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The Japanese city of Hiroshima on Wednesday commemorated the victims of the atomic bombing 80 years ago, as global concerns over the threat of nuclear conflict grow. At a ceremony marking the anniversary of the US atomic bombing on August 6, 1945, Mayor Kazumi Matsui urged younger generations to continue the fight against nuclear weapons. Matsui said that younger generations must understand that misguided decisions on military spending, national security and nuclear weapons could lead to inhumane consequences. At 8:15 am – the moment when the US bomber Enola Gay dropped the first wartime atomi...

Twice long jump champion Malaika Mihambo leads a group of 23 German athletes nominated on Wednesday for next month's world championships in Tokyo. Mihambo won the world title in 2019 and 2022, and Olympic gold in 2021 in the same Tokyo stadium where the worlds will take place September 13-21. She is among Germany's biggest medal hopes, along with Paris Olympics shot put champion Yemisi Ogunleye and former European javelin champion Julian Weber, who were also nominated by the national federation DLV. The German team for Tokyo now consists of 28 athletes, after five marathon runners and race wal...

German automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler is examining whether a larger entry into the defence industry could be worthwhile, the firm's boss told dpa. "We are in the process of developing new growth areas," chief executive Klaus Rosenfeld said, emphasizing the company is "working intensively" on understanding the potential offered by the defence sector. Rosenfeld had earlier hinted that Schaeffler could supply defence components. "Modern defence technology depends heavily on the integration of hardware and software," he said in an interview with broadcaster n-tv. Currently, the Bava...

Two more German citizens have been able to leave the largely destroyed Gaza Strip, the Foreign Office in Berlin said on Wednesday. They were accompanied by two close family members and are travelling by bus through Israel and the West Bank to Jordan, from where a scheduled flight to Germany is planned, a spokeswoman for the Foreign Office said. The departure was coordinated closely with Israeli authorities. The four are being provided consular support by German foreign missions in Ramallah and Amman, the spokeswoman said. "The safety of German nationals is our top priority," she added. Der Spi...