Western weapon deliveries in a race against Russia offensive Ukraine’s allies rush to deliver weapons as Moscow intensifies its war in the east. Al Jazeera · Feb 1, 2023
Belgian arms trader tangles with minister over tanks for Ukraine Freddy Versluys does not like to be called an arms dealer. But he does have a big warehouse full of second-hand tanks for sale. Reuters · Feb 1, 2023
Twelve German troops injured in crash of Puma fighting vehicles - army Twelve German troops were injured when two Puma infantry fighting vehicles crashed during an exercise in a military training area in eastern Germany, the German army said on Wednesday. Reuters · Feb 1, 2023
How could F-16s make the difference for Ukraine in the war against Russia? US will back international effort to train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 and other modern fighter jets The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2023
Facelifted Audi Q8 Spied In Standard An SQ8 Trims We have fresh photos from Germany and Sweden. Motor1 · Feb 1, 2023
Iran ‘Recently’ Traded Dollars that Iraq Received from the US The Iraqi government tried establishing a European lobby to pressure the US to ease its restrictions on dollar sales in Iraq, but Baghdad's diplomatic channels failed in those efforts, according to reliable Iraqi sources. The sources confirmed that Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani tried to establish a lobby during his… Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 1, 2023
Rail route of the month: a steam-hauled climb through Germany’s Harz mountains Our slow travel expert explores villages and forests on a narrow gauge line that terminates at the top of the Brocken, northern Germany’s highest peak The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2023
Governments need to work with the private sector to solve their trust crisis The general public trusts businesses more than they trust governments. Public officials should leverage that. Fortune · Feb 1, 2023
Emhoff visits synagogue, Holocaust memorial in Berlin Doug Emhoff, the husband of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, has met Ukrainian refugees at a Berlin synagogue and visited the city’s Holocaust memorial as he wraps up a tour of Poland and Germany focused on Holocaust remembrance and combating rising antisemitism The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2023
Report: Ford Might Sell One Of Its European Plants To BYD Ford's factory in Saarlouis, Germany is expected to be sold, as the company intends to stop producing the Ford Focus at the site in 2025. InsideEVs · Jan 31, 2023
Hockey India advertises for new Chief Coach: Who are the likely candidates? NEW DELHI: It didn't take much time for Hockey India (HI) to react to the team's dismal show at the Men's Hockey World Cup. President Dilip Tirkey and other HI officials met the team and the coaching staff led by Graham Reid after they arrived from Rourkela having finished joint… The Times of India · Jan 31, 2023
Couple charter £80,000 private jet to fly their Great Dane across the world Melanie Demi, 26, and her husband, Albert, 27, have been to France, Germany, Austria, Czechia, England and Scotland with their dogs Great Dane Lucas, two, Golden Retriever, Cooper, 15, and Dachshund mix, Brooklyn, six Daily Mirror · Jan 31, 2023
Commentary: Can Biden keep sending Ukraine weapons without provoking Russia? The Biden administration announced last week that the U.S. will provide 31 Abrams M-1 tanks to Ukraine, and Germany said it will send 14 of its Leopard tanks to Kyiv. Los Angeles Times · Jan 31, 2023
Hockey World Cup: Comeback kings Germany rewrite history Coach Henning calls Germany's run in World Cup craziest in sports history The Times of India · Jan 31, 2023
Reuters · Jan 31, 2023 Brazil's Lula cold-shoulders Germany's Scholz on Ukraine support Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday said Moscow made a mistake invading Ukraine, but speaking alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz he kept clear of condemning the Russian attack.
France 24 · Jan 30, 2023 South Africa: Judge in Zuma graft trial recuses himself The arms corruption trial of former South African leader Jacob Zuma could be in for further delays, two decades after the murky dealings that sparked the charges, as the presiding judge steps aside. Also, as Germany expresses uncertainty about its troops' long-term participation in the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali,…
Bangkok Post · Jan 30, 2023 Ukraine: Will Western tanks bring victory? On Tuesday last week, they reset the Doomsday Clock to 90 seconds before midnight. How did they know that Germany would agree to give Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine on Wednesday? Now we're all doomed! No time to run! Ninety seconds is barely time to tuck your head between your…
WEKU · Jan 30, 2023 Latest on Ukraine: British tank training for Ukrainian troops has begun (Jan. 30) Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2023 Germany pledges $222 million for Brazil environment, Amazon Germany announced on Monday that it would make 204 million euros ($222 million) available for environmental policies in Brazil
Reuters · Jan 30, 2023 Germany considering earlier exit from Mali mission - newspaper Defence Minister Boris Pistorius is considering withdrawing Germany's troops from the U.N. stabilisation mission in Mali earlier than planned, since under current conditions they cannot fulfill their mandate, he told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung in comments published on Monday.
Reuters · Jan 30, 2023 Jump or be pushed: German conservatives turn on ex-Nazi hunter over race comments Once he was Germany's top Nazi hunter. Now the conservative opposition want to kick former domestic security chief Hans-Georg Maassen out of their party for allegedly repeating anti-Semitic and racist tropes.
The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2023 German economy shrank 0.2% in Q4, worse than expected Official figures show that Germany’s economy shrank by 0.2% in the fourth quarter compared with the previous three-month period
The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2023 German opposition party seeks to expel ex-intel agency chief Germany’s main opposition party is trying to get a rid of a member and former head of the country’s domestic intelligence agency after he complained about what he said was a move toward “eliminatory racism against whites.”
Reuters · Jan 30, 2023 Exclusive-Pro-Kremlin activists in Germany gave money for Russian army gear A group of pro-Russian activists in Germany donated funds to a Russian army division fighting in Ukraine, and the money was used to purchase walkie-talkie radios, headphones and telephones, according to an officer in the division and messages from the group's organisers seen by Reuters.
The Times of India · Jan 30, 2023 Time to ponder for India as Germany take home the Men's Hockey World Cup BHUBANESWAR: 'The Capital of hockey', 'the number one country for hockey'. Those two adjectives used by Germany coach Andre Henning on Sunday to describe India hold a lot of context. That's how the world looks at India when it comes to hockey. But what's left for 'the number one country…