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Afghan ex-minister now delivers food in Germany
Aug 31, 2021 01:54He was once a minister in Afghanistan but quit, fed up with the corruption. Now in Germany, Sayed Sadaat is making a living, delivering meals on his bicycle.
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Germany ‘set for biggest rise in greenhouse gases for 30 years’
Aug 26, 2021 15:08Germany is forecast to record its biggest rise in greenhouse gas emissions since 1990 this year as the economy rebounds from the pandemic-related downturn, according to a report by an environmental think tank.
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German train drivers strike despite union's offer to keep services going
Aug 23, 2021 09:27A 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 01:40German 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 12:16Germany 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 03:28The 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 14:27Echoing 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 05:05Two 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 02:29The 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 08:14Two 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.