’ Germany’s iconic Oktoberfest has been cancelled for the second year running A separate event is said to have been agreed
Germany has announced a spike in far-right crime and warned that political extremists are ‘the biggest threat to our country.’ The interior ministry reported another annual increase in anti-Semitic crimes, up by 15.7 per cent in 2020, with 2,351 total incidents –
Germany cancels Oktoberfest for the second year running over fears it could become Covid super spreader event Germany’s iconic Oktoberfest has been cancelled for the second year running Bavarian state premier Markus Soeder confirmed the cancellation on Monday ‘The situation is too
In December 1896, Britain’s Acting Consul-General in the region, James Phillips, embarked on an expedition to depose Oba Ovonramwen, the king of Benin. In his letter to Lord Salisbury, the Foreign Secretary, Phillips wrote: ‘I have reason to hope that sufficient ivory would
The pampered life of German prisoners held in Britain during the First World War has been revealed in a new book, including chamber music recitals, football matches and bracing walks in the Yorkshire countryside. Officers held at Raikeswood camp in Skipton, North
He took Britain through its ‘darkest hour’, refusing to give in to the tyranny of Nazi Germany when all hope seemed lost. Sir Winston Churchill shouldered an enormous burden by being Prime Minister through nearly all of the Second World War, serving
Covid passports are now not expected to be ready for the start of foreign holidays on May 17 and could be delayed until ‘later in the summer’, it was claimed today. Grant Shapps revealed yesterday that the NHS’ app for appointments and
Angela Merkel: German citizen slams COVID-19 rule ‘chaos’ Precious vaccine doses are being thrown in the bin in Germany because of the limitations on the number of vaccination units approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) per container. With the vaccine, a
Airlines have only been fined 630 times for allowing passengers to fly without the right paperwork despite more than 12,000 people being caught on arrival since February, it was revealed today. Carriers have been blamed for the chaos and delays of up