The Group of 20 (G20) leading industrialized nations plan to set up a financing mechanism to prepare for future pandemics, according to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. They aim to lay the foundations to ensure that […]
One year after the opening of the German capital’s beleaguered new BER airport, its boss has again pointed out the tight financial situation. “We need money quickly, we need cash,” Aletta von Massenbach told the […]
Facebook is giving itself a new name – Meta – as part of a reshuffle that sees the social media platform become just one of several products maintained by a new umbrella company. “Starting today […]
US President Joe Biden called for continued work on a US-German agreement on the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline, amid preparations in Berlin to form a new government. Biden stressed the importance of continuing to […]
Germany is under increasing threat from cyberattack, the government body responsible for information technology security said in delivering its 2021 report on Thursday.The current situation is described as “tense to critical,” the Bonn-based Federal Office […]
The German rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 carrying more than 400 migrants picked up from boats in the Mediterranean continued its wait to be allowed to dock on Thursday after the Italian coastguard took off a […]
The three parties hoping to form Germany’s next coalition government – the Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) – say they are aiming to have a new administration in place […]
South Korea on Thursday carried out its first ever test of a domestically produced space rocket, but admitted that it had not succeeded in its key task of putting a dummy satellite into orbit. The […]
The leaders of the three Benelux countries were among those heaping pressure on Warsaw about rule-of-law issues at an EU summit. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said the main issue was the independence of the judiciary, rather […]
German hotels and guesthouses saw bed occupancy rates rise to almost pre-pandemic levels, driven by a rise in domestic travellers, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reported on Friday. Overnight stays in August were down just […]
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