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German train drivers strike despite union's offer to keep services going
Aug 23, 2021 13:57A strike on German passenger rail has started, creating headaches for thousands of travelers and commuters, after the train drivers' union rejected a new offer to keep services going.
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Germany: Merkel calls for a ‘controlled’ Afghan refugee response from EU
Aug 18, 2021 06:10German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for coordinated European Union (EU) action to take in the most vulnerable people from Afghanistan amid the takeover of the country by the Taliban militant group.
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Germany tightens travel restrictions on US as COVID-19 cases surge
Aug 17, 2021 16:46Germany added the United States to its "high-risk" area list and will soon tighten entry restrictions for unvaccinated travelers who had recently been in the U.S.
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Merkel party chief calls Afghanistan pullout 'biggest NATO debacle' since its founding
Aug 17, 2021 07:58The head of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU party has called the withdrawal of Western troops from Afghanistan the "biggest NATO debacle" since the founding of the US-led military alliance.
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After Pegasus exposé, UN rights experts urge moratorium on 'life-threatening' spyware
Aug 15, 2021 18:57Echoing calls from advocacy organizations and other surveillance critics after the Pegasus exposé broke last month, a group of United Nations human rights experts have recently called for a global moratorium on the sale and transfer of surveillance technology.
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Two dead, more than 40 injured in Czech train collision
Aug 04, 2021 09:35Two people died and more than 40 others suffered injuries when a fast train from Munich collided with a commuter passenger train in the Czech Republic on Wednesday.
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Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is almost finished: Operator
Jul 30, 2021 06:59The much-politicized Nord Stream 2 undersea gas pipeline from Russia to Germany is 99% complete, the pipeline operator said, after the pipelay vessel Akademik Cherskiy finished its initially planned workload.
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One dead, four missing after explosion rocks German chemicals site
Jul 27, 2021 12:44Two people were seriously injured Tuesday in an explosion at a chemical park in Leverkusen, western Germany, the site's operator said, as police urged residents to shelter indoors.
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German flood alert system criticized for ‘monumental failure’
Jul 22, 2021 14:29Germany is asking itself how one of the world’s richest countries managed to be taken by surprise by recent extreme weather events, as more details emerge of how early warnings about record rainfall and expected floods did not make their way to the communities most at risk.
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Climate experts shocked at severity of floods in Germany and Belgium
Jul 18, 2021 16:37Climate scientists were stunned by the intensity of flooding in Germany and Belgium that killed at least 120 people and damaged tens of thousands of homes, with experts saying they did not expect such extreme weather to result from the human-caused climate crisis as rapidly as it has.