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Germany earmarks 30 billion euros to rebuild after deadly floods

FILE PHOTO: A volunteer of the Syrian refugee volunteer group 'Syrische Freiwilliger Hilfer' clears away debris from damaged buildings caused by the recent flooding in western Germany in Sinzig,

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Germany floods death toll rises to 58

An aerial photograph shows the district of Altenburg, Germany, July 15, 2021. /CFP Flooding in the western German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia due to persistent ra

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Germany’s Soeder Opens Bid to Succeed Merkel as Chancellor

Bavarian leader Markus Soeder, whose party is part of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s governing coalition, said he’s ready to enter the race to succeed her, a person

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Germany extends virus lockdown till mid-April as cases rise

Germany has extended its lockdown measures by another month and imposed several new restrictions, including largely shutting down public life over Easter, in an effort

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Cluster infection breaks out in home appliance factory in W Germany

At least 200 employees were quarantined after a cluster infection of COVID-19 broke out in a home appliance factory in western Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia.Fourteen of the workers tested positive

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Armin Laschet Elected New Leader of Merkel's Christian Democratic Union

Earlier in the day, the CDU's online congress failed to choose a leader in the first round, when Laschet received 380 votes, followed by Friedrich Merz and Norbert Rött

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Germany bans far-right, pro-Nazi group; Police raid homes

More than 180 police officers raided homes in three German states early Tuesday after the German government banned a far-right group, the interior ministry said.The hom

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Would-be Merkel successor Laschet faces early election test

German conservative Armin Laschet faces an early test in his quest to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel with local elections on Sunday in his western state of North Rhin

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Number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in Germany exceeds 200,800

The number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in Germany now stands at 200,843, after an increase of 583 in the last 24 hours, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced Friday. The last time that new

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Pandemic fight continues in Germany as R-rate rises dramatically

02:31 The renewed lockdown measures in a German region where hundreds of coronavirus cases sprung up at a slaughterhouse provided a stark reminder that the fight against the pandemic i

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German state reimposes lockdown on two districts after COVID-19 outbreak in slaughterhouse

A woman wearing a face covering leaves a shop in Berlin, capital of Germany, on June 18, 2020. (Photo by Binh Truong/Xinhua)Germany imposed new lockdowns for two districts in the state of North Rhine-

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Germany's meat processing company outbreak infects 1,331

Minister President of North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW), Armin Laschet, said on Sunday there is "an enormous pandemic risk," however, the infection can be localized at the company and there is no chain o

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A hundred people with COVID-19 infect 179 others on average in Germany

Employees are seen outside the main Toennies meat factory that had to be shut down because of the coronavirus outbreak among its employees, in Rheda-Wiedenbrueck, Germany, June 20, 2020. /Reuters

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Protests against COVID-19 measures, counter-protests held across Germany

Several thousand people gathered in numerous German cities on Saturday to protest against restrictive measures to fight COVID-19, prompting counter-protestors who voiced their disapproval of conspir

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COVID-19 infections accelerate in Germany after lockdown easing

German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Michael Sohn / POOL / AFP New coronavirus infections are accelerating again in Germany just days after its leaders loosened social restrictions, raising concer

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Germany reports 1,018 new cases of COVID-19, raising total to 155,193

Germany reported 1,018 cases of COVID-19 on Monday, bringing the country's case tally to 155,193, according to data from disease control agency Robert Koch Institute. A total of 5,750 deaths have be

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Germany unleashes biggest post-war aid package against virus

A cyclist rides outside the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, in Frankfurt, Germany, February 3, 2020. /VCG The German government on Friday unleashed the biggest economic aid package in the country's