Mercedes-Benz and Porsche are showcasing curvaceous, high-end electric sports cars at the Frankfurt auto show as part of an industry effort to counter Tesla, avert billions in European pollution fines and defuse complaints from climate activists.

Frankfurt Motor Show 2019: Major automakers show EV cars and technologies | WION Wallet

The "hang loose" sign with one hand, a big smile and aviator glasses: you just can't miss tram driver Peter Wirth. Known as the "Bahnbabo," or in English, "tram boss," he's a local institution in the western German city of Frankfurt. The city's coolest tram driver, who has been a hobby bodybuilder for 36 years, doesn't just show off his big muscles - he puts them to use. He gets out of the driver's seat and helps people with bags and luggage, and walks through the car chatting up passengers of all ages.

Frankfurt's favourite tram driver is a bodybuilding 'boss'

A 40-year-old Eritrean man killed an eight-year-old boy on Monday by pushing him in front of an oncoming train at Frankfurt's main train station in Germany, police said.

Man pushes boy in front of train in Germany, killing him

West Ham United have signed French striker Sebastien Haller from Bundesliga team Eintracht Frankfurt for an undisclosed club-record fee, the Premier League club said on Wednesday.

West Ham sign French striker Sebastien Haller from Frankfurt

Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Kante will miss the second leg of their Europa League semi-final against Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday and faces a further two weeks out with a hamstring problem, manager Maurizio Sarri said on Wednesday.

Chelsea's N'Golo Kante out of Europa League semi against Frankfurt

Residents hoofing it to work in a leafy area of Frankfurt have an unusual companion in the mornings - Jenny the Arabian mare. When Werner Weischedel opens the stable door in the morning, Jenny begins her daily walk around the German city's Fechenheim district, meandering freely along tram tracks and riverside walkways.

Jenny the horse trots the streets of Frankfurt

German prosecutors said Monday they had charged former Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn and four other managers over the group's "dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal.

German prosecutors charge ex-Volkswagen boss Winterkorn with fraud

An Air India flight from Delhi to Frankfurt Wednesday suffered a mid-air decompression and consequently, it returned to the airport "keeping the safety of 220 passengers in mind", said the national carrier in a statement.

Air India's Delhi-Frankfurt flight faces mid-air decompression, returns within 15 minutes

Following weeks of speculation, the bank announced that German Christian Sewing, 47, would succeed John Cryan who has been at the helm since 2015 with Sewing as deputy CEO and head of private banking

Crisis-hit Deutsche Bank pushes out British CEO

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