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German foreign minister visits Kyiv, pledges continued support for Ukraine

KYIV: Foreign minister Johann Wadephul made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday, in a show of continuing support for Ukraine’s fight to repel Russia’s invasion as US-led international peace efforts fail to make progress.Wadephul was due to meet with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.Wadephul said in a statement that […]

German government shows cracks over nuclear energy

Representative Image (AI-generated) It was only a relatively petty dispute over the organization of an EU event in Brussels. And yet, revealed how differently Economy Minister Katherina Reiche — of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) — and Environment Minister Carsten Schneider — of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD) — think about renewable energy, […]

German court rules turning away asylum-seekers unlawful

The Berlin Administrative Court on Monday ruled that the rejection of asylum-seekers at border controls is unlawful unless carried out under the EU’s Dublin procedure.The urgent decision is a blow to Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who has pledged to crack down on migration. Shortly after taking office last month, Chancellor Merz’s government advised police that they […]

3 patients killed in fire that broke out at a hospital in German city of Hamburg

Firefighters with breathing apparatus and a ladder truck work at the Marienkrankenhaus hospital in Hamburg, Germany (AP) BERELIN: Three patients were killed and many people were injured, one of them critically, in a fire that broke out overnight at a hospital in the German city of Hamburg, authorities said on Sunday.Firefighters were alerted to the […]

Namibia urges reparations at first German genocide memorial

Namibia holds its first genocide remembrance day to mark mass killings by colonial ruler Germany (AP) WINDHOEK: President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah repeated calls Wednesday for Germany to pay reparations for its genocide against Namibian tribes as she led the first official commemoration of the atrocity more than 120 years ago.Thousands of indigenous Herero and Nama people […]

German court dismisses climate case against RWE | World News

German court dismisses climate case against RWE (Photo: AP) In a decision that has been ten years in the making, judges in the western German city of Hamm have thrown out the case of a Peruvian farmer seeking damages from energy giant RWE for the risk of flooding connected to melting glaciers.Delivering its verdict in […]

Struggling German steel giant Thyssenkrupp plans major overhaul | World News

FRANKFURT: Thyssenkrupp said Monday it planned a major overhaul that will split the vast conglomerate into several standalone businesses, fuelling fears about further job losses and a looming break-up of the historic German industrial titan. Once a symbol of German manufacturing might, Thyssenkrupp has fallen into crisis in recent years as high costs at home, […]

German woman due in court after mass stabbing in Hamburg

Emergency services at the scene of a stabbing at Hamburg Central Station in Hamburg, Germany (AP) BERLIN: A German woman accused of a mass stabbing attack at a train station in Hamburg was to appear before a judge Saturday, while the number of victims wounded rose to 18, police said.The suspect, a 39-year-old woman, was […]

German Police Arrest Five Teenagers in Domestic Terrorism Raid

The group planned and carried out arson attacks on buildings housing asylum seekers, authorities said, warning that far-right extremist organizations are increasingly attracting young people. Source link

German police officer fatally shoots man who threatened people with knife outside nightclub

A German police officer on Sunday shot and killed a man who threatened people with a knife outside a night club in the northern city of Oldenburg.The man also used an “irritant gas” against two night club employees, and later, on a group of police officers.Also Read: Hundreds at solidarity march after synagogue attack in […]