New York

Teens' New York jaunt costs Berlin €40,000

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.

human rights

Germany gets on UN Human Rights Council

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.

Frankfurt

German wins Empire State Building race – yet again

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.

Terrorism

Deutsche Bank letter bomb was operational

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.

US

Hochtief wins Madison Square Garden deal

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.

US

Stuttgart man wins Empire State Building Run-Up race

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.