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Japan, German Agree To Strengthen Ties, Supply Chain
TOKYO — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held the first round of government consultations in Tokyo Saturday and agreed to strengthen economic and defence ties to better cope with China’s growing influence and global security concerns.Kishida told a joint news conference after the talks that the sides agreed to strengthen supply chains in minerals,
Credit Suisse shares continue to fall despite efforts to calm nerves
Lifelines handed to Swiss bank and US regional bank First Republic fail to ease investor concernsSilicon Valley Bank’s parent company files for bankruptcyCredit Suisse hit by legal action from US investorsCredit Suisse shares came under renewed pressur…
Germany gives green light to €49-a-month public transport ticket
Plan for ticket covering regional rail, metro, trams and buses across country follows success of €9 scheme last yearA follow-up to Germany’s immensely popular €9 (£7.90) monthly public transport ticket scheme has been given the green light in the Bunde…
Roger Waters threatens legal action over German concert cancellations
Waters was accused of being ‘a widely known antisemite’ in Frankfurt council instruction to cancel concert, with other German cities also proposing cancellationsRoger Waters has said he will take legal action against city authorities in Germany over th…
All Quiet on the Western Front wins best international feature film Oscar
German language war epic triumphs in the category for non-English language films• Follow the action live from this year’s ceremony!All Quiet on the Western Front has won the Oscar for best international feature film at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles…
All Quiet on the Western Front wins best international feature film Oscar
German language war epic triumphs in the category for non-English language films• Follow the action live from this year’s ceremony!All Quiet on the Western Front has won the Oscar for best picture at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles.The German-languag…
War in Ukraine Puts Centuries of Swiss Neutrality to the Test
The Alpine state makes arms that Western allies want to send to Kyiv. Swiss law bans this, driving a national debate about whether its concept of neutrality should change.
Fury in Germany as Hamburg shooting brings ‘lax’ gun laws into focus
Gunman was given a firearms permit despite several psychological red flagsGun laws in Germany, where weapon ownership is among the highest in Europe, could be further tightened after last week’s mass shooting in which seven people, including an unborn …
Traute Lafrenz, Last Survivor of Anti-Hitler Group, Dies at 103
As a member of the White Rose, a small anti-Nazi resistance group, she used peaceful tactics to try persuading Germans to turn against Hitler.