The popular energy drink Red Bull is facing a nationwide ban in Germany after traces of cocaine were found in the beverage.

Authorities in Hesse and North-Rhine Westphalia have ordered retailers to stop selling the energy soft drink after traces of de-cocainized extract of coca leaf were found.

German President Horst Koehler, an incumbent, was reelected by a single vote on Saturday for a second five-year term, which came four months ahead of Chancellor Angela Merkel facing a national election.

His narrow victory was a test of party solidarity as he won by 613 votes, defeating the center-left Social Democratic Party candidate Gesine Schwan as secured 503 votes.

A nationwide ban on the energy drink Red Bull Cola looms in Germany after consumer ministries in two states found traces of cocaine in the product.

Authorities in the states of Hesse and North-Rhine Westphalia have ordered retailers to stop selling the drink that keeps people alert after a food safety institute found a non-cocaine extract of coca leaf in the drink.

Tax authorities in Germany are after a Romanian student to collect a 50 percent share and value-added tax from the $13,827 she earned from selling her virginity online.

Alina Percea, 18, a computer studies student in Mannheim, was paid the amount by a middle-aged Italian businessman in exchange for a weekend of sex at a luxury Venetian hotel. Her student visa allows her to work locally, including as a prostitute, for 90 days.

German car maker Porsche on Monday introduced its first-ever four-seat sports car named Panamera at the 13th Shanghai Auto Show in China.

Porsche described the eight-cylinder Panamera as an unprecedented vehicle concept that offers dynamic performance, elegance and luggage space.