Germany legend Lothar Matthäus ripped the German team after they were stunned by Paraguay in penalty kicks in the World Cup at Boston Stadium on Monday. During an interview with Bild, a German newspaper, the former Bayern Munich midfielder said that German players weren’t focused and treated the 2026 World Cup as a “free family” … Read more
Germany entered the 2026 World Cup as one of the favorites to win the entire tournament, given that it is among the most talented and balanced rosters in the world. And if any fans doubted this, Germany proved its point with a dominant 7-1 win over Curaçao in the first group-stage match June 14, which … Read more
A German soccer fan has accidentally become America’s newest tourism ambassador — one Taco Bell run, a Buc-ee’s pilgrimage and a Chili’s dinner at a time. Freddy, who posts on X as @FreddyLA7, has exploded in popularity after documenting his six-week World Cup road trip across the Southern United States with the kind of wide-eyed … Read more
According to a new global study, one in five workers feels severely underpaid and that they’re due a huge pay raise. The international poll of 4,000 employed adults across the US, UK, France, Germany, Singapore and Australia found 18% believe their pay can’t satisfy them, and they would need a 32% pay increase in order … Read more
Lexicographer Kory Stamper’s new book, ” Truel Color,” was inspired by the wild, poetic color definitions in Webster’s Third Dictionary. These unique definitions were crafted by scientists I.H. Godlove and his wife Margaret Godlove. The US sought color standards after WWI, leading to a “color boom” and dictionary inclusion. It was the third definition of … Read more
There’s an art to guiding museum tours — and this guide is one very haughty artist. A staffer at Düsseldorf’s Kunstpalast art museum puts on a twice-monthly “Grumpy Guide” tour in which the surly instructor deliberately insults and belittles his guests — to their utter bemusement. Carl Brandi guides visitors through the Kunstpalast collection as … Read more
Look what she made them do. Taylor Swift fans are flocking to a German museum to view a painting of the Shakespeare character Ophelia that the pop star reimagined in a music video for a song off her new album “The Life of a Showgirl.” In the video for “The Fate of Ophelia,” which has … Read more
An unusual cookbook recipe from decades ago is making waves online because it calls for pancakes fried in bacon fat to be dunked into a savory broth. The recipe, found in a community cookbook from 1975, according to a photo shared on Reddit, calls for a batter seasoned with nutmeg to be fried on a griddle greased … Read more
In the bitter winter of 1941, British military prisoners in Nazi-occupied Germany huddled around a Monopoly set, dazzled by the contents that awaited them. They didn’t pluck Community Chest cards. They looked past the thimble and race-car tokens, ignored the tiny houses and phony deeds. The real treasures were hidden within the board and its … Read more
Princess Eugenia of Hanover has opened up about her royal title, saying it caused her many problems at school. The German royal, 23, said the title “means nothing” to her as she detailed the struggles she faced as a result of her high-status. Eugenia, who lives in Vienna, Austria, is the daughter of Prince Heinrich of … Read more
Watching an American icon like Indiana Jones battle Nazis in “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” it’s hard to believe that it was actually a German cultural institute which played a pivotal role in transforming reckless Jones-style treasure hunting into the modern science of archaeology we know today. That institute, the German Archaeological Institute at Athens (DAI … Read more
Before there was Michael Pollan and his “intentional eating” MasterClass, before there was “intermittent fasting” and the Wim Hof Method, there was Franz Xaver Mayr, the early-20th-century Austrian physician. His revolutionary Mayr Method was grounded in the belief that the secret to health and beauty starts in the gut. His cult-like following led to the … Read more
Archaeologists recently uncovered a mysterious grave in an idyllic German town with clues that hint at a tragic story. The findings were announced by the German town of Vaihingen an der Enz in a recent press release. The town is located in Baden-Württemberg, a German state known for its scenic landscapes and natural beauty. In … Read more
A lynx in England could become the first UK zoo-born cat to be successfully released into the wild. The 9-month-old Eurasian lynx, who was born in the Newquay Zoo in Cornwall, has been moved to southwestern Germany’s Black Forest, which is an unusual move for animals born and raised in zoos. However, the request for its … Read more
Alica Schmidt, dubbed the “world’s sexiest athlete,” pushed herself out of her comfort zone and she’s now embarking on a new journey in her career. The German track and field star, 26, who competed in the mixed 4x400m relay at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, revealed she is training to compete in the individual … Read more
He wanted to put himself in their shoes — literally. A man in Greece was given a suspended one-month prison sentence for sneaking into his neighbors’ homes at night and smelling their shoes. The 28-year-old sniffer, who told the Thessaloniki court he couldn’t explain his foot fetish, was in essence put on probation and ordered … Read more
A startling new study finds an increase in reports of airport and luggage malaria in Europe in recent years. An international team of researchers identified 145 cases between 2018 and 2022 — 105 were classified as airport malaria, 32 as luggage malaria, and for eight cases, the investigators did not distinguish between the two types. … Read more
Marburg virus disease has killed 11 people and sickened 25 others in Rwanda, which declared an outbreak on Sept. 27. Similar to Ebola, the rare but very severe illness can be fatal in up to 88% of people who become sick depending on the viral strain and management of the case. That’s why German authorities … Read more
This was an “Extreme Makeover: Early Christianity Edition.” A German man discovered a historically significant stone carving from the 12th century during recent home renovations in the town of Klotzow on the nation’s northern coast. Just centimeters below the foundation of a home owned by a shocked Peter Wittenberg sat a three-foot boulder with the … Read more
Chill out! A high-tech startup is giving people the option to cryogenically freeze their corpses in hopes that they may be revived one day in the distant future. Tomorrow Bio, a Berlin-based company, is charging a pretty penny — $222,603 plus a $55 monthly membership fee — to put bodies and body parts on ice. … Read more