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Germany’s straight-talking new leader is meeting with Trump for the first time. Here’s why it matters
Friedrich Merz, the newly inaugurated German chancellor, will take a seat in the Oval Office on Thursday for his first ...
Germany's Merz eyes car tariff offsetting mechanism after Trump talks
BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday that he would pursue a deal under which U.S. cars could be ...
Musk vs. Trump drama dominated in DC, but Germany's Merz quietly walked away with a win
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump was overshadowed by the drama surrounding Trump ...
What is D-Day? How the Normandy landings led to Germany’s defeat in World War II
Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.
The Economist2d
Germany is building a big scary army
It is also the starkest sign of the extraordinary turn taken by a country that took full receipt of the peace dividend after ...
Violent turbulence hits a Ryanair flight in Germany, forcing an emergency landing and injuring 9
German police say that severe storms in southern Germany forced a Ryanair flight to make an emergency landing late Wednesday ...
Germany to Boost Military by About a Third to Deter Russia
Germany’s defense chief said his country will need to boost its armed forces by as many as 60,000 active soldiers as NATO ...
The Economist1d
Germany thinks about cancelling a public holiday
If Germany is to pay for much needed investments in defence and infrastructure, this needs to change, reckons Clemens Fuest, ...
US tariff policy could cost Germany 90,000 jobs within a year, says labour office chief
U.S. tariff policy could cost Germany 90,000 jobs within a year, the country's labour office head told Sueddeutsche Zeitung ...