German Cabinet approves a lower 2024 budget as it eyes a return to financial ‘normality’

BERLIN (AP) – As Europe’s largest economy sticks to rules to limit borrowing halted by the coronavirus pandemic, the German cabinet on Wednesday sees an exception for spending cuts, including defense, in 2024. Approved the budget. The government’s plan calls for spending of €445.7 billion ($486 billion), 6.4% below the €476.3 billion expected to be […]

REPORT: Two-Time German Olympic Gold Medalist Convicted Of Child Sexual Abuse

A former Olympic cyclist and two-time gold medalist was found guilty Wednesday in a child sexual abuse case, the Associated Press reported. Gregor Braun, 67, has been charged with sexually abusing a child, soliciting serious sexual abuse of a child, and soliciting the production of abuse images in several cases by a German court, according […]