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German police are trying to confirm the authenticity of a letter claiming responsibility for an arson attack that left some 50,000 households in south-eastern Berlin without power. According to police, the text published on the left-wing platform Indymedia on Tuesday says the attack was directed against a science park in Berlin's Adlershof neighbourhood, which is home to numerous technology centres as well as several departments of Berlin's Humboldt University. It comes after tens of thousands of households were left without power after two high-voltage pylons in the capital's Johannisthal nei...

A wildfire in California is threatening giant sequoia trees more than 2,000 years old as it reaches the McKinley Grove in the centre of the state. The Garnet Fire reached the grove, which contains around 165 of the trees, also known as giant redwoods, some 300 kilometres south-east of San Francisco, on Monday. The fire has been burning in the Sierra National Forest for the past two weeks. Over recent days, sprinkler systems have been installed to keep the area around the trees damp, and some of the trunks have been wrapped in fire-resistant foil. Dry material near the trees has been removed. T...

US corporate fitness platform Wellhub has bought out Berlin startup Urban Sports Club (USC) for $600 million, the two companies announced on Tuesday after the deal announced earlier this year was concluded. Competition authority approval had been gained, they said. The acquisition was announced in March. USC offers subscriptions that can be used in a number of European countries for subscribers to make use of fitness, yoga, swimming and climbing facilities without needing separate memberships. USC was set up in 2012 by Moritz Kreppel and Benjamin Roth, with investors including private equity c...

Organizers of the pro-Palestinian flotilla hoping to carry aid to Gaza said on Tuesday one of their boats was targeted by a drone attack off the coast of Tunisia, prompting denials from Tunis. The Global Sumud Flotilla, which set off from Barcelona last week with hundreds of activists on board, including Greta Thunberg, said one of its main boats was "struck by a drone in Tunisian waters." "All six passengers and crew are safe," the statement added. "Fire damage was caused to the main deck and below deck storage." Tunisian authorities have rejected claims of a drone attack and said a fire on b...