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Making a PDF that’s larger than Germany
The claim that the maximum size of a PDF is 381 km x 381 km is completely false. There's no set limit to the size of a file.
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As baby boomers retire, German businesses turn to robots
Companies are turning to automation as the gradual exit of the post-war generation tightens the labor squeeze.
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German police swoop on far-right Reichsbürger group
Police in Germany have carried out nationwide raids on homes of members of the right-wing extremist Reichsbürger movement.
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Hops for beer flourish under solar panels. They're not the only crop thriving in the shade.
A farm in Bavaria is covering its hops with solar panels, providing electricity to 250 households and shading the plants from the increasingly scorching summer heat in the process.
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Germany will pay Holocaust survivors across the world over $1 billion in 2024
Germany will pay Holocaust survivors over $1.4 billion next year, which will go toward one-time payments for the survivors and welfare programs. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany announced the compensations on Tuesday in a press release after meeting with the German Federal Ministry of Finance. The conference, which represents Holocaust survivors, stated the $1.4 billion will go towards direct compensation and social welfare programs for the survivors.
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The German village that says it’s gone green
The village of Feldheim has no local shop, but counts 55 wind turbines. An otherwise nondescript hamlet of just 130 people an hour's drive southwest of Berlin, Feldheim's claim to fame is its huge investment in energy infrastructure. As well as the wind turbines, the village also has its own biogas plant, a wood-chip burner, a battery storage system and a solar power plant.
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Report: German Meat Consumption Declined in 2022, At Lowest Point Since Data Collection Began in 1989
According to the report in 2022 per capita meat consumption dropped from 56.2 kilograms per person to 52, a 7.5% decrease. No year between 1989 and 2022 has seen a lower kilogram per person rate for meat consumption. In terms of specific meat products, in 2022 Germans ate roughly 10% less pork (2.8 kg per person), 2.9% less poultry (400 grams per person) and 8.2% less beef/veal (900 grams per person).
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Hamburg police warn of possible toxins due to fire; 140 evacuated
Police and fire officials in the German city of Hamburg warned locals of possible toxins in the air after fires broke out early on Sunday at multiple storage facilities.
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They Posted Porn on Twitter. German Authorities Called the Cops
Regulators are using an AI system to scan websites and messaging apps to find pornography. Creators face fines and potential prison sentences.
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Berlin votes on tighter climate goals in test of Germans commitment to change
Berlin votes on Sunday on making the city climate neutral by 2030, in a binding referendum that will force the new conservative local government to invest heavily in renewable energy, building efficiency and public transportation.
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Germany strikes deal with EU on combustion engine phaseout
Germany and the European Commission on Saturday said a deal had been reached over an agreed phase-out of combustion engine vehicles. To the irritation of some in Brussels, consensus on the issue was being held up by opposition from within Germany's ruling coalition government.
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"There is no prosecution at any cost."
On March 1, the German Parliament held a hearing in the Digital Committee on the EU Commission's draft law to fight child sexual abuse online, also named 'chat control'. IT experts, civil libertarians, law enforcement officials and even child protectors agree: the EU's proposal does not protect children, but poses major risks to fundamental rights.
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87 Years After Nazis Stole My Grandfather’s Citizenship, Germany Had an Offer for Me. It Was Surreal to Accept It.
I couldn't even tell my family when I visited Berlin. This was something else.
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Study on former citizens of East Germany sheds light on why people may choose deliberate ignorance
A new study explored reasons why some citizens of the former East Germany chose not to view files that the Stasi, the notorious secret police force, kept of them when the archives were opened in 1991. The study was published in the journal Cognition. ...
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The Berlin start-ups tearing up capitalism and putting workers first
Unlimited holidays, no bosses, democratic salaries, and the same wages for less work. That’s the pitch vegan condom company Einhorn makes to potential co-workers. Einhorn is a pioneer of what is known in Germany as "New Work": a re-imagining of the often hierarchical structures of the business world to make things more humane for workers.
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Germany detains Iranian over suspected poison plot after tip from U.S. security
A 32-year-old Iranian man has been detained in Germany following a tip from U.S. security officials that he could be planning an attack with deadly chemicals, officials said Sunday. Police and prosecutors said the man and another person were detained overnight in the town of Castrop-Rauxel, northwest of Dortmund.
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Germany cover mouths and wear rainbows on kit in World Cup protest
A World Cup of protest and rancour has taken another incendiary turn with Germany’s players covering their mouths with their hands to suggest they had been gagged by football’s governing body, Fifa. Their message was reinforced by the German interior minister, Nancy Faeser, who also wore a OneLove armband, which promotes tolerance, diversity and LGBTQ+ rights, as she sat next to Fifa’s president, Gianni Infantino.
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Bars in Germany boycott Qatar FIFA World Cup
The mood in Germany in the run-up to a football World Cup has never been as subdued. In many pubs, the previously unimaginable is happening: There won't be any soccer matches shown during the World Cup.
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Can Germans Save Their Beloved Rhine?
Germany has embarked on an ambitious and expensive effort to preserve the river’s historical role as a vital transportation link. But will it work?
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Germany extends lifetime of all 3 remaining nuclear plants
Olaf Scholz's three-party coalition has wrangled over nuclear power but the German chancellor decided that the plants should stay running through winter. Germany is scrambling to reorganize its energy mix amid gas cuts.
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