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BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel will on Friday begin a final stretch of negotiations with Germany’s second biggest party to form a government, four months after an inconclusive election left the country in political limbo. Merkel will meet with Social Democrat leader Martin Schulz and the chief of her Bavarian allies, Horst Seehofer, at 0800 GMT, sources close to the talks told AFP. As Germany’s European partners are beginning to be weary over the long-running […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Trains on Germany’s intercity lines resumed running early Friday, a day after being suspended when violent gales battered northern Europe, as the toll of the deadly storm rose to eight in the country. Two more people were reported killed in the worst storm to strike Germany in a decade, adding to an earlier toll of six which included two firefighters deployed to attend to emergencies. A 64-year-old man fell eight […]
by Hui Min Neo with Jo Biddle in The Hague Agence France-Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Nine people including two firefighters were killed Thursday as violent gales battered northern Europe, snapping air and train links. Germany halted all long-distance rail traffic for at least a day, while numerous domestic flights were scrapped as hurricane-force winds lashed the country. The storm claimed six lives in Germany, including two firefighters deployed in emergency operations and two truck […]
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) — Germany’s Volkswagen said Wednesday it sold a record number of vehicles in 2017, putting it on track to hold on to the title of world’s largest carmaker two years after its “dieselgate” emissions scandal. Some 10.74 million vehicles from VW or its subsidiaries ranging from Porsche and Audi to Skoda and Seat rolled out of dealerships last year — an increase of 4.3 percent over the previous year, the […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Aabot sa 350 na nurse ang kailangan ng Germany batay sa impormasyon mula sa Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). Kabilang sa mga kailangan ay mga nurse na may dalawang taong karanasan sa intensive care unit (ICU), general, medical at surgical ward, geriatric care, at operating room. Babayaran ng employer ang visa at pamasahe patungo sa nabanggit na bansa. Ayon sa POEA, may starting monthly salary na 1,900 Euros o 114 […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — The United States and Germany urged China to free an outspoken government critic known as “Super Vulgar Butcher” on Wednesday after he was sentenced to eight years in prison. Wu Gan, who refused to plead guilty to charges of “subverting state power,” was on Tuesday handed one of the harshest punishments meted out to a group of lawyers and activists swept up in a major crackdown two years ago. “The embassies […]
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — Australia will play Germany in the opening round of the Davis Cup World Group on hard court in Brisbane in February, organizers said Monday. The tie is expected to pit two of the world’s leading young players against each other — Australia’s Nick Kyrgios and Germany’s Alexander Zverev, the current world number four. Kyrgios led Australia to the Davis Cup semi-finals this year, while Zverev had his best year on tour, winning 55 […]
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) — German chemicals giant BASF has agreed to merge its Wintershall oil and gas unit with the DEA energy firm owned by Russia’s billionaire entrepreneur Mikhail Fridman. The multi-billion-euro deal will create “one of the largest independent European exploration and production companies” with “significant growth potential” and scope for synergies, BASF said in a statement late Thursday. BASF said it would initially hold 67 percent of shares in the joint venture, which […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — At least 47 people were injured when a passenger train crashed into a freight train near the western German city of Duesseldorf on Tuesday, prompting a large rescue operation. At least three of the passengers were “badly hurt” while the vast majority suffered light injuries, the Meerbusch fire department said on Twitter, giving the overall toll. The train was carrying 155 people. It was not immediately clear what caused the accident, which happened […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) – A German court will decide Thursday whether to hear a Peruvian farmer’s case against energy giant RWE over climate change damage in the Andes. Saul Luciano Lliuya argues that RWE, as one of the world’s top emitters of climate-altering carbon dioxide, must share in the cost of protecting his hometown Huaraz from a swollen glacier lake at risk of overflowing from melting snow and ice. After an initial hearing in mid-November, the court […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Global equities pushed higher on Tuesday, with leading US indices ending at fresh records as investors shrugged off continued political uncertainty in Germany. Germany’s president held talks with party leaders in a last-ditch attempt to save the EU’s top economy from the political turmoil sparked by the collapse of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition talks. But equity markets were unperturbed by the uncertainty, pushing higher across Asia, Europe and the […]
by Frank ZELLER Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Germany’s president was to lead a push from Tuesday to save the EU’s top economy from the political turmoil sparked by the collapse of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition talks. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who takes centre stage because he can call snap elections, was to use his diplomatic skills as former foreign minister to persuade parties to return to the negotiating table. The head of state, who […]
