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Germany puts 100-year-old on trial for Nazi crimes

  by David COURBET Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) --- A 100-year-old former concentration camp guard will on Thursday…

Germany’s Social Democrats win election but uncertainty beckons

by Michelle FITZPATRICK FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) -- Germany braced for a period of political unpredictability Monday after the Social Democrats…

Greens face dashed hopes, new leverage in German vote aftermath

by Deborah COLE Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) - With growing fears about global warming, deadly floods linked to climate…

Thunberg to join mass German climate strikes before vote

by Deborah COLE Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) - Tens of thousands of climate activists including Greta Thunberg are due…

Germany’s climate militants fight for parliamentary seats

by Yann SCHREIBER with Pauline CURTET in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Agence France-Presse MONCHENGLADBACH, Germany (AFP) - Dressed in a rainbow-coloured unicorn costume,…

Germany readies for election that will end Merkel era

  by Michelle FITZPATRICK Agence France Presse FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) -- Germany goes to the polls on Sunday in an…

Shock in Germany after cashier shot dead in mask row

by Michelle FITZPATRICK Agence France Presse FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) -- Germany reacted with shock and outrage on Tuesday after a…

UK rules out gas supply emergency as prices soar

by Véronique DUPONT Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - Britain's government does not expect a gas supply emergency during…

Climate activists heckle Germany’s Laschet at election rally

BREMEN, Germany (AFP) - Climate activists on Thursday heckled Armin Laschet, the conservative candidate seeking to replace Chancellor Angela Merkel, disrupting…

Merkel’s record mixed as she takes wheel at last IAA show

by Sophie MAKRIS Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) - No German leader's diary would be complete without a visit to…

Talks with Taliban must continue to evacuate more people: Merkel

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday called for a dialogue with the Taliban as the hardline…

Germany says US, allies can’t evacuate all Afghans who need protection by Aug 31

BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- Western allies will not be able to fly every Afghan who needs protection out of Kabul…

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