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17-Year-Old Turns Self In After Attack On German Politician
A 17-year-old has turned himself in to police in Germany after an attack on a lawmaker that the country's leaders decried as a threat to democracy.
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Amid China Threat, Taiwan Calls On Germany To Maintain "Regional Order"
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called on Germany on Tuesday to help maintain "regional order" during a meeting with senior German lawmakers who are visiting the island on a trip that Beijing has condemned.
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Vaccine Mandate> Rights? Why Germany's Jab Plan Faces This Tough Question
German lawmakers are due to debate introducing a bill making vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory. The idea is facing resistance from politicians as well as ordinary Germans.
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Way Clear For Tesla To Buy Berlin Factory Site: Report
German regional lawmakers gave the green light Thursday for electric carmaker Tesla to buy land just outside Berlin for its first European factory.
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Germany's New Industrial Strategy Under Fire
A new industrial strategy for 2030 to be released by Economy Minister Peter Altmaier next week is facing sharp criticism from some top economists, industry groups and opposition lawmakers for giving government too big of a role in shaping the economy.
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From Mythology To Adolf Hitler, Andhra MP Plays A Range Of Characters
A Telugu Desam Party (TDP) lawmaker today dressed as German dictator Adolf Hitler to the parliament to demand special status category status for Andhra Pradesh. As the TDP leaders protested near the Mahatma Gandhi statue, Naramalli Sivaprasad showed up as Adolf Hitler -- his look complete with Nazi uniform, toothbrush moustache and a stick in hand.
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"Nazis Need No Bathing Fun": German Lawmaker Had Clothes Stolen At Lake
Police have yet to find the man who stole Alexander Gauland's clothes while he swam in a lake last week, forcing the co-leader of the German Parliament's most far-right party to walk half-naked through the streets - an image that is going viral on social media.
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FIFA Set To Give VAR Green Light At 2018 Russia World Cup
VAR has been trialled since 2016 by around 20 federations including the German Bundesliga and Italian Serie A.
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German Government Under Cyber Attack, Shores Up Defences
Germany's government was marshalling its defences on Thursday against a powerful cyber attack that lawmakers said had breached the foreign ministry's computer network and whose origins officials admitted were still unclear.
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Germany Delays Contract With European Weapons Maker For Missile Defence: Sources
Germany's defence ministry on Tuesday told lawmakers it would not complete a contract with European weapons maker MBDA for a multi-billion euro missile defence system during the current legislative period as planned, ministry sources said.
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New Email Suggests Athletics Chief, Sebastian Coe, 'Aware' of Russian Doping
Sebastian Coe, the president of the International Association of Athletics Federations, told a House of Commons committee in December 2015 he was "not aware" of specific allegations of corruption in Russian athletics until a German documentary in December 2014.
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Change Armenian 'Genocide' Stance To Access Incirlik Airbase: Turkey Tells Germany
Turkish permission for German lawmakers to visit the Incirlik airbase will depend on the Berlin government distancing itself from a resolution branding a 1915 massacre of Armenians as "genocide", Turkey's foreign minister said today.
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Boy, 10, Dies On 'World's Largest' Water Slide
The son of a Kansas state lawmaker died on Sunday on a water slide that is billed as the world's largest, according to officials and the boy's family.
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Germany Lawmakers To Debate 'No Means No' Rape Law
German lawmakers are debating a bill that would make it easier for victims of sex crimes to file criminal complaints.
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Germany's Angela Merkel Tells Tayyip Erdogan Turkey Needs Strong Parliament
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she had told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that his country needed a strong parliament and voiced concern over the Turkish parliament's decision to strip lawmakers of immunity.
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17-Year-Old Turns Self In After Attack On German Politician
A 17-year-old has turned himself in to police in Germany after an attack on a lawmaker that the country's leaders decried as a threat to democracy.
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Amid China Threat, Taiwan Calls On Germany To Maintain "Regional Order"
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called on Germany on Tuesday to help maintain "regional order" during a meeting with senior German lawmakers who are visiting the island on a trip that Beijing has condemned.
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Vaccine Mandate> Rights? Why Germany's Jab Plan Faces This Tough Question
German lawmakers are due to debate introducing a bill making vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory. The idea is facing resistance from politicians as well as ordinary Germans.
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Way Clear For Tesla To Buy Berlin Factory Site: Report
German regional lawmakers gave the green light Thursday for electric carmaker Tesla to buy land just outside Berlin for its first European factory.
-
Germany's New Industrial Strategy Under Fire
A new industrial strategy for 2030 to be released by Economy Minister Peter Altmaier next week is facing sharp criticism from some top economists, industry groups and opposition lawmakers for giving government too big of a role in shaping the economy.
-
From Mythology To Adolf Hitler, Andhra MP Plays A Range Of Characters
A Telugu Desam Party (TDP) lawmaker today dressed as German dictator Adolf Hitler to the parliament to demand special status category status for Andhra Pradesh. As the TDP leaders protested near the Mahatma Gandhi statue, Naramalli Sivaprasad showed up as Adolf Hitler -- his look complete with Nazi uniform, toothbrush moustache and a stick in hand.
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"Nazis Need No Bathing Fun": German Lawmaker Had Clothes Stolen At Lake
Police have yet to find the man who stole Alexander Gauland's clothes while he swam in a lake last week, forcing the co-leader of the German Parliament's most far-right party to walk half-naked through the streets - an image that is going viral on social media.
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FIFA Set To Give VAR Green Light At 2018 Russia World Cup
VAR has been trialled since 2016 by around 20 federations including the German Bundesliga and Italian Serie A.
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German Government Under Cyber Attack, Shores Up Defences
Germany's government was marshalling its defences on Thursday against a powerful cyber attack that lawmakers said had breached the foreign ministry's computer network and whose origins officials admitted were still unclear.
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Germany Delays Contract With European Weapons Maker For Missile Defence: Sources
Germany's defence ministry on Tuesday told lawmakers it would not complete a contract with European weapons maker MBDA for a multi-billion euro missile defence system during the current legislative period as planned, ministry sources said.
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New Email Suggests Athletics Chief, Sebastian Coe, 'Aware' of Russian Doping
Sebastian Coe, the president of the International Association of Athletics Federations, told a House of Commons committee in December 2015 he was "not aware" of specific allegations of corruption in Russian athletics until a German documentary in December 2014.
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Change Armenian 'Genocide' Stance To Access Incirlik Airbase: Turkey Tells Germany
Turkish permission for German lawmakers to visit the Incirlik airbase will depend on the Berlin government distancing itself from a resolution branding a 1915 massacre of Armenians as "genocide", Turkey's foreign minister said today.
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Boy, 10, Dies On 'World's Largest' Water Slide
The son of a Kansas state lawmaker died on Sunday on a water slide that is billed as the world's largest, according to officials and the boy's family.
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Germany Lawmakers To Debate 'No Means No' Rape Law
German lawmakers are debating a bill that would make it easier for victims of sex crimes to file criminal complaints.
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Germany's Angela Merkel Tells Tayyip Erdogan Turkey Needs Strong Parliament
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she had told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that his country needed a strong parliament and voiced concern over the Turkish parliament's decision to strip lawmakers of immunity.
