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A young macaque that escaped from a wildlife park near Lake Constance in southern Germany was caught in an apple tree at a camping area after spending a night out on the loose, park manager Roland Hilgartner told dpa on Saturday. The Barbary macaque managed to leave its enclosure at the Salem Monkey Mountain wildlife park and had last been spotted near a motorway by the town of Uhldingen-Mühlhofen. Hilgartner said he believes the macaque managed to jump from tree to tree in order to clear the fence around the enclosure. "If they're a bit sporty, they can jump over there," he said. On Friday, t...
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A young escaped macaque remained on the loose in southern Germany near Lake Constance on Saturday, and has caused quite a stir in the local community. The Barbary macaque escaped from the Salem Monkey Mountain wildlife park in the area, and park manager Roland Hilgartner said he suspects the animal managed to jump from tree to tree in order to clear the fence around the enclosure. 2If they're a bit sporty, they can jump over there," he said. The animal was last spotted on Friday morning on a roadside near the town of Uhldingen-Mühlhofen. "No animal has ever been this far away," said Hilgartner...
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The prime ministers of Finland and Estonia held their first meeting in a sauna, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said at a press conference with his Estonian counterpart Kristen Michal on Wednesday. Orpo praised the excellent relations between the Baltic nations that are closely related culturally and linguistically. "We started ... yesterday in very Finnish and Estonian way - in the sauna," Orpo said. "Today our bilateral relations are excellent and Estonia is one of our closest allies." Michal thanked Orpo for the "very warm welcome" during his first foreign visit since taking office near...
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A 39-year-old Norwegian man managed to board planes at Munich Airport twice without a valid ticket, police said on Tuesday. The man first passed through security without a ticket on August 4 and attempted to fly to Hamburg. But airline staff caught him before departure and handed him over to the police. A day later, he successfully travelled to Sweden on a flight that was not fully booked. He was eventually discovered and apprehended by Swedish police following a tip-off from airport staff. Police are investigating the man for trespassing and fare evasion, but say that it appears he posed no r...
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Italian swimmer Thomas Ceccon has explained why he was spotted taking a nap in a park during the Paris Games - the cardboard beds in the Olympic Village are too uncomfortable. Ceccon, who won gold in the 100 metre backstroke and bronze in the 4x100 metre freestyle relay team in Paris, was filmed sleeping on grass not far from the village. "It's less uncomfortable, definitely," the 23-year-old told Eurosport on Monday after the pool swimming events concluded the day before. "It's a bit hard to sleep in the beds. They're a bit hard, a bit narrow and a bit small." Paris organizers decided to offe...
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French pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati missed out on the Olympic final after his ample manhood knocked over the bar - and now he has become an internet sensation. Wearing a tight men's leotard, the 21-year-old was trying to clear a height of 5.70 metres but replays clearly show why the bar came down in Friday's competition. The video has gone viral on social media, with thousands of users commenting on the video, including admirers. "Not the worse thing in the world losing a gold medal in the Olympics because you're packing a French baguette," said one post on X.
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German decathlon star and Olympic medal hope Leo Neugebauer has made it into the latest Mickey Mouse comic strip to be published on Friday. Named Leo Quakgebauer, he is tasked to make Donald Duck's nephew triplets of Huey, Dewey, and Louie (Tick, Trick and Track in the German version) fit for a tug of war contest. "Leo Neugebauer is not only an outstanding athlete, but also a strong role model for young people," said Johannes Kanty, editor in charge of the German-language edition. "We are therefore all the more delighted that we were able to win him over for an exciting comic adventure and are...
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England and Spain will start preparing for the Euro 2024 final in Berlin on Sunday, while the defeated semi-finalists Netherlands and France are heading straight home. Unlike at World Cups, there is no match for third place at the European Championship - and this year's tournament in Germany is no exception. European football ruling body UEFA explained that the match for third place was abolished as part of a change in the tournament's format from 1980 to 1984. "The match was not considered attractive and hasn't been part of the Euros since then," UEFA said on Thursday. There are also no plans...
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The US electric car manufacturer Tesla is grappling with an internal issue involving tens of thousands of missing coffee cups at its plant in Grünheide just outside Berlin, dpa has learnt. Factory manager André Thierig addressed the matter at a staff meeting on Monday, saying that a total of 65,000 coffee cups have been unaccounted for. He humorously remarked, "Statistically, each of you already has five Ikea coffee cups at home," according to a recording of the staff meeting cited by the Handelsblatt business newspaper on Wednesday. Thierig clarified that his comment about the missing cups wa...
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More than 300,000 people have joined an online petition calling for a rematch of Germany's Euro 2024 quarter-final against Spain because of alleged referee mistakes including the Marc Cucurella handball incident. The initiator of the petition on the change.org website, Erik V, explained his move with several wrong calls from English referee Anthony Taylor during Friday's match Spain won 2-1 in extra time. The main incident was when a goal-bound shot from Jamal Musiala hit Cucurella's hand in extra time with the score at 1-1. Taylor did not award a penalty and the video assistant referee did al...
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