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Police in Koblenz said the impact involved a burned-out celestial object that crashed into the building, adding that firefighters and police were on site and that there was no ongoing danger. Emergency services reported a surge in calls as the meteor was seen across large parts of western Germany, including Rhineland-Palatinate, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Saarland, Baden-Wurttemberg and Lower Saxony.

Quantum dots are used in certain display types for improved efficiency and color accuracy. For example, some Samsung TVs use ultraviolet backlight. Ultraviolet LEDs are very efficient, but UV isn't even in the visible spectrum. Quantum dots absorb this UV light and output visible light in the desired color.

A masked spectator from the active fan section illegally entered the pitch and unplugged the technical equipment. With Bickel unable to make the call, the decision was left to the VAR official Katrin Rafalski in Cologne, ruling that it was a foul and for Bickel to award a penalty, which Hertha scored.

The German soldiers and contingents were not the immediate target. And the bases themselves are not operated by the German Bundeswehr, which is only "guest" there along with troops from other nations, including the US. The Defense Ministry emphasized that precautions had been taken in good time to protect German soldiers in the Middle East.

An endless war is not in our interest. The same applies to a collapse of Iranian statehood or proxy conflicts fought on Iranian soil. Such scenarios could have far-reaching consequences for Europe, including for security, energy supply and migration.

We have several thousand wolf attacks on grazing animals every year. That means an agonizing death. If you want to preserve grazing livestock farming, you have to reduce the population.

In a phone call, the assistant gets activated by the 'Hey Magenta' wake-up word. It listens only to the question you ask. If you want to ask something else later in the conversation, you have to activate it again.

He's a young player who needs time to develop, as you can see now in Newcastle. So, I don't expect him to score 15 goals in Newcastle and then shoot us to a World Cup title. He's welcome to do that, but it would be extraordinary. I told him only last week to stay relaxed. We have trust in him.

German media reported that transistors made by the German company Infineon Technologies were found in a Geran-5, along with other foreign-made components. The information had been published on a web portal called War and Sanctions, which is run by Ukraine's military intelligence service HUR. It includes a detailed list of all foreign components found to date in Russian military equipment.

People still want children, and the question is why are they not having them? A sense of security is essential for realizing the desire to have children. The succession of crises has prevented many people from turning that wish into reality.

In Italy, the most common topic mentioned as a source of national pride was culture and the arts. These were cited by 38 percent of respondents, more than any other place. An Italian woman who took part in the survey said she was proud of 'the works in the churches, paintings, sculpture ... most places in Italy have something beautiful.' An Italian man said that 'Italy is an open-air museum.'

Things certainly get harder if there are outside organizations who are pushing Tesla in the wrong direction. It's difficult to say that then we would expand, if we had outside organizations who were making things very difficult. We're not going to shut down the factory, but we wouldn't expand it either.

For the ECB, today's German inflation data will not change the course of monetary policy. The figures confirm that at least for the time being, inflation no longer tops the list of concerns for European policymakers.

While the previous law required most newly installed heating systems to use at least 65% renewable energy, often with a heat pump, the reformed legislation will allow households to keep using oil and gas. It also removes a mandate for expert consultation when installing a new heating system.

02/23/2026February 23, 2026 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's party wants to end the option of employees getting a sick note by phone. Its coalition partner, however, opposes the proposal. DW has the latest. Merz has criticized the average of 14.5 sick days taken by employees in GermanyImage: Thilo Schmuelgen/REUTERS Skip next section

Muge Tuzcu Karakoc is certain that without an integration course, she would probably still not have properly settled in Germany by now. The Turkish journalist has been living in Germany for seven years. But it was only in 2024, when she started studying German every day alongside Ukrainians, Syrians, and Iranians that she felt the country she now lives in really opened its doors to her.

Lifestyle and a four-day week. All nice, you can do all that,

This year is a big election year in Germany: Five of the 16 federal states are set to elect new parliaments. But the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), once one of the country's most successful and biggest parties, is struggling to muster any optimism at all: According to the latest opinion polls, it could be voted out of power in two of those states, after governing them for decades. In two of the other states, the Social Democrats are currently garnering meager single-digit results.

"Deutsche Bahn has been and continues to be subject to attacks on its IT systems," the company said in an update posted hours after the initial service restoration. "The current attack is specifically targeted at DB and has occurred in waves. "The scale of the attack is considerable. Our defense mechanisms are working. We will not comment on speculation regarding the background of the attack."

Germany's HapagLloyd, the world's fifth-largest container shipping line, has signed a deal to acquire its Israeli rival Zim Integrated Shipping Services for $4.2 billion (3.5 billion). The merger agreement was signed on Monday, following advanced talks. It was unanimously approved by Zim's Board of Directors but needs the formal sign-off from Israel's government, which holds special rights embedded in Zim's founding charter.

02/17/2026February 17, 2026 The state intelligence agency for Lower Saxony has classified the Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a far-right organization worthy of surveillance. The northern state's interior ministry announced the step. Image: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa/picture alliance The northern state of Lower Saxony's internal intelligence agency will monitor the Alternative for Germany (AfD) political party as a "surveillance object of considerable import" on the far-right.