Whale swims for freedom after big German rescue effort on Baltic coast

Rescue teams now believe the whale has reached deeper water in Lübeck Bay and hope it will head for the wider sea.

Actress Says She’s Found Her Secret Online Abuser: Her Husband

Collien Fernandes said her spouse had posted deepfakes of her. The account, disputed by her husband, spurred outrage, protests and parliamentary debates in Germany.

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Whale stranded off Germany swims to freedom after days of rescue efforts

Rescuers used boats and excavators to try to guide 10m-long sea mammal to deeper waters A humpback whale stranded on Germany’s Baltic Sea coast since early this week has freed itself and swum into deeper waters, rescuers said on Friday. A flotilla of vessels were following the weakened animal at a distance, hoping to help guide it into the North Sea and toward the Atlantic Ocean, its natural habitat. Continue reading...

By Agence France-Press in Lübeck

Merz criticized for selective approach to international law

Dozens of legal scholars have called on the German government to condemn the US operations in Iran and Venezuela. They argue that if violations of international law go unpunished, the rule of law erodes.

German deepfake porn case sparks protests and pressure for change in law

Germany's government is facing pressure to toughen laws against digital violence after a prominent television actor accused her former husband of posting AI-generated porn resembling her on fake online accounts purporting to belong to her. The case has sparked a national conversation on new forms of violence against women in the online sphere and heaped pressure on Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government to ​close legal loopholes. FRANCE 24's Nick Holdsworth reports from Berlin, Germany.

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Inside the 76 hour rescue effort to save stranded humpback whale give 0.1% chance of survival

The whale is now under a “police escort” with support from as many as six vessels after it became stranded in Timmendorfer Strand, Germany

By Gergana Krasteva

German chancellor Merz doubts success of US-Israeli war in Iran

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed skepticism over the effectiveness of the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran, warning that attempts at regime change are unlikely to succee...

The German Bureaucratic Dream Of "Society with Bound Capital"

The German Bureaucratic Dream Of "Society with Bound Capital" Submitted by Thomas Kolbe They form a massive workforce, the last continuously growing sector of our society: civil servants. Approximately 5.5 million employees work in the public sector, and last year alone, 205,000 new civil servants were added. This is by no means a blind attack on the bureaucracy. Civil servants indispensable to our society work to maintain internal and external security and uphold the judiciary ...

By Tyler Durden

From abuse to freedom: 105kg giant turtle returns to the sea after being rescued in Greece

The turtle was named “Everest” because of its impressive size — it had been under care since May 2024 The post From abuse to freedom: 105kg giant turtle returns to the sea after being rescued in Greece appeared first on ProtoThema English.

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"Virtual rapes": the shocking husband-wife case that has outraged Germany - Seneweb

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