Paraguay pulled off one of the biggest upsets in World Cup history on Monday, knocking out Germany in a penalty shootout. The result didn't come without controversy. Germany had a goal from Jonathan ...

A landmark film in the history of Weimar German cinema, G.W. Pabst’s Pandora’s Box (1929) is a sensually lurid depiction of a woman whose charm and beauty leads to the downfall of both her as well as ...

“It may not be Hitler 2.0. It may not be Stalin 2.0. It might be something all American, but it’s not going to be what we’re used to,” the author Rod Dreher argues. By Ross Douthat Produced by ...

How a Maasai community in Kenya overcame a deadly drought The first Great Wall of China trek Anthony Bourdain's 'Don't Eat Before Reading This' Echo and the elephants The discovery of the Terra Nova ...

Aerial laser-scanning data reveal that, from ad 100 to ad 300, an area spanning less than 3% of the Greater Amazonia region probably supported between 1.25 million and 3 million people and contained ...

Though open for just 14 years, the Bauhaus marked the beginning of Modernism and its impact is still felt today Van de Velde designed and lived in House Hohe Pappeln from 1908-1917 when he was art ...

In July 1946, dozens of German children stepped off a passenger ferry at Dun Laoighaire Pier, kickstarting a proud period in Irish history that is often overlooked. The children were the first German ...

Since its inception as the Strictly Stock Division, what is now the NASCAR Cup Series has evolved into one of the most popular sports in the world. In the beginning, race cars were driven off the ...

Germany might not seem an obvious destination for a beach break, but the North Frisian Islands have been a holiday hotspot for Germans for centuries. Most gravitate towards the slender, windswept isle ...

As sure as the River Elbe runs through Dresden, so too does an undercurrent of dignity and stoicism. Even without prior knowledge of the city’s history, you can feel it like a physical force emanating ...

On May 10, 1933, university students in 34 university towns across Germany burned over 25,000 books. The works of Jewish authors like Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud went up in flames alongside ...

Frenchman Nicéphore Niépce produces first permanent photograph of a view from nature. Uses the photosensitivity of bitumen of Judea. January: Englishman William Henry Fox Talbot presents to the Royal ...