Berlin  - Siemens is not achieving its full potential on the international stage, because its management is too white, too German and too male, the chief executive of the engineering concern, Peter

Wellington - How and why 75-year-old solo German sailor Eric Poehlmann went missing after his yacht capsized off New Zealand might never be known, police said Wednesday.

Hamburg (dpa) - As petrol prices continue to hit the roof, the world's
major car makers are rushing ahead with plans to produce huge numbers

Munich- A valuable 17th century painting seized by the Nazis has
been returned to the family of its former owner but will remain on

Berlin - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier welcomed the latest developments in the Middle East on Monday, a day before Berlin hosts a ministerial conference on Palestinian security.

There were good reasons to support the positive developments of recent weeks, he said in reference to the Palestinian-Israeli truce in the Gaza Strip and peace talks between the Jewish state and Syria.

At the same time, there was a need for caution because past efforts towards achieving a Mideast solution had failed to bear fruit, Steinmeier said in a television interview.

Munich - Two minority young men went on trial Monday over an assault in a Munic