Tenor Jonas Kaufmann canceled his appearance in the new production of Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” opening the season at Milan’s Teatro alla Scala on Dec. 7.

Ford is cutting its workforce by 4,000 in Europe and the U.K. by the end of 2027, citing headwinds from the economy and pressure from increased competition and weaker-than-expected sales of electric cars.

Germany’s defense minister says officials have to assume that damage to two data cables under the Baltic Sea, one of which ends in Germany, was caused by sabotage — though he says they have no proof at present.

Environmental advocates released reports Friday decrying fossil fuel industry influence at these climate talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, called COP29.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced he will ask for a vote of confidence in December, setting the path for an early election in February.

German media are reporting that Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to ask for a vote of confidence in his government on Dec. 16.

Carolina Panthers running back Jonathon Brooks’ wait to make his NFL debut continues after he was listed as inactive for the team’s game against the New York Giants in Germany.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the league is working “very hard” on bringing a game to Berlin in the future.

Tens of thousands have celebrated the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago in Germany's capital.

Tom Brady gave Germany its first taste of the NFL in 2022.

German Eonomy Minister Robert Habeck says he hopes to become his Green Party’s candidate for chancellor in the coming election.

Germany’s leader is expected to lead the country with a minority government after the collapse of the coalition.

Bayern Munich is mourning the death of a fan who attended the team’s 1-0 win over Benfica in the Champions League.

Germany’s center-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced he is firing Finance Minister Christian Lindner, which could undermine the ruling three-party coalition that relies on Lindner’s pro-business party.

Western security officials suspect Russia was behind a plot to put incendiary devices in packages on cargo planes bound for North America, including one that caught fire at a courier hub in Germany and another that ignited in a warehouse in England.

Harry Kane scored two goals and set up another as Bayern Munich's winning run in the Bundesliga continued with a 3-0 victory over Union Berlin.

At a recent naturalization ceremony, nine immigrants from countries spanning from Lebanon and Germany to Taiwan and Mexico took their oaths to become American citizens.

Germany has ordered the closure of all three Iranian consulates in the country in response to the execution of Iranian German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who lived in the United States and was kidnapped in Dubai in 2020 by Iranian security forces.

Volkswagen says significant cost cuts are urgently needed as it reports a steep decline in third-quarter earnings and faces employee representatives angry at the possibility of the automaker’s first plant closures in Germany.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged delegates at a major biodiversity summit to follow through on pledges to help save global biodiversity and for the private sector to come on board.

Germany has protested to Iran over the execution of Iranian German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who was kidnapped in Dubai in 2020 by Iranian security forces.

Officials say German submarine-hunting planes will patrol the North Atlantic from a base in Scotland under a new Britain-Germany defense pact in response to the growing threat from Russia.

A senior executive for Volkswagen in China has been deported for allegedly using cocaine and marijuana while on vacation in Thailand.

The prominent American writer Anne Applebaum has urged continued support for Ukraine with weapons in accepting a prestigious German prize.

German authorities have arrested a Libyan national with suspected ties to the extremist Islamic State group who was allegedly planning an attack on the Israeli Embassy in Berlin.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Istanbul.

U.S. President Joe Biden has said as he meets with European partners that it’s important for Ukraine’s Western allies to “sustain our resolve” in supporting the country.

The European Central Bank, which sets interest rates for the 20 countries that use the euro currency, is not expecting the bloc to fall into recession as it cut borrowing costs once again after figures showed inflation across the bloc falling to its lowest level in more than three years and economic growth waning.

England’s national team will have a foreign coach for the third time after hiring German Thomas Tuchel.

President Joe Biden is heading to Germany this week and will go to Angola in December.

Excerpts of a memoir written by late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have revealed he believed he would die in prison.

The latest solar storm has triggered northern lights farther south than normal including into parts of Germany, the United Kingdom, New England and New York City.

The World Trade Organization has raised its outlook for global goods trade this year slightly, but cautions that increasing geopolitical tensions and uncertainty over economic policy pose “substantial” risks to its forecast.

