German chancellor Friedrich Merz never got to see Germany play at the Women’s European Championship. “If it goes well we’ll see each other Sunday evening in Basel for the final,” Merz posted on social media before the German team faced World Cup champion Spain in the semifinal match on Wednesday.

Germany's players and coach Christian Wueck said their team would continue to develop and would come back stronger after their extra-time defeat to Spain in the UEFA Women's Euros semi-final.

Aitana Bonmatí struck an extra-time winner to send Spain into Sunday's Euro 2025 final against England at the expense of eight-time winners Germany.

Germany defeated France in the last European Championship at the semi-final stage, the only time Les Bleus have made it that far. Since that 2022 matchup, France have gone out in the quarter-finals at the last two major tournaments (2023 World Cup and 2024 Olympics).

Citi economist Katsuhiko Aiba said the U.S.-Japan trade deal could influence the course of talks with other major auto exporters, namely the EU and South Korea.

Police in northwestern Germany on Sunday said that several people were injured when a car veered off a road, hit a 7-year-old boy on a trampoline and went flying into a barn roof on its side.

For Gundbert Scherf - the co-founder of Germany's Helsing, Europe's most valuable defence start-up - Russia's invasion of Ukraine changed everything.

Spain's Aitana Bonmatí delivered a clutch 113th-minute goal to break the tie vs. Germany. 5 MINS AGO・UEFA Women's EURO・1:11