Germany

Germany launches 4-week partial shutdown to curb coronavirus

By Associated Press

The restrictions that took effect Monday are milder than the ones Germany imposed in the first phase of the pandemic in March and April.

France, Germany impose new lockdowns to curb virus spread

By Frank Jordans, Angela Charlton, Associated Press

The World Health Organization says the European region — which includes Russia, Turkey, Israel and Central Asia, according to its definition — accounted for almost half of the 2.8 million new coronavirus cases reported globally last week.

Germany to give $662 million in aid to Holocaust survivors

By David Rising, Associated Press

Germany has agreed to provide more than a half billion euros to aid Holocaust survivors struggling under the burdens of the coronavirus pandemic.

Russia’s Navalny released from German hospital after 32 days

By David Rising, Daria Litvinova, Associated Press

German chemical weapons experts have determined that he was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok — findings corroborated by labs in France and Sweden.

Poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny able to leave his bed

By Geir Moulson, Associated Press

Germany announced that French and Swedish labs have confirmed its findings that Navalny was poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok.

Germany says Russia’s Navalny poisoned with nerve agent

By Associated Press

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the same type of Soviet-era nerve agent that British authorities identified in a 2018 attack on a former Russian spy.

How nations are going back to school — or not

By Associated Press

Governments around the world are taking different strategies toward the new school year, depending on how many infections they're seeing, the state of their health care systems and political considerations.

France sticks to school openings despite jump in infections

By Associated Press

France's president insisted that the country will send millions of students back to school starting Sept. 1 despite seeing the biggest weekly spike in confirmed coronavirus cases since the height of its outbreak in the spring.

Germany’s foreign minister says country ready to help Lebanon, but reforms necessary

By Zeina Karam, Associated Press

Minister for Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas spoke after a tour of Beirut's devastated port, where thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate exploded Aug. 4, obliterating the facility, killing at least 171 people and wounding thousands in the capital city.

German government split over police racial profiling study

By Associated Press

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance recommended that federal and state police in Germany commission a study of racial profiling in policing.