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An ex-Wirecard executive who went on the lam amid the German payment firm’s $2 billion accounting scandal was reportedly a mole for Austrian spies.
German authorities have evidence that Jan
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Scheduled for December 4, the congress of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) is postponed to next year due to a pandemic. The candidate currently best placed to assume the presidency of the party, Friedrich Merz, does not take offense. The stakes are high, as the next party chairman could also be Chancellor Merkel's candidate for succession.
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It is obvious that the euro zone has everything to gain from the coordination of economic policies between the countries of the euro zone, from the implementation of a policy of solidarity.
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Brad Pitt’s girlfriend is a fan of open relationships — she apparently has one with her husband, a report says. Pitt gal pal Nicole Poturalski, 27, has been married to well-known German restaurateur Roland Mary, 68, for eight years, and the couple have a 7-year-old son, the Daily Mail said. But Mary, who owns the …
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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned, according to a statement released Monday by the German hospital where he is being treated. Berlin’s Charité hospital said that Navalny was suffering from “intoxication by a substance from the group of cholinesterase inhibitors,” contradicting Russian doctors who said there was no evidence he had been poisoned. While …
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Why should America anchor Germany’s defense? It cuts deals with Russia, has never met its NATO commitment, and is the most anti-American nation in Europe. President Trump recently ordered a 12,000-troop reduction in American military personnel stationed in Germany. That leaves about 24,000 American soldiers still in the country. A little more than half of …
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Shares of German biotechnology firm CureVac nearly tripled in their Nasdaq debut Friday, marking the first stock market debut of a company developing a potential vaccine to combat the novel coronavirus. The stock opened at $44 per share, up from the initial public offering price of $16 per share. CureVac, backed by Microsoft founder and …
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Daimler, the maker of Mercedes-Benz cars, says it has reached an agreement in principle to settle US claims over emissions from its diesel vehicles for over $2.2 billion. The Stuttgart, Germany-based automaker said late Thursday that the agreement with various US authorities concerns civil and environmental claims involving about 250,000 diesel cars and vans. The …
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After thousands of people took to the streets of Berlin to protest mask mandates and other measures to slow the spread of coronavirus, German politicians are warning of a potential second wave of the virus. Markus Söder, the premier of the regional state of Bavaria and a potential candidate to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel, warned …
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In a move that sparked bipartisan criticism, the Trump administration announced Wednesday that the U.S. will pull nearly 12,000 troops from Germany, a decision President Trump said is a response to Germany’s reluctance to spend a greater share of its gross domestic product on defense. About a third, 11,800 Army and Air Force units, of …