‘You get the feeling that farmers are not wanted in Germany. They want to abolish us’, says Katrin. She’s a young German farmer who, along with her family, 30,000 other people and 5,000 tractors, descended on Berlin on Monday, capping off a week of nationwide demonstrations that blocked roads, brought life to a standstill and […]
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Antisemitic attacks growing in Germany
Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he’s “ashamed and outraged” at recent antisemitic attacks in Germany. He was speaking at an event to mark the anniversary of the November pogroms of 1938, sometimes known as “Kristallnacht.” Berlin’s staunch diplomatic support for Israel is often described as a matter of historic responsibility. But, as fighting continues between Israel […]
Germany sliding into recession because of green policies
Germany is heading for a recession that is being caused by the bureaucracy around its green energy policies, the country’s opposition party has warned. Once one of the world’s strongest economies, Germany is now expected to have the worst performing economy of any leading nation in the world, according to stats from the International Monetary […]
25 arrested & accused of coup plot in Germany
Twenty-five people have been arrested in raids across Germany on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. The group of far-right and ex-military figures are said to have prepared for a “Day X” to storm the Reichstag parliament building and seize power. A minor aristocrat named as Prince Heinrich XIII, 71, is alleged to have […]
Germany turns to the world’s dirtiest fossil fuel
Power Plant Manager Bernard Vendt stands on a platform jutting out from a smokestack, 20 stories above his company’s chemical park. Past the park’s menagerie of twisting pipes, scaffolding and chimneys below him is a waterway that connects these factories to their energy source. “Over there, that’s our harbor,” Vendt says, pointing with one hand […]
95 Year Old Ex-Nazi Deported To Germany
A 95-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard who has been living in Tennessee was deported Saturday back to his home country of Germany. In February 2020, a Memphis immigration judge ruled that Friedrich Karl Berger could be deported because he assisted in “Nazi-sponsored persecution” when he served as an armed guard in the Neuengamme Concentration […]
Popular German Magazines Depicts Trump Giving Nazi Salute On Cover
This week’s cover of a popular German news magazine depicting U.S. President Donald Trump draped in the American flag while giving a stiff-armed Nazi salute is drawing sharp criticism from a prominent Jewish group. Stern magazine’s illustration is part of a cover story headlined “Sein Kampf,” which translates as “His Struggle” and is a play […]
US Navy Sails Provocatively Close To Disputed Chinese Island
WASHINGTON A U.S. warship sailed near a disputed island in the South China Sea claimed by China, Taiwan and Vietnam on Sunday in an operation meant to challenge the competing claims of all three nations, a U.S. Defense Department official said. The U.S.S. Stethem, a guided-missile destroyer, sailed within 12 nautical miles of Triton Island, […]
Putin Says Russian Election Hacking Is Possible
Vladimir Putin has given his broadest hint yet that Russia may have played a role in the hacking of western elections but emphatically denied that his government was involved. Speaking at the St Petersburg economic forum, the Russian president acknowledged that it was “theoretically possible” that “patriotic” Moscow hackers might have interfered in foreign polls. […]
Ivanka Trump Booed On International Stage For Calling Dad A Champion For Women
In her first international trip as an official White House adviser, Ivanka Trump, daughter of President Donald Trump, was booed as she attempted to laud her father’s record on women’s rights in front of a mostly female audience. “He has been a tremendous champion of supporting families and enabling them to thrive,” she said at […]
Robots, A.I. Boom May Cost US, UK At Least 33% Of Their Jobs
Up to one-third of British jobs could be taken over by robots by the early 2030s, impacting 10 million Britons but with women less likely to face redundancy, a UK study showed. The research, by accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, found 30 percent of UK jobs could face automation compared to 38 percent in the United […]
White House Denies Giving Merkel A Bill For NATO
President Donald Trumpreportedly handed German Chancellor Angela Merkel a bill for around £300 billion ($374 billion) for the money her country “owed” Nato for defending it, a report said on Sunday, a claim that was flatly rejected by the White House. The Times, a U.K.-based publication, cited unnamed sources that claimed Trump handed Merkel a […]