Human AchievementsAlexander Zverev Wins French Open for His First Grand Slam TitleAfter three lost finals and years of "best player without a major" labels, Germany's Zverev outlasted Flavio Cobolli in five sets to lift the Coupe des Mousquetaires at Roland Garros.
Human AchievementsWatch: German Plunger Pro Pops 60 Balloons in 30 Seconds for World RecordSerial record-breaker Andre Ortolf has set a Guinness World Record by popping 60 balloons in 30 seconds — using only a humble household plunger.
TechnologyGermany Just Turned Its Old Coal Mines Into Europe's Biggest Lake LandscapeAfter 60 years of flooding, the final lake in Germany's 14,000-hectare Lusatian Lakeland opens for swimming this month — turning brown-coal craters into a watery network nearly the size of Lake Como.
