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Majority in 16 NRW cities backs KölnRheinRuhr Olympics bid
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Citizens in 16 of 17 North Rhine-Westphalia cities approved by mail vote the KölnRheinRuhr region's bid for the 2036, 2040 or 2044 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games. About 1.4 million of more than four million eligible voters participated. Only Herten missed the quorum.
Police have detained four men in Cologne-Marsdorf after a witness reported hearing gunshots. The men had exited a car and fled the scene.
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On Sunday around 1.5 million people marched through central Cologne for Christopher Street Day. Organizers and politicians stressed the importance for queer rights.
In Cologne, a 24-year-old woman drove a rental car towards police officers after a family dispute, prompting an officer to fire a warning shot. She continued fleeing on sidewalks, endangering pedestrians, before veering off the road at an intersection. The psychologically conspicuous woman was taken to a hospital.