Former England coach Gareth Southgate says he's taking a year away from a club or national team job.

Germany's government says the country’s economy is on track to shrink for a second consecutive year.

President Joe Biden is postponing a planned trip to Germany and Angola to stay at the White House to monitor Hurricane Milton, which is bearing down on Florida’s Gulf Coast.

European Union countries have voted to impose duties on imports of electric vehicles from China, as talks continue between Brussels and Beijing to end the standoff before an end-of-October deadline.

Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro fell to 1.8% in September, below the European Central Bank’s target of 2% for the first time in more than three years.

A startup called HopfON — a play on Hopfen, the German word for hops — and a research society in Bavaria are seeking to solve the problem of waste created during the hops harvest in Germany.

Germany’s beer industry relies on education and research to combat the climate change that's wreaking havoc on farms and breweries across the country.

It will be years before the European Space Agency can send one of its astronauts to the moon, but the agency says it’s time to start practicing as it opened a facility in Germany that will let astronauts train in conditions like those on the lunar surface.

Alcohol-free beer has been gaining popularity in recent years as beer consumption shrinks.

Four-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz overcame Taylor Fritz in the deciding match as Team Europe rallied to beat Team World 13-11 and win the Laver Cup.

Tens of thousands of revelers marked the opening day of the 189th Oktoberfest.

The Social Democrats of Chancellor Olaf Scholz have won an election in the eastern German state of Brandenburg.

American pair Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton have edged Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev in doubles to tie the Laver Cup after the first day in Berlin.

Ukraine has banned government officials, military personnel and other defense and critical infrastructure workers from installing the popular Telegram messaging app on state-issued devices.

The döner kebab is beloved in Berlin.

Convicted con artist Anna Sorokin has hit the dancefloor on “Dancing With the Stars” with a featherweight — and very sparkly — ankle monitor.

Harry Kane has scored four goals as he broke a record set by Wayne Rooney for the most goals by an English player in the Champions League.

Chinese warplanes tailed a U.S. military aircraft through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, China’s military said.

German and Kenyan officials have signed an agreement to promote the recruitment of skilled Kenyan workers who can fill gaps in Germany’s labor market, and to facilitate the repatriation of Kenyans who don’t have the right to stay in Germany.

The German government says it is cracking down on irregular migration and crime following recent extremist attacks, and plans to extend temporary border controls to all nine of its frontiers next week.

Germany’s interior minister has ordered temporary controls at all German land borders as a response to irregular migration and to protect the country from extremist threats.

Justice Samuel Alito has reported that he accepted $900 worth of concert tickets from a German princess, but disclosed no trips paid for by other people.

United States Women’s head coach Emma Hayes says there is much work to be done before female managers are given a chance in men’s soccer.

Salman Rushdie’s account of a stabbing attack that blinded him in one eye is among contenders announced Thursday for a prestigious nonfiction book prize.

Police in Munich have exchanged fire with a gunman near the Israeli Consulate in Munich, fatally wounding him.

Volkswagen says it's not getting the cost reductions that it needs - and won't rule out plant closings in its home country Germany.

Inflation is down in Europe.

Caroline Garcia, a U.S. Open semifinalist two years ago, is drawing attention to the problem of cyberbullying in tennis, particularly by people who bet on matches.

A special Ring Cycle will be performed for the 150th anniversary Bayreuth Festival in 2026, the annual Richard Wagner showcase said as this season’s schedule ended with sellouts for all 30 performances.

The leaders of Germany and the United Kingdom plan to draw up a treaty meant to deepen the two nations’ trade, defense and other relations.

Germany’s newest panda twins are thriving at the Berlin Zoo.

A Pennsylvania museum has agreed to sell a 16th century portrait that once belonged to a Jewish family that was forced to part with it while fleeing Nazi Germany.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has vowed to toughen knife laws and step up deportations of rejected asylum-seekers as he visited the scene of the knife attack in which a suspected Islamic extremist from Syria is accused of killing three people.

