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Ukraine invasion — explained
Siemens headquarters in Munich, Germany, pictured in May 2019. The German industrial giant is ending operations in Russia after more than a century.

German industrial giant Siemens is leaving Russia after nearly 170 years

May 12, 2022
The company first arrived in Russia in 1851 to deliver devices for a major telegraph line. It primarily does maintenance work on high-speed trains these days — though it's now winding down operations.
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Russia-Ukraine recap
U.N. Secretary-General António <a href="https://www.npr.org/live-updates/ukraine-russia-moldova-putin-04-26-2022#u-n-chief-urges-russias-foreign-minister-to-call-a-ceasefire-and-end-the-suffering"></a>Guterres (left) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 26)

Apr 26, 2022
A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Ukraine invasion — explained
The luxury superyacht Dilbar sails off the coast of Monaco in 2017.

Germany seizes the world's largest yacht (at least according to volume)

Apr 14, 2022
German authorities impounded the 15,917-ton yacht after confirming that sanctioned Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov had transferred ownership to his sister, who is also under Western sanctions.
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Ukraine invasion — explained
Alla Ilyinichna Sinelnikova (left), 90, and Sonya Leibovna Tartakovskaya, 83, were recently evacuated from Ukraine to Germany. Both are survivors of the Holocaust, and this is the second time they are fleeing war. "I never thought I would live to see suc

Ukrainian Holocaust survivors flee war again — this time to Germany

Apr 12, 2022
Germany has welcomed dozens of the oldest refugees fleeing Ukraine — those who survived the Holocaust during World War II. They've now narrowly escaped death for the second time in their lives.
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Europe
An 85-year-old man receives a booster vaccination in the so-called "vaccination express" tram in central Frankfurt, on Nov. 4, 2021.

Lawmakers in Germany are weighing compulsory COVID shots for people over 60

Apr 07, 2022
Chancellor Olaf Schmidt said the measure is necessary to prepare for a new rise in cases and a possible new variant later in the year.
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Russia-Ukraine recap
This aerial view taken near Kyiv on Wednesday shows a destroyed house in the village of Lukianivka.

Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (March 30)

Mar 30, 2022
A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Europe
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki is seen at the Chancellery in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday.

Poland to cut all Russian oil imports while Germany warns on gas supplies

Mar 30, 2022
Poland launches the most radical plan among European nations to wean off Russian energy sources while Germany issues the first of three warning levels over supply.
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Ukraine invasion — explained
A screen on the roof of a building in central St. Petersburg, Russia, displays the symbol "Z" and a slogan reading: "We don't give up on our people" on Friday.

German states outlaw displays of the letter 'Z,' a symbol of Russia's war in Ukraine

Mar 28, 2022
Displaying a "Z" in Bavaria or Lower Saxony could result in a fine or up to three years in jail. People across Germany who use the letter could also be liable to prosecution, an official said Monday.
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Ukraine invasion — explained
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks as he arrives for a visit of the Joint Operations Command of the German armed forces in Schwielowsee near Berlin, March 4.

With war on its doorstep, Germany plans a major military buildup

Mar 22, 2022
Chancellor Olaf Scholz's plan to boost defense spending could remake Germany's beleaguered military into the strongest armed forces in Europe — an idea that has met resistance in the past.
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World
People fleeing the Russian invasion in Ukraine and volunteers to help them fill the Hauptbahnhof main railway station on Wednesday in Berlin.

Ukrainians fleeing war, and volunteers to help them, fill a Berlin train station

Mar 04, 2022
At Berlin's main train station, hundreds of volunteers distribute food, hot drinks, diapers, toys, warm coats and a helping hand to the Ukrainians disembarking daily.
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Obituaries
Gail Halvorsen, also know as the "Candy Bomber", poses for a portrait at his son's home in Midway, Utah, in 2020. Halvorsen, who was known for his airdrops of sweets during the Berlin airlift after World War II ended, died Wednesday at the age of 101.

The 'Candy Bomber' who dropped sweets during the Berlin airlift has died at age 101

Feb 17, 2022
"Halvorsen's deeply human act has never been forgotten," Berlin Mayor Franziska Giffey said in a statement.
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World
Defendant Anwar Raslan (right) and others involved in his trial stand in the Higher Regional Court in Koblenz, Germany, at the start of a trial session last month. Raslan was put on trial in April 2020 in a landmark case in Germany.

In a landmark case, a German court convicts an ex-Syrian officer of torture

Jan 13, 2022
The world's first criminal trial on torture in Syria's prisons ended Thursday in Koblenz, Germany — the first time a high-ranking ex-Syrian official faced Syrians in open court in a war crimes case.
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World

New waves of Syrian migrants are fleeing postwar misery

Dec 21, 2021
While the numbers are far below the levels during the height of the civil war, the number of Syrians applying for asylum in the EU increased 70% over last year.
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Coronavirus Updates
Police stand in front of protesters during a demonstration of Germany's "Querdenker" (Lateral Thinkers) movement in November, in Leipzig, eastern Germany.

