The German city of Cologne has finished evacuating 20,500 people, its largest evacuation order since World War II, after officials defused three massive, unexploded bombs.

The German city of Cologne has finished evacuating 20,500 people, its largest evacuation order since World War II, after officials defused three massive, unexploded bombs.

Finding bombs from WW2 is not unusual in German cities such as Cologne and Berlin, but these bombs were particularly large. Reuters Many of the city's usually bustling streets were eerily deserted ...

Finding bombs from WW2 is not unusual in German cities such as Cologne and Berlin, but these bombs were particularly large. Image source, Reuters. Image caption, ...

BERLIN — Some 20,500 people were evacuated on Wednesday from the city of Cologne, in western Germany, as explosives experts prepared to defuse three unexploded World War II bombs found during ...

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