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June 30, 2020 at 3:14 am

Germany takes EU hot seat with big challenges, expectations

BERLIN (AP) — Germany, the European Union’s biggest economic power, is taking over the rotating presidency of the 27-nation bloc amid massive challenges and huge...

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June 24, 2020 at 11:27 pm

Lufthansa shareholders approve German rescue package

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Lufthansa shareholders approved a 9 billion-euro ($11 billion) rescue package Thursday that will see the German government take a 20% stake...

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Medical staff and army members take COVID-19 tests of Toennies employees and their families who are quarantined behind fences in Verl, Germany, Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Following the corona outbreak at meat processor Toennies in Rheda-Wiedenbrueck, the federal state authorities are massively restricting public life in the Guetersloh district with a lockdown. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) MME112 MME112

June 23, 2020 at 2:15 am

German region in new lockdown after slaughterhouse outbreak VIEW

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities slapped new lockdown measures Tuesday on a western region that has seen hundreds of coronavirus infections linked to a slaughterhouse,...

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June 23, 2020 at 1:26 am

Ex-CEO of Wirecard arrested in scandal over missing billions

BERLIN (AP) — The former CEO of German financial technology company Wirecard has been arrested on suspicion of misrepresenting the firm's finances in an accounting...

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June 21, 2020 at 11:24 pm

Wirecard scandal: Missing billions likely don’t exist

BERLIN (AP) — German payment service provider Wirecard said Monday it has concluded that 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) which were supposed to be held...

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June 18, 2020 at 6:23 am

Emeritus Pope Benedict in Germany to be with ailing brother VIEW

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI traveled to his native Germany on Thursday to be by his brother's sickbed and will stay there...

June 17, 2020 at 8:07 am

Germany: 657 virus cases at slaughterhouse in new outbreak

BERLIN (AP) — Regional officials in western Germany said Wednesday that the number of new COVID-19 cases linked to a large meatpacking plant has risen...

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June 15, 2020 at 6:04 am

Germany to take stake in company working on virus vaccine

BERLIN (AP) — The German government said Monday it is taking a 23% stake in CureVac, a German company working on a potential vaccine for...

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Residents wearing face masks to curb the spread of the coronavirus shop for fruit at an open air market in Beijing, Monday, June 15, 2020. China’s capital was bracing Monday for a resurgence of the coronavirus after more than 100 new cases were reported in recent days in a city that hadn’t seen a case of local transmission in more than a month. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) XHG110 XHG110

June 14, 2020 at 11:12 pm

Rise in infections shows need for vigilance as world reopens VIEW

BERLIN (AP) — European countries reopened borders Monday after a three-month coronavirus shutdown, although international visitors are still being kept away and there was uncertainty...

June 4, 2020 at 6:15 am

Germany, France hope cloud data project to boost sovereignty

BERLIN (AP) — Germany and France on Thursday launched a project to set up a European cloud computing platform that they hope will enhance European...

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