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View of a high voltage transmission tower (electricity pylon) by twilight on January 11, 2022 in Niederaussem, Germany. The new federal coalition government of Social Democrats (SPD), Greens and Free Democrats (FDP) says current shortcomings in climate policies will mean that Germany will likely not attain its short-term climate goals and that an accelerated approach, announced today by Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck, is necessary.  (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

Germany to speed up green energy projects in ‘gigantic’ effort

Germany’s Climate and Energy minister Robert Habeck on Tuesday pledged to drastically ramp up renewable energy projects in the coming years

(Simon Dawson/Reurers)

Brexit, climate, racism: the Frankfurt book fair in quotes

The Frankfurt book festival allowed star authors to give their opinion on the current state of the world

Franck Ribery walks across the training area with his smartphone before the start of a training session of his club in the morning. (Peter Kneffel/dpa/Getty Images)

Bayern Munich hand Ribery ‘heavy fine’ for angry Tweetstorm

The punishment comes after Ribery lashed out at critics in a string of angry posts on Twitter and Instagram on Saturday

A miner kisses the symbolic last piece of stone coal harvested from the Franz Haniel shaft during a ceremony marking the closure of the last active black coal mine in Bottrop, Germany. (Reuters/Thilo Schmuelgen)

With emotional goodbye, Germany shutters last black coal mine

Coal mining is an industry increasingly under threat as countries around the world look for ways to phase out fossil fuels to combat climate change

Services are recommended every 15?000 km for VW and Toyota.(Reuters/Vincent West)

Germans vent VW fury in mass ‘dieselgate’ suit

Consumers accuse the 12-brand group of deliberately harming clients by installing software to make cars appear less polluting than they really were

Tracy Morrison fooled the mink-and-manure set with her phoney American accent and claims of links to Hollywood, but her alleged scams wounded many people

For exiled novelist, Turkey is ‘like 1930s Germany’

Released from prison in late December 2016, it took Asli Erdogan until last September to get her passport back from Turkish authorities

Rupert Stadler was arrested in June a week after Munich police raided his home over charges of fraud and falsifying documents that allowed diesel vehicles equipped with software to cheat regulatory emissions tests. (Reuters)

Audi boss arrested over dieselgate crisis

Rupert Stadler was arrested on Monday after prosecutors feared that he might attempt to destroy evidence

Khmer Rouge trial rocked by second resignation

Cambodia’s war crimes court has been rocked by the second resignation of an international judge amid a row over whether to pursue more regime members.

Slow road to justice in Khmer Rouge trial

The fading memories and illnesses of witnesses and accused in Cambodia’s historic Khmer Rouge trial is prolonging the justice process.

Khmer Rouge trial sees chief defend regime in video

Khmer Rouge trial sees chief defend regime in video

A top Khmer Rouge leader on trial in Cambodia has been confronted with dramatic footage in which he defends the regime’s bloody purges.

Midwives on bikes spread sex sense in Cambodia

Surrounded by a group of women, Cambodian midwife Ly Siyan holds up a colourful poster displaying a range of contraception options.