VW accused of hiding Nazi past in Super Bowl advert

VW accused of hiding Nazi past in Super Bowl advert

Car giant Volkswagen has been accused of glossing over its origins in Hitler’s Germany in its multimillion-dollar Super Bowl commercial.

  • byMatt Oliver

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Experimental technique could save world’s most endangered species

Experimental technique could save world’s most endangered species

The world’s first pregnancy in a rhinoceros through IVF could be the answer to saving the northern white rhino. Scientists have proved for the first time it can work.

  • bySarah Knapton
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This hotel is a city within a city,a world of its own

This German hotel offers a magnificent balance of modernity and history.

  • byAnabel Dean
Migrant deportation plan sparks massive protests across Germany

Migrant deportation plan sparks massive protests across Germany

A protest in Munich yesterday afternoon ended early due to safety concerns after approximately 100,000 people showed up,police said.

Arnold Schwarzenegger detained at Munich airport over luxury watch

Arnold Schwarzenegger detained at Munich airport over luxury watch

The Schwarzenegger Climate Initiative said the actor “co-operated at every step even though it was an incompetent shakedown”.

‘Unprecedented’ change in world’s most powerful passport rankings

‘Unprecedented’ change in world’s most powerful passport rankings

For the first time,six countries are tied at the top of the list,while Australia enjoys access to more destinations than ever.

  • byAlan Granville andKatherine Scott
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Weather report from Irish post office halted D-Day invasion 24 hours

Weather report from Irish post office halted D-Day invasion 24 hours

Maureen Flavin was a postal clerk on a remote stretch of the Irish coast in 1944. On her 21st birthday,she helped determine the outcome of World War II.

  • byAlex Traub
I tried to get into Europe’s most notorious nightclub (and failed)

I tried to get into Europe’s most notorious nightclub (and failed)

People queue for up to six hours to get into Berghain. As I hit the front of the queue,I make an unforgivable mistake.

  • byMelissa Mason
Suspected Hamas members arrested in Germany over alleged Europe terror plot

Suspected Hamas members arrested in Germany over alleged Europe terror plot

Arrests have been made in Denmark,Germany and the Netherlands over alleged planned attacks on Jewish institutions,authorities in the three countries say.

  • byLouise Breusch Rasmussen
Italy refuses German museum’s request for ‘Aryan’ statue admired by Hitler

Italy refuses German museum’s request for ‘Aryan’ statue admired by Hitler

The Discobolus Palombara is a 2nd-century Roman copy of a long-lost Greek bronze original. Hitler was captivated by the statue during a visit to Rome in 1938.

The invisible factor impacting war in Ukraine besides weather and terrain

The invisible factor impacting war in Ukraine besides weather and terrain

A new “battle of the beams” is under way and for once,Russian doesn’t always have the advantage.

  • byPaul Mozur andAaron Krolik