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People wait in line for a COVID-19 test at a coronavirus test center in Cologne, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. The city exceeded the important warning level of 50 new infections per 100,000 inhabitants in seven days. More and more German cities become official high risk corona hotspots with travel restrictions within Germany. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) mme120 mme120

October 15, 2020 at 2:06 am

Europe, US reel as virus infections surge at record pace VIEW

Fears rose Thursday that Europe is running out of time to control a resurgence of the coronavirus, as infections hit record daily highs in Germany,...

Business

October 14, 2020 at 2:42 pm

Germany agrees to tighten virus rules as infections rise

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel and the governors of Germany’s 16 states agreed Wednesday to tighten mask-wearing rules and make bars close early in...

September 28, 2020 at 2:50 am

Germany launches new search for nuclear waste storage site

BERLIN (AP) — Germany has launched a new search for a site to store its most radioactive nuclear waste, eliminating a disputed site at a...

Business

September 15, 2020 at 4:26 am

Merkel slams anti-Semitism ‘disgrace’ on Jewish group’s 70th

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel celebrated the renaissance of Jewish life in Germany but denounced the “disgrace” of increasingly open anti-Semitism and racism as...

September 14, 2020 at 1:18 am

Russian opposition leader Navalny able to leave hospital bed VIEW

BERLIN (AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is able to breathe on his own and briefly leave his hospital bed, his doctors said Monday,...

September 2, 2020 at 6:46 am

Germany says Soviet-era nerve agent used on Russia’s Navalny VIEW

BERLIN (AP) — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the same type of Soviet-era nerve agent used in a 2018 attack on a...

Nation & World

September 1, 2020 at 1:59 am

German government sees smaller economic decline this year

BERLIN (AP) — The German economy, Europe's biggest, is performing better than expected following the easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions, the government said Tuesday, as...

Business

August 28, 2020 at 4:59 am

Germany’s Merkel: Don’t link Navalny case to pipeline plan

BERLIN (AP) — Germany has a duty to do what it can to help get to the bottom of the apparent poisoning of Russian opposition...

Business

August 28, 2020 at 3:04 am

EU urges Turkey to stop drilling in Med, ponders sanctions VIEW

BERLIN (AP) — The European Union on Friday urged Turkey to halt what it called its “illegal” prospecting activities in contested waters in the eastern...

Business

August 27, 2020 at 2:14 am

Germany calls for end to east Mediterranean military drills

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Germany's foreign minister on Thursday called for an end to military drills in the eastern Mediterranean to defuse tensions and create...