A 57-year-old mountaineer from Austria died in an accident on the Untersberg. Relatives had reported him missing after he failed to return from a tour. Rescue teams found the body on the German side of the mountain massif.
After South Korea's group-stage exit at the FIFA World Cup, national coach Hong Myung-bo has resigned. Lee Jae-myung called for a political investigation into the failure, also citing the use of taxpayer money.
A forest fire has broken out in the district of Bad Kreuznach, covering more than three hectares. As ZDF reporter Luisa Houben reports, explosions of World War II munition are hampering firefighting efforts.
A historic thatched cottage in the Molfsee Open-Air Museum near Kiel was destroyed by a fire, likely caused by a lightning strike.
Morocco will return to the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) time zone on September 20, responding to a petition signed by over 300,000 citizens complaining of 'social jetlag.'
Munich has not set up a central fan zone for the ongoing FIFA World Cup. As the Süddeutsche Zeitung reports, several locations are offering public viewing instead.
The German-language hit 'Gut Genug' by KitschKrieg, Blumengarten and Shirin David has entered the Billboard Global 200. The single landed at number 129 in the chart week of June 27, 2026.
The leaders of Germany's Union parties and the Social Democrats (SPD) met at the Chancellery on Wednesday to prepare key decisions on economic growth, bureaucracy reduction, and welfare state reform ahead of next week's coalition committee meeting.
After two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela, the official death toll has climbed to 1,430, with more than 3,000 injured, the BBC reports citing authorities.
Units of Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SSO) attacked the Yaroslavl oil refinery in Russia on the night of June 28. The SSO said the plant is one of the country's largest and supplies fuel to Moscow, among other areas.
Iraqi security forces arrested several politicians on suspicion of corruption early Sunday. According to the state-run Iraqi News Agency, lawmakers whose immunity had been lifted were among those detained.
A dispute over drinks escalated at Munich's Flaucher: a 19-year-old brandished a machete about 50 centimeters long, prompting around 20 patrol cars to respond.
Germany will play Paraguay in the round of 32 at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The match is scheduled for Monday, June 29, at 10:30 p.m. CEST in Boston and will be broadcast on ZDF.
The Central Office for Combating Money Laundering and Asset Recovery (ZGV) at the Munich Public Prosecutor General's Office seized 9.5 million euros last year, including 57 kilograms of gold, as reported by the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
In Türkenfeld, Bavaria, schoolchildren witnessed a beaver being hit by a train. Several children required psychological support.
The German Greens are pushing for electricity to be cheaper where it is generated, according to a resolution passed at the party's small party congress in Sassnitz.
Andreas Gassen, head of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV), has called for a sharp increase in tobacco and alcohol taxes. A pack of cigarettes should cost 20 euros in the future, Gassen told Bild. The aim is to deter young people from starting to consume these substances through high prices.
Ukrainian defense forces attacked and damaged a strategic railway bridge in the occupied village of Sabivka, Luhansk region, on June 26. Images confirming the damage surfaced on June 28, the Kyiv Post reports.
At their party conference in Sassnitz, the Greens sharply criticized the black-red federal government and blamed it for the heated mood in the country.
Gender equality has made progress in marriage and family, but in parliament it lags behind. The initiative 'Parität Jetzt' is calling for a Bundestag with equal numbers of women and men.
The 16th Festival has begun in Hamburg. According to NDR, the festival focuses on young artists, cultural participation, and intimate concert experiences such as one-on-one concerts.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on June 28 that a monument to Hetman Ivan Mazepa will be erected on the site where a Lenin statue was toppled in 2013.
German author Lena Schätte has won the prestigious Ingeborg Bachmann Prize. The jury awarded her the prize on Sunday in Klagenfurt for her text 'What We Carry.'
The black-red coalition of CDU/CSU and SPD is entering a decisive week for its major reform package. The coalition committee is set to advance key projects on Wednesday.
More than 7,000 spectators attended the opening night of this year's Karl-May-Spiele in Bad Segeberg at the Kalkberg. According to NDR, organizers and visitors had prepared for the extreme heat.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded a number of female athletes with state orders on Constitution Day, as reported by 24tv.
Special forces raided homes in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone overnight, detaining several high-ranking politicians and lawmakers on corruption charges, according to Iraqi state media.
A documentary about the last four ships of East Germany's fishing fleet recounts tales of rescues at sea and drug smuggling.
Netflix is introducing a new requirement: customers must provide a separate email address for each profile within their subscription, as reported by Golem.
Paraguay face Germany in the World Cup round of 16. Captain Gustavo Gómez has fired up his team with a passionate message.
The Green parliamentary group in the Bundestag is pushing for an action plan against heat. Group leader Katharina Dröge warns of more life-threatening hot days.
Despite scorching temperatures, DJ Paul Kalkbrenner performed an open-air concert on Hamburg's Heiligengeistfeld. The show was sold out with around 20,000 tickets.
The change at the top of Offenbach's city administration is complete. The new full-time municipal board is in place, as reported by the FAZ.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz and opposition leader Friedrich Merz promised a 'humanitarian gesture' for Polish Nazi victims – but nothing has happened. The federal government is exposing itself to a serious suspicion, the newspaper comments.
The use of artificial intelligence is changing the labor market, but the head of the regional directorate of the Federal Employment Agency advises against scaremongering. Jobs in the IT sector still have a future, Markus Behrens told the German Press Agency.
A 59-year-old Austrian mountaineer died on Saturday after falling on the Hoher Göll. According to police, the experienced climber was alone on the 'Alte Westwand' climbing route.
At least three civilians were injured on Sunday morning when Russian forces struck a residential area in Zaporizhzhia with guided glide bombs, according to the head of the regional military administration, Ivan Fedorov.
A mortar grenade from World War II was found near the Amper river in Emmering (Fürstenfeldbruck) on Saturday afternoon. Police cordoned off the area and told residents to stay inside as a precaution.
A former Russian frontline soldier named Aleksandr Lunin has demanded a live audience with Vladimir Putin in a video, threatening that the army will otherwise turn its weapons on the Kremlin. Lunin was subsequently taken into custody for eleven days.
Germany's major food retailers are lowering prices for branded coffee by up to ten percent, according to a survey by the German Press Agency.