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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, and Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian Authority, shake hands after a press conference after their talks in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Aug.16, 2022. (Wolfgang Kumm/dpa via AP)
Palestinian President Abbas skirts apology for Munich attack

By Frank Jordans Aug. 16, 2022 09:43 PM EDT

New elected German Foreign minister Annalena Baerbock attends a press conference after a meeting with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian, at the Quai d'Orsay, in Paris, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. (Gonzalo Fuentes, Pool Photo via AP)
Germany warns Russia will pay a price if it enters Ukraine

By Frank Jordans And Thomas Adamson Dec. 09, 2021 06:14 AM EST

Italian Premier Minister Mario Draghi sips water at the end of his address at the Senate in Rome, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Italian Premier Mario Draghi is presenting a 222.1 billion euro ($268.6 billion) coronavirus recovery plan to the Seante. The plan is aiming to not only bounce back from the pandemic but enact "epochal" reforms to address structural problems that long predated COVID-19.(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, Pool)
France, Germany plan billions in pandemic recovery spending

By David Mchugh And Sylvie Corbet Apr. 27, 2021 10:32 AM EDT

Residents socially distance on a soccer field as they stand with bags of food donated by the local NGO "G10 Favelas," amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the Capao Redondo area of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Monday, April 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
The Latest: S Korea to send medical items to help India

By The Associated Press Apr. 27, 2021 02:48 AM EDT

Police officers carry away a demonstrator after police stop a protest rally against the German government's policy to battle the corona virus pandemic in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, April 21, 2021.The parliament decides on a law that gives the federal government more power to battle the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
German lawmakers approve 'emergency brake' virus rules

By Geir Moulson Apr. 21, 2021 03:21 AM EDT

Christian Democratic Union party chairman and North Rhine-Westphalia state governor Armin Laschet attends a news conference at the party's headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. Armin Laschet will lead Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right bloc as chancellor candidate into the German election in September. (Tobias Schwarz/Pool via AP))
Laschet wins battle to lead Merkel's bloc in German election

By Geir Moulson Apr. 20, 2021 07:32 AM EDT

German Christian Democratic Union Party Chairman Armin Laschet briefs the media after a meeting of the party's board at the headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Monday, April 12, 2021. The leadership of Chancellor Angela Merkel's party CDU has backed party chairman Armin Laschet's bid to become the center-right candidate as Germany's next chancellor in the upcoming general elections. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)
Merkel's bloc spars over who will run for German chancellor

By Geir Moulson Apr. 12, 2021 02:21 AM EDT

Surrounded by guards German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, leaves the German parliament Bundestag after the answers questions from lawmakers in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
German Cabinet approves 2022 budget plan with more new debt

Mar. 24, 2021 10:43 AM EDT

Social democratic prime minister of Rhineland-Palatinate Malu Dreyer smiles after hearing first results of the federal state elections in Mainz, Germany, Sunday, March 14, 2021. The German federal states of Baden-Wurttemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate have elections on Sunday. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Merkel's party faces German election 'wake-up call'

By Geir Moulson Mar. 15, 2021 10:15 AM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday Aug. 18, 2020 file photo, German chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and her successor as chairman of the German Christian Democratic Union, CDU, Armin Laschet, right, point during a meeting in Duesseldorf, Germany. Elections in two German states on Sunday pose a difficult test for Chancellor Angela Merkel's party, six months before a national vote that will determine who succeeds the country's longtime leader. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
Merkel's party suffers defeats in 2 German state elections

By Geir Moulson Mar. 14, 2021 05:07 PM EDT

An election poster shows social democratic prime minister and top candidate for the Rhineland-Palatinate federal state elections Malu Dreyer in Frankenthal, Germany, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. The elections will take place next Sunday. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Merkel's party faces tough election-year test in state polls

By Geir Moulson Mar. 12, 2021 02:41 AM EST

A visitor to the Corona rapid test centre at the Corona Outpatient Clinic in a sports hall shows on his mobile phone the QR code he received with the online appointment confirmation, in Koblenz, Germany, Monday, March 8, 2021. (Thomas Frey/dpa via AP)
Germany looks to AstraZeneca shot to boost vaccine rollout

By Frank Jordans Mar. 08, 2021 10:20 AM EST

German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, left, and German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, right, talk as they arrive for a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. One topic of the meeting are the current developments of the new coronavirus pandemic in Germany. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
Germany's 2020 borrowing comes in well short of forecast

Jan. 19, 2021 08:18 AM EST

File - In this Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021 file photo German Chancellor Angela Merkel listen to German Health Minister Jens Spahn holding a speech on the current developments of the new coronavirus pandemic in Germany at a meeting of the parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany.German Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right party, the Christian Democratic Union, CDU, is choosing a new leader on the weekend Saturday Jan. 16 and Sunday Jan. 17, 2021, a decision that will help determine who succeeds Merkel at the helm of the European Union's biggest economy after a 16-year reign. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file)
Merkel's party opens convention to choose new leader

By David Rising Jan. 15, 2021 02:17 PM EST

File - In this Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021 file photo German Chancellor Angela Merkel listen to German Health Minister Jens Spahn holding a speech on the current developments of the new coronavirus pandemic in Germany at a meeting of the parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany.German Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right party, the Christian Democratic Union, CDU, is choosing a new leader on the weekend Saturday Jan. 16 and Sunday Jan. 17, 2021, a decision that will help determine who succeeds Merkel at the helm of the European Union's biggest economy after a 16-year reign. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file)
Merkel's party to choose new leader ahead of German election

By Geir Moulson Jan. 14, 2021 02:20 AM EST

File - File picture taken Nov.2, 2020 shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel arriving for a press conference in Berlin, Germany. The coronavirus pandemic is colliding with politics as Germany embarks on its vaccination drive and one of the most unpredictable election years in its post-World War II history. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, file)
Virus collides with politics as German election year starts

By Geir Moulson Jan. 09, 2021 02:43 AM EST

Empty rails are seen near a subway station in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020 when German politicians will have talks about a possible lockdown in Germany to avoid the outspread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Silent nights: Germany tightens virus lockdown over holidays

By Frank Jordans Dec. 13, 2020 05:43 AM EST

Pope Francis celebrates Mass on the occasion of the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020. (Remo Casilli/Pool via AP)
The Latest: Japan's daily virus cases rise above 3,000

The Associated Press Dec. 12, 2020 01:08 AM EST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz arrive at the weekly cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, pool)
Germany sees slightly better tax income, more business aid

Nov. 12, 2020 10:20 AM EST

A man watches a TV screen showing the images of U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden during a news program of the U.S. presidential election, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
World waits nervously, impatiently for US election result

By John Leicester Nov. 04, 2020 07:49 AM EST