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U.S. man sentenced to life in prison for murder, rape in attack on two American women in Germany
FILE - A view of the Pollat gorge with the Neuschwanstein castle, in background in Schwangau, Germany, June 16, 2023. An American man was convicted of murder and other charges on Monday March 11, 2024 for attacking two women from the U.S. near Neuschwanstein castle in southern Germany last summer and pushing them into a ravine, fatally injuring one of them. He was sentenced to life in prison. (Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa via AP, File)
european business
Tesla says German plant power outage to continue until end of next week
Members of the media stand outside the building of Tesla's production plant in Gruenheide outside Berlin, Germany, March 5, 2024, after the site lost power following a suspected arson attack on a nearby pylon. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
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Germany accuses Russia of ‘information war’ after military recording
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius arrives to give a statement at the Defence Ministry in Berlin on March 3, 2024 following leaks of secret Ukraine war talks. A spokeswoman for the German defence ministry on March 2, 2024 confirmed that a secret air force conversation had been tapped after an apparent recording of German army talks on Ukraine was leaked on social media. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP) (Photo by TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP via Getty Images)
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Canada’s Fernandez retires due to injury during first-round match at San Diego Open
Leylah Fernandez of Canada plays a backhand return to Alycia Parks of the U.S. during their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championships at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Navalny aides say the Russian opposition leader was close to being freed before his death
A person gestures in front of portraits of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny as people attend a protest and vigil held in front of the Russian embassy following the death of Navalny, in Kappara, Malta, February 19, 2024. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/File Photo
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Germany decriminalizes recreational cannabis, but falls short of initial plans to open market quickly
A display explaining the medical uses of cannabis features a container inscribed with the word "Hashish" in Berlin's Hemp Museum as the Bundestag (German lower house of parliament) is scheduled to vote on the decriminalisation of cannabis, on February 23, 2024. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP) (Photo by JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)
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Is Germany falling apart?
Frank Trentmann
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Europol dismantles big migrant smuggling network in Europe, arrests 19
FILE PHOTO: General view of the Europol building in The Hague, Netherlands December 12, 2019. REUTERS/Eva Plevier/File Photo
international business
Euro zone business activity inches towards growth in February, survey shows
(FILES) Containers are loaded onto trucks at the seaport terminal DIT Duisburg Intermodal Terminal at the Duisburg harbour, on July 13, 2023. German exports fell sharply in December on weaker demand from eurozone countries, official data showed February 5, 2024, capping a disappointing year in foreign trade for Europe's largest economy. Exports totalled 125.3 billion euros (USD 135 billion) in December, a 4.6-percent plunge on the previous month, federal statistics agency Destatis said. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP) (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)
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Lufthansa ground staff to strike on Tuesday, says union
FILE - Lufthansa aircrafts are parked at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. A union has called on ground staff for Lufthansa at seven German airports to walk off the job for a day on Tuesday, following a similar strike earlier this month. The Ver.di union said Sunday that the strike will affect Frankfurt and Munich, Lufthansa's two main hubs, as well as Berlin, Duesseldorf, Hamburg, Cologne-Bonn and Stuttgart. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
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Google to launch anti-misinformation campaign ahead of EU elections
FILE PHOTO: Small toy figures are seen in front of Google logo in this illustration picture, April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
energy and resources
Germany outlines US$17-billion plan to subsidize gas-to-hydrogen shift
FILE PHOTO: An aerial picture shows the four natural-gas power plants "Gersteinwerk" of Germany's RWE Power, one of Europe's biggest electricity and gas companies near the North Rhine-Westphalian town of Hamm, Germany May 6, 2015. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
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Germany’s former top neo-Nazi hunter now being monitored as extremist
FILE PHOTO: President of the Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution Hans-Georg Maassen attends a news conference in Berlin, Germany July 24, 2018. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo
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Strikes to ground more than 1,100 flights at German airports on Thursday
Passengers line up at a desk as cancelled flights are displayed on a board at the airport in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on January 17, 2024, as severe winter weather warnings prompted the cancellation of hundreds of flights. A Frankfurt airport spokeswoman said 570 of 1,047 flights had been axed from the schedule as Germany's business capital prepares for dramatic weather conditions. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP) (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)
european business
Euro zone economy stagnated last year as weakness in Germany weighs
FILE PHOTO: People walk next to a Doner kebab and Currywurst booth at Kurfuerstendamm shopping street during Christmas season in Berlin, Germany, December 18, 2023. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo
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Hundreds of thousands demonstrate against right-wing extremism in Germany
Participants gather during a demonstration against racism and far right politics in front of the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany on January 21, 2024. Tens of thousands of people were expected to turn out again on January 21 to protest against the far-right AfD, after it emerged that party members discussed mass deportation plans at a meeting of extremists. (Photo by CHRISTIAN MANG / AFP) (Photo by CHRISTIAN MANG/AFP via Getty Images)
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Tens of thousands pack into Hamburg protest against Germany’s far right
People attend a protest against the Alternative for Germany party (AFD), rightwing extremism and for the protection of the democracy in Hamburg, Germany, January 19, 2024. REUTERS/Carmen Jaspersen
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German parliament approves easing rules to get citizenship, dropping restrictions on dual passports
FILE - A national flag of Germany waves in front of the Reichag building, home of the German federal parliament Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, on Jan. 3, 2022. German lawmakers have approved legislation easing rules to gain citizenship and ending restrictions on holding dual citizenship. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)
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