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German lawmakers end deadlock over top court judge
BERLIN — German lawmakers voted to appoint three judges to the country’s highest court on Thursday in a series of high-stakes ballots that tested the…
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General
Complex mission to retrieve German backpacker’s vehicle
Carolina Wilga’s now-famous Mitsubishi Delica has been moved after its mammoth misadventure. It took four days to pluck the vehicle from the rugged bushland, where…
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Politics
German authorities ‘well prepared’ for social media election interference
Germany’s Federal Network Agency is “well prepared” to respond to online interference in the country’s Feb. 23 parliamentary election, the agency’s president Klaus Müller said following…
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Politics
German president fires starting gun for Feb. 23 election
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved the lower house of parliament, or Bundestag, on Friday in a widely expected move that clears the way for an early…
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Politics
Franziska Brantner elected co-leader of German Greens going into snap elections
WIESBADEN, Germany — The Green Party in Germany elected new leadership on Saturday, with Franziska Brantner being tapped as co-leader, as the party looks ahead…
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Politics
German court finds former Stasi officer guilty of murder
BERLIN — A Berlin court on Monday found a former officer of the East German secret police guilty of murder in what is the first…
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World
German police hunt for a knife attacker who killed three at festival
Special police units on Saturday joined the search for an unknown man who carried out a stabbing attack at a crowded festival in the western…
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No one can say or spell my daughter’s ‘old German’ name – I don’t like it either but people act like I named her ‘Spoon’
A MOM confessed she’s plagued with regret after going ahead with giving her baby girl an old German name. She said trying to agree with…
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Politics
Wolfgang Schäuble, former German finance minister, dies at 81
Wolfgang Schäuble, former German finance minister, longstanding senior lawmaker and a key figure behind Berlin’s controversial austerity push during the eurozone financial crisis, has died…
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Football
Manchester United agree 10-year extension with Adidas worth at least £900m
July 31 (BBC) – Manchester United have agreed a 10-year extension to their partnership with Adidas worth a minimum of £900m. United’s new deal with…
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