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 A Berlin school shocked authorities when it applied for a subsidy of over €38,000 to take 15 pupils on a week-long class trip to New York to improve their English. https://www.thelocal.de/20151104/teens-new-york-jaunt-costs-government-40000 Wed, 04 Nov 2015 16:27:11 +0100 teens-new-york-jaunt-costs-government-40000 The United States and Germany won a closely contested race Monday among western nations for UN Human Rights Council seats, while the likes of Venezuela and Pakistan secured places without a competitive vote. https://www.thelocal.de/20121113/46129 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 09:28:00 +0100 46129 German athlete Thomas Dold humiliated the competition once again this week in the race he loves the most – for the seventh year running, he climbed the 86 floors of the Empire State Building in New York City faster than anyone else. https://www.thelocal.de/20120210/40667 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:51:00 +0100 40667 A suspected letter bomb addressed to Deutsche Bank chief Josef Ackermann which was intercepted on Wednesday at the bank's Frankfurt headquarters, could have exploded, German police have confirmed. https://www.thelocal.de/20111208/39375 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:49:00 +0100 39375 Hochtief has won a contract to transform New York's Madison Square Garden, which a unit of the German construction group built more than 40 years ago, it said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20100716/28555 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:38:00 +0200 28555 A German man has won the race to the top of the Empire State Building Run-Up in New York City, improving on his win from last year by one second. https://www.thelocal.de/20090204/17191 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:00:00 +0100 17191