Frankfurt/Main (dpa/lhe) – After a traffic accident, he is said to have sped away from the other person involved in the accident and the police – across Frankfurt and at well over 100 kilometers per hour. Since Thursday, a 49-year-old driver has had to answer for this accusation before the Frankfurt district court. The indictment … Read more
Using a bed sheet, an inmate rappelled down around six meters from the prison in Bad Reichenhall and made off. The prisoner had previously dug a hole in the wall with items that were part of the usual prison room equipment – such as cutlery and a broken toilet paper holder – a spokeswoman for … Read more
Hanover (dpa/lni) – The number of corporate bankruptcies in the Lower Saxony economy has risen significantly. In 2023 there were 202 more applications to open insolvency proceedings than in the previous year. This corresponds to an increase of 17.4 percent, the State Office for Statistics in Lower Saxony (LSN) announced on Monday. 1,366 companies submitted … Read more
Goslar (dpa) – Should hit-and-runs only be an administrative offense in the future? Federal Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (FDP) brought this possibility into play last year. Opinions on this vary among experts and associations. This will be discussed at the traffic court day in Goslar from January 24th. “The time is ripe for reform,” says … Read more
Deutsche Bahn (DB) expects the announced strike by the train drivers’ union GDL to cause severe disruption to rail traffic in the greater Munich area. The emergency timetable will only ensure a very limited range of trains in DB’s long-distance, regional and S-Bahn services, the state-owned company announced on its website on Monday. The Munich … Read more
Leipzig (dpa/sn) – Many thousands of people demonstrated against the AfD and for democracy in Leipzig on Sunday. A police spokeswoman spoke of a large crowd and did not rule out a five-digit number of participants. According to a dpa reporter, the market square was overcrowded and people were also crowding into the side streets. … Read more
Many native trees suffer from stress. Drought, storms and all kinds of pests have taken their toll on them in recent years. Even thick-trunk giant trees that had defied the forces of nature for centuries were finally knocked down like matchsticks. When defining trees like these disappear from the landscape, it creates painful gaps in … Read more
Offenbach (dpa/lhe) – Around 2,000 people took to the streets in Offenbach on Sunday against right-wing extremism. The action under the motto “Demo against the right – no foothold for fascism” started peacefully, as the police announced around midday. The organizers had originally expected only 50 participants and increased the number of registrations several times … Read more
Melbourne (dpa) – After the demonstration of power on his favorite place, Novak Djokovic also directed a verbal threat to his challengers. “As long as I’m number one in the world and at the top of my game, I have no plans to leave tennis,” said Djokovic after reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. … Read more
It was an unusual sight for Berlin night owls. An asteroid about one meter in diameter burned up near the capital. The US space agency Nasa’s asteroid monitoring agency had previously announced the fireball at 1:32 a.m. (CET) west of Berlin near Nennhausen. Numerous pictures and videos then circulated on social media. Accordingly, the fireball … Read more