Middlesborough have said they “reluctantly” agreed to the departure of former head coach Rob Edwards, who has swapped the Championship high-fliers for top-flight relegation candidates Wolves. Edwards, a former Wolves player, first-team coach, Under-18, Under-23 and caretaker boss, only joined Middlesborough in the summer. But five months on he has stepped into the position recently vacated by Vitor Pereira, who was sacked earlier this month. The Molineux outfit are bottom of the Premier League table on just two points after 11 games. Edwards leaves Boro second in the table. Middlesborough rele...

The German Council of Economic Experts has lowered its growth forecast for 2026, projecting gross domestic product (GDP) expansion of 0.9%, according to its annual report released on Wednesday. Earlier this year, the council forecast growth of 1% for 2026, while the government has projected GDP to rise 1.3%. The five-member council, known as the "Five Sages," said the German government's multibillion-euro special fund for infrastructure and climate initiatives is likely to only have a modest effect on GDP. So far, the fund has been largely used for budget reallocations and consumption-oriented...

German prosecutors said on Wednesday they have arrested a suspected Hamas member accused of procuring weapons that they assume were intended for attacks on Israeli or Jewish institutions. The suspect was arrested on the motorway as he entered Germany from the Czech Republic, the federal public prosecutor's office in Karlsruhe said. He is to be brought before an investigating judge in Karlsruhe, who will decide whether he is to be remanded in custody. Prosecutors accuse the Lebanese-born suspect of membership in a foreign terrorist organization. In August, he allegedly procured a fully automati...

German prosecutors said on Wednesday they have arrested a suspected Hamas member accused of procuring weapons that they assume were intended for attacks on Israeli or Jewish institutions. The suspect was arrested upon arrival in Germany from the Czech Republic, the federal public prosecutor's office in Karlsruhe said. Last month, German prosecutors arrested three suspected Hamas members in Berlin, who are in pre-trial detention. The three suspects, including a naturalized Lebanese-born man and a naturalized Syrian-born man, are accused of having procured firearms and ammunition since at least ...

Tampa Bay residents from Tarpon Springs to South Tampa were treated with a faint glimpse of the northern lights late Tuesday night as pulses of the sun’s plasma danced off the earth’s atmosphere. Dim, pink swaths in the night sky ― a reddish hue due to low oxygen at high altitudes — were hardly visible to the naked eye, but camera-wielding Floridians brought the colors to life with long exposure images where light is captured for periods of 20 seconds or more. On Tuesday night, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a G4, or severe, geomagnetic storm alert caused by intense...