Luisa Beck

May 28, 2021 at 3:02 am

Germany acknowledges colonial genocide in Namibia and promises development projects

BERLIN — Germany's government acknowledged on Friday that it committed genocide during its colonial occupation of what is now Namibia and promised more than $1...

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March 30, 2021 at 1:20 pm

Germany halts AstraZeneca vaccine for people under 60 because of clot worries

BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday said the country will halt the use of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine for people under 60 due to...

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March 3, 2021 at 5:50 am

German intelligence agency says it is watching far-right AfD party for extremism

BERLIN — The far-right Alternative for Germany party on Wednesday denounced steps by the country's domestic intelligence agency to place it under watch for suspected...

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October 10, 2020 at 7:32 am

Europe looks to avoid layoffs amid second COVID wave and new lockdowns

Faced with the prospect of mass layoffs coinciding with a second wave of COVID-19 and new lockdowns, European leaders are extending their commitment to generous,...

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September 16, 2020 at 5:00 am

Germany suspends dozens of police officers for neo-Nazi chat messages

BERLIN — Twenty-nine German police officers were suspended Wednesday for participating in extremist chat groups that shared images like swastikas and a depiction of refugees...

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July 2, 2020 at 10:10 am

Germany disbands elite military unit after reports of right-wing extremism

BERLIN — One sergeant major suspected of far-right ties had a cache of weapons in a bunker at his home. Other officers were reported to...

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February 20, 2020 at 4:58 am

Merkel says racism a ‘poison’ Germany must face as 10 killed in far-right shooting VIEW

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday said Germany must overcome the "poison" of racism after a gunman killed 10 people in attacks linked to...

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November 7, 2019 at 8:22 am

30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, children of a united Germany remain divided

BERLIN — Michael Weber had just turned three when the Berlin Wall fell and doesn't remember life before communist East Germany reunited with the capitalist...

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October 9, 2019 at 5:32 am

Gunman live-streamed attack outside German synagogue that left two dead

BERLIN - A gunman killed two people outside a synagogue in the eastern German city of Halle on Wednesday, apparently filming his attack on a...

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February 19, 2018 at 3:12 pm

In laws, rhetoric and acts of violence, Europe is rewriting dark chapters of its past

The degree to which European politicians are now stoking racial and religious prejudices is exceptional in recent years, experts say. And the 20th century’s dark...

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