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Anti Merkel far-right AfD surges in east German state polls
Though broadly anticipated in pre-election surveys, the outcome delivered another slap to the fragile coalition government of Merkel's CDU and their junior partners the SPD.
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Fridays for Future: Learners continue protests for climate change in Germany
This was the 48th Friday that young people in Germany and other parts of the world were missing school to protest for change.
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New EU chief must piece together diverse top team
The former German defence minister will need all her political and diplomatic skill to knit together a commission from different countries and parties.
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Merkel says recovered from shaking bout after drinking water
Merkel looked as if she were struggling to stand up while she and Zelenskiy listened to national anthems during military honors upon his arrival.
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Merkel team talks climate as voters turn up heat
Strong gains by the Greens at the expense of Germany's two ruling parties in Sunday's European Parliament elections were seen as an indictment of Berlin's policy on climate change.
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Germany to return 15th-century seafarer Cross to Namibia
Placed in 1486 on the western coast of what is today Namibia, the Stone Cross was once considered to be such an important navigation marker that it featured on old world maps.
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Berlin court rules yoga can count as vocational training
The state labour court for Berlin-Brandenburg has ruled a worker has the right to paid leave so they can attend a five-day adult education course.
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3 things to know as Germany opens massive ocean wind park
Erected in just three months last year, Arkona's 60 turbines are already supplying 385 megawatts of electricity - enough for around 400,000 family homes.
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Germany begins 'largest' return of Aborigine remains
Australia's Minister for Communications Mitch Fifield welcomed the planned repatriation of a total of 53 Australian indigenous remains from Germany in April.
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Nato anniversary party turns ugly as US rips Germany, Turkey
President Donald Trump has repeatedly voiced annoyance that few allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are meeting a goal set by the alliance in 2014 to devote 2% of GDP to defence.
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Dutch not favourites against struggling Germany - Van Dijk
The Dutch beat the Germans 3-0 at home last October and came from behind with two late goals to force a 2-2 draw away in Gelsenkirchen one month later to win a place in the Nations League finals.
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Namibian tribes to appeal US ruling on German colonial horrors
A judge in New York said on Wednesday claims by descendants of the Herero and Nama tribes over Germany’s role in what some historians call the 20th century’s first genocide could not proceed in her jurisdiction.
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Lawsuit against Germany over Namibian genocide is dismissed in New York
According to the plaintiffs, thousands of Herero and Nama were slaughtered, left to starve or died at concentration camps from 1904 to 1908, when Namibia was known as South-West Africa, after the tribes rebelled against German rule.
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As Merkel readies to bow out, ‘Angela I’ hits the stage
The veteran leader affectionately known as ‘Mutti’ (mummy) plans to close the curtain on her marathon reign by 2021.
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Germany claims the crown for record gathering of smurfs
Fans of the blue elf-like creatures created in a Belgian comic strip in 1950s, managed to gather 2,762 people dressed and painted blue in the regulation smurf attire -- curly hats and all.
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UK and Russia hold first talks in over a year
Britain's Minister for Europe Alan Duncan held talks with Russia's First Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov on the margins of the Munich Security Conference, according to the foreign office in London.
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Germany seeks ban on gay conversion therapies
Conversion therapies have spread in the United States and have been used by parents of homosexual or transgender adolescents against their will.
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German competition watchdog to rule on Facebook
Officials have been looking into Facebook since mid-2016, charging that the Silicon Valley giant uses other networks to collect masses of information about users without their knowledge.
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ANC accuses 5 Western countries of pushing for regime change in SA
The party was reacting to a 'Sunday Times' report that the five countries wrote to President Cyril Ramaphosa warning him that failure to act against those implicated in corruption placed foreign investment at risk.
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'Farewell to Facebook', bids Germany's retiring Merkel
Angela Merkel decided last year after a series of election setbacks to relinquish leadership of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and not run for another term.
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German police give all-clear after evacuating train due to bomb threat
Police stopped the high-speed train, travelling from Zurich to the northern German city of Kiel, after receiving a bomb threat via telephone, a spokesman said.
