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September 12, 2019 at 12:26 am

German police shoot Polish man suspected of killing woman

BERLIN (AP) — A man wanted for slaying a woman in Poland who fled across the border into Germany was shot and killed by police...

September 9, 2019 at 3:05 am

UN atomic watchdog confirms Iran installing new centrifuges VIEW

BERLIN (AP) — The United Nations' atomic watchdog confirmed Monday that Iran is preparing to use more advanced centrifuges, another breach of limits set in...

August 28, 2019 at 6:01 am

Germany in touch with Romania on child-abuse investigation

BERLIN (AP) — Officials in Berlin said Wednesday they are in touch with Romanian authorities over an investigation into a German-run program there in which...

FILE – In this Aug. 15, 2019, file photo, a boat navigates at night next to large icebergs in eastern Greenland. As warmer temperatures cause the ice to retreat the Arctic region is taking on new geopolitical and economic importance, and not just the United States hopes to stake a claim, with Russia, China and others all wanting in. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File) XFD305 XFD305

August 22, 2019 at 11:08 am

Climate change turns Arctic into strategic, economic hotspot VIEW

TASIILAQ, Greenland (AP) — From a helicopter, Greenland's brilliant white ice and dark mountains make the desolation seem to go on forever. And the few...

Business

August 19, 2019 at 7:02 am

Wide implications as Germany teeters toward recession

BERLIN (AP) — Germany, Europe's industrial powerhouse and biggest economy, with companies like Volkswagen, Siemens and BASF, may be entering a recession, according to a...

Business

August 8, 2019 at 2:51 am

Former SS guard of Nazi camp, 92, to go on trial in Germany

BERLIN (AP) — A 92-year-old former SS private will go on trial this fall in Germany on 5,230 counts of being an accessory to murder,...

August 3, 2019 at 7:22 am

Walloped by heat wave, Greenland sees massive ice melt

BERLIN (AP) — The heat wave that smashed high temperature records in five European countries a week ago is now over Greenland, accelerating the melting...

August 1, 2019 at 8:36 am

Walloped by heat wave, Greenland sees massive ice melt

The melting has been brought on by the arrival of the same warm air from North Africa and Spain that recently melted European cities and...

Nation & World

July 20, 2019 at 1:29 am

Germany marks 75th anniversary of plot to kill Hitler

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Europeans to confront populism, nationalism, racism and anti-Semitism as she paid tribute to the Nazi resistance...

July 17, 2019 at 5:25 am

UN court rejects Pakistan’s argument in Indian spy case

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations' highest court ordered Pakistan on Wednesday to stay the execution of an alleged Indian spy and undertake...