German police move against an alleged murder plot by anti-vaccination extremists

Dec 15, 2021
The police conducted raids in the city of Dresden and the nearby town of Heidenau come after a group allegedly organized online to kill Saxony's state premier, Michael Kretschmer.
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World
Members of three German parties at the signing of a coalition agreement are (from left) Social Democrats Norbert Walter-Borjan, Saskia Esken and new Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Free Democrat Christian Lindner, and the Green party's Robert Habeck and Annalena

What you need to know about Germany's new chancellor and coalition government

Dec 07, 2021
Social Democratic politician Olaf Scholz takes over from center-right Angela Merkel as chancellor to lead a coalition of three different parties in government.
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Coronavirus Updates
An Austrian police officer checks a driver's vaccination certificate during a traffic control stop in Graz, Austria, on Monday.

Austria and Germany impose restrictions on unvaccinated people as COVID cases surge

Nov 15, 2021
Austria has placed some 2 million unvaccinated people on partial lockdown. Similar restrictions in Berlin have been placed on people who aren't fully vaccinated.
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Coronavirus Updates
A vaccination center worker inoculates a woman with the Biontech vaccine against Covid-19 in Lower Saxony.

Europe and Russia battle a new wave of COVID-19

Nov 12, 2021
More lockdowns are in the offing, as Germany and Austria shatter daily case counts and Russia has become become the world leader in new COVID-19 deaths.
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Europe
In the German language, nouns themselves are often gendered. Cities across Germany, including Lubeck, are now trying to use gender-neutral language by placing a colon or asterisk within words.

Germany debates how to form gender-neutral words out of its gendered language

Oct 30, 2021
The German language is full of male and female nouns. Officials and businesses are tweaking words, including adding asterisks, to make them inclusive.
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World
Hassan Mahmoud, 53, is one of the Syrians who testified in a landmark trial in Germany in which a former Syrian security official is charged with crimes against humanity and other crimes for overseeing torture at a prison.

Syrians Have Stared Down Threats To Testify Against Assad's Regime In A Landmark Trial

Sep 28, 2021
Witnesses have detailed Syrian prison abuse in a crimes against humanity trial in Germany for over a year. Some withdrew over threats, while many have persevered to bring to justice an ex-official.
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Europe
Supporters of Germany's Green Party celebrate after estimates were broadcast on television in Berlin at their electoral party on Sunday after the German general elections.

Smaller, Younger Parties Will Likely Determine Who Runs Germany's Next Government

Sep 27, 2021
It will likely take three parties to form a government. Two smaller parties — an environmentalist, progressive party and a libertarian party — appear to be banding together to call the shots.
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Europe
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives at the Konrad Adenauer House in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. German voters are choosing a new parliament in an election that will determine who succeeds Chancellor Angela Merkel after her 16 years at th

Germany's Social Democrats Narrowly Beat Outgoing Merkel's Bloc In Sunday's Vote

Sep 27, 2021
Germany's center-left Social Democrats won the biggest share of the vote in national elections in a closely fought race that will determine who succeeds the long-time leader.
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Europe
People queue in front of a polling station in the Moabit district of Berlin, Germany. German voters are choosing a new parliament in an election that will determine who succeeds Chancellor Angela Merkel after her 16 years at the helm of Europe's biggest

Exit Polls Show An Extremely Close Race In German Election To Succeed Angela Merkel

Sep 26, 2021
After 16 years in office, the German chancellor is stepping down. Early results show a razor-thin margin in what is expected to be one of the closest outcomes in years.
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Europe
On Thursday, people in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, pass election posters of chancellor candidates Armin Laschet (from right) of the Christian Democratic Union, Annalena Baerbock of the Greens, Olaf Scholz of the Social Democratic Party and Christian Lindner

Germans Will Choose A New Government As Angela Merkel Steps Down As Chancellor

Sep 25, 2021
Sunday's federal election will determine who will follow Merkel, who has served as Germany's chancellor for 16 years. The country's next government is expected to be a coalition of three parties.
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World
A picture that Hans-Joachim Bull has showing Merkel with his father in 1990.

As Germany's Merkel Steps Down, Those Who Guided Her Into Politics Remember Her

Sep 24, 2021
On Sunday, German voters will choose a successor to Angela Merkel, who is stepping down as chancellor after 16 years. Some of her earliest supporters recall the day in 1990 when they first met her.
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World
Afghan evacuees wait for the next flight to the U.S. in a fenced-in enclosure in a hangar at Ramstein Air Base in Germany. More than 25,000 Afghans have traveled through Ramstein to get to the United States.

The U.S. Air Base At The Heart Of America's Biggest Airlift

Sep 02, 2021
Here's what it's like at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, where many of the tens of thousands of Afghans evacuated from Kabul over the past few weeks are awaiting travel to the United States.
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