Read more about the article GERMAN JAILED: Daughter Fights To Free Dad Initially Jailed For 25 Years After Filming Anti-Government Protest In Cuba
Luis Frometa Compte and his daughter Janie Frometa, 35, pose in undated photo. The man from Dresden, Germany, was jailed for 25 years in prison because he filmed a stick operation by the Cuban police. (Janie Frometa/Newsflash)
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GERMAN JAILED: Daughter Fights To Free Dad Initially Jailed For 25 Years After Filming Anti-Government Protest In Cuba

A daughter has launched a campaign to free her dad who was initially jailed for 25 years for taking a single video on his mobile phone of an anti-government protest march in Cuba. Luis Frometa Compte, 59, has been in prison in Cuba since 2021 and although his sentence was…

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October 26, 2022
Read more about the article SPY CHIEFS TO PROBE GERMAN TECH COMPANY: IT Firm ‘Helped Iran Censor Internet’
Photo shows an Instagram post of Arvancloud, undated photo. Softqloud company in the city of Meerbusch, near Dusseldorf, Germany, which is a branch of Arvancloud, is allegedly helping Iran to cut off the internet. (@arvancloud/Newsflash)
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SPY CHIEFS TO PROBE GERMAN TECH COMPANY: IT Firm ‘Helped Iran Censor Internet’

A tech company in Germany is to be investigated by state spy chiefs over reports that it has helped Iran censor the internet. Softqloud GmbH - from Meerbusch, near the city of Dusseldorf - is said to be helping an Iranian service provider restrict internet access in the country amid…

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October 24, 2022
Read more about the article BACK TO THE FUTURE: Resurrecting Billion-Year-Old Enzymes Reveals How Photosynthesis Adapted To Rise Of Oxygen
Image shows the evolution of modern photosynthesis, undated photo. Max Planck Researchers reconstructed billion-year-old enzymes in the city of Marburg, Germany. (Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Hochberg/Newsflash)
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BACK TO THE FUTURE: Resurrecting Billion-Year-Old Enzymes Reveals How Photosynthesis Adapted To Rise Of Oxygen

German scientists have deciphered one of the key adaptations of early photosynthesis by reconstructing billion-year-old enzymes. Using various methods, the research team from the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg, Hesse, Germany successfully resurrected and studied billion-year-old Rubiscos in the lab. Rubisco, which is probably the most…

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October 17, 2022
Read more about the article FAKING KIT: Customs Officers Seize Fake Branded Clothes Worth Over GBP 2.8m
Image shows the clothes worth over EUR 3.2 million (GBP 2.8 million), undated photo. The clothes were seized by the Dresden Customs in Germany on Aug. 1, and Sept. 7, 2022. (Zoll/Newsflash)
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FAKING KIT: Customs Officers Seize Fake Branded Clothes Worth Over GBP 2.8m

German customs have seized two lorries full of fake branded clothes worth over GBP 2.8 million. Customs officers in Dresden caught the first truck attempting to smuggle clothes - including forged Nike, Adidas, Levis and Puma items - on Monday, 1st August, 2022. Officers had decided to have a look…

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October 17, 2022
Read more about the article YOU’RE PULLING MY LEG: German Cops Hand Ancient Foot Back To Egyptian Authorities After Finding It On eBay
Image shows an ancient Egyptian mummy foot, undated. It was handed over handed to the Egyptian ambassador in Germany's capital Berlin on Thursday, Sep. 8, 2022. (Polizei Krefeld/Newsflash)
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YOU’RE PULLING MY LEG: German Cops Hand Ancient Foot Back To Egyptian Authorities After Finding It On eBay

An ancient mummified foot was handed back to Egypt after it was found on eBay Classified Ads and anonymously reported to police. Police were alerted to the bizarre artefact, which included part of the lower leg, at the end of April. The mummified body part, which an expert later confirmed…

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September 22, 2022