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Germany’s straight-talking new leader is meeting with Trump for the first time. Here’s why it matters
Friedrich Merz, the newly inaugurated German chancellor, will take a seat in the Oval Office on Thursday for his first ...
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Germany is building a big scary army
It is also the starkest sign of the extraordinary turn taken by a country that took full receipt of the peace dividend after ...
US tariff policy could cost Germany 90,000 jobs within a year, says labour office chief
U.S. tariff policy could cost Germany 90,000 jobs within a year, the country's labour office head told Sueddeutsche Zeitung ...
What is D-Day? How the Normandy landings led to Germany’s defeat in World War II
Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.
Germany to Boost Military by About a Third to Deter Russia
Germany’s defense chief said his country will need to boost its armed forces by as many as 60,000 active soldiers as NATO ...
WWII bombs found in Cologne, Germany prompt evacuations
Tens of thousands evacuated from German city on Wednesday after wartime bombs were discovered, in largest such operation ...
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Germany thinks about cancelling a public holiday
If Germany is to pay for much needed investments in defence and infrastructure, this needs to change, reckons Clemens Fuest, ...
Euthanasia Advocate Who Assisted in Woman’s Suicide Dies in Germany
Dr. Florian Willet had been under investigation in Switzerland after being present when an American woman died using a ...
Germany's Merz says some US lawmakers have 'no idea' of scale of Russia's rearmament
Some U.S. lawmakers do not understand the scale of Russia's rearmament campaign, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on ...