Tennis fans who can’t decide which players have the best shot at doing well at the U.S. Open aren't the only ones.

Germany’s navy says there was "no deeper message” in the choice to blast the famed Imperial March — Darth Vader’s theme song in the “Star Wars” films — from one of its warships as it cruised down the River Thames through London.

A German court has rejected an appeal by a 99-year-old woman who was convicted of being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders for her role as a secretary to the SS commander of the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp during World War II.

Poland's prime minister has reacted to reports that revived speculation about who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines in 2022.

Police in Barcelona have detained a fourth man accused of participating in the stabbing of the father of 17-year-old Spain soccer star Lamine Yamal.

Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia says the father of 17-year-old Spain soccer star Lamine Yamal has been hospitalized after being stabbed near Barcelona.

Of all the Russian dissidents freed in the historic East-West prison swap on Aug. 1, Andrei Pivovarov spent the most time behind bars – three years.

Manchester United has signed Netherlands center back Matthijs de Ligt and Morocco full back Noussair Mazraoui from Bayern Munich.

The Berlin Zoo has much anticipated news: Meng Meng the panda is pregnant again, months after the first giant pandas born in Germany were sent to China.

Sasha Skochilenko and Sofya Subbotina are planning to get married.

Prosecutors in France say Travis Scott, the rapper, has been released from police custody a day after his arrest at a Paris hotel following an altercation with a security guard.

After arriving in Germany as part of the massive East-West prisoner swap, Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin has hit the ground running.

French prosecutors say rapper Travis Scott has been arrested at a Paris hotel after an altercation with a security guard.

The Netherlands has won gold in men’s field hockey after beating Germany 2-1 in a shootout in the final at the Paris Olympics.

Someone is going to have a very difficult task on Saturday.

Guerschon Yabusele scored 17 points and France beat Germany 73-69 to advance to the men’s Olympic basketball gold medal game.

Sha’Carri Richardson bailed out the U.S. women out from near collapse in the Olympic 4x100 relay, overcoming a German runner in the anchor leg to help the Americans move to the gold-medal race.

There was a moment where Brazil might have thought it had a chance.

Sophia Smith scored in extra time and the U.S. women's national team secured a spot in the gold medal match at the Paris Olympics with a 1-0 victory over Germany.

Franz Wagner scored 18 points and Germany overcame a sluggish start to beat Greece 76-63 and advance to the Olympics semifinals for the first time.

A German federal court says it has rejected a former Syrian secret police officer’s appeal against his conviction for overseeing the abuse of detainees at a jail in his homeland.

Jackie Young scored 19 points and the U.S. showed off its incredible depth, beating Germany 87-68 in the Americans’ final game of pool play.

Unbeaten at last year’s World Cup on the way to the gold medal.

Everything is a little more difficult in a bike race, particularly the Olympics, where the men's peloton tackled the longest course in its history on Saturday.

When Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza was suddenly moved to a detention center in Moscow from his Siberian prison, he thought he was being taken from his cell to be shot.

When Washington and Moscow exchange prisoners, it usually comes after months of secret, back-channel negotiations.

Warsaw has come to a standstill on the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising.

Belarus’ authoritarian leader has granted pardon to a German citizen who has been sentenced to death on terrorism charges.

Russia may deploy new strike weapons in response to the planned U.S. stationing of longer-range and hypersonic missiles in Germany, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday.

A total of 270 flights were canceled at Germany's busiest airports after environmental activists launched a coordinated effort to disrupt air travel across Europe at the height of the summer vacation season to highlight the threat posed by climate change.

On Friday, LeBron James will carry the U.S. flag.

Police say a man has died after being hit by lightning near the summit of Germany’s highest peak.

Spain arrived in Germany with no huge stars and no real expectations.

Gareth Southgate is leaving his future as England manager open for now after his team’s 2-1 loss to Spain in the Euro 2024 final.