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‘Works like a German car…no zigzag’: Envoy’s video inviting Indians amid H-1B uncertainty in US triggers debate

German Ambassador to India, Philipp Ackermann, took a dig at the H-1B row that the US created and invited skilled Indians to Germany. Amid the H-1B row in the US which will make it harder for Indians to get a job in the US as companies will have to pay a hiked fee of $100,000 […]

New burial laws to modernize German funeral culture

The German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt have overhauled their burial legislation, with lawmakers in the western German state taking the biggest stride. “After more than 42 years we have created a new framework that reconciles the individual ideas and wishes of the people in the state with a dignified act of bidding farewell,” said […]

German court rejects deported Yazidi family’s return

Iraqi Yazidi women mourn during a ceremony marking the 11th anniversary of the Yazidi genocide by the Islamic State in Iraq (AP image) The Potsdam Administrative Court has rejected an emergency application by a Yazidi family seeking reentry to Germany after their deportation to Iraq.The decision comes amid political pressure and public debate over whether […]

Middle East crisis: Friedrich Merz halts German military exports to Israel over Gaza issue; urges aid access

German chancellor Friedrich Merz (AP image) Germany chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday announced that German will suspend the export of military equipment to Israel that could be used in the Gaza Strip. This announcement came in response to Israel’s plan to take control of Gaza City.Merz said it was becoming “increasingly difficult to understand” how […]

Daisy Shah applauds German Circus for replacing animals with holograms; calls it “Tech with heart” : Bollywood News

Actress Daisy Shah recently shared an update on her Instagram story, reposting a video about a German circus that has made a major leap by replacing live animals with breathtaking holograms in its performances. Daisy Shah applauds German Circus for replacing animals with holograms; calls it “Tech with heart” Calling it a, “beautiful initiative,” Daisy […]

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 […]