https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The A3 between Düsseldorf and Cologne was closed down on Monday morning due to five water buffalo blocking the motorway. Emergency services had their work cut out trying to gather the bulky beasts back in. https://www.thelocal.de/20180514/runaway-water-buffaloes-cause-traffic-jams-after-wandering-onto-autobahn Mon, 14 May 2018 13:01:41 +0200 runaway-water-buffaloes-cause-traffic-jams-after-wandering-onto-autobahn Foreign families will soon be able to officially engage au pairs from outside the European Union, as long as they speak German at home, as the government prepares to change the law. https://www.thelocal.de/20130517/49771 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:46:00 +0200 49771 Police arrived early Tuesday morning at a crash in western Germany to find the autobahn drenched in a salad dressing-style spill after a truck loaded with mustard and vinegar skidded and crashed. https://www.thelocal.de/20120710/43665 Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:38:00 +0200 43665 Documents seized in May linked to al Qaida leaders indicate that the terrorist organisation was aiming to take hostages in Germany and other Western countries as part of a "war of attrition," according to a newspaper report. https://www.thelocal.de/20120122/40263 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:15:00 +0100 40263