Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Germany

Winter Olympics 2022 day nine: ice hockey, curling and more – as it happened

Live updates: Norway shot to the top of the medal table with a good day in bad conditions, with Marte Olsbu Røiseland earning her third gold medal

The Guardian - AU

How Russia hooked Europe on its oil and gas – and overcame US efforts to prevent energy dependence on Moscow

The Biden administration hopes its threat of “severe economic consequences” deters Russia from invading Ukraine – an event Americans officials say could be imminent.

The Conversation

Germany's Baerbock says Ukraine crisis is escalating

The crisis between Russia and Ukraine is escalating, but Germany is making all efforts to find a diplomatic solution, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Saturday.

Reuters

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Neise takes skeleton gold for Germany as Jaclyn Narracott claims historic silver

Hannah Neise won skeleton gold for Germany at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre, sliding 0.62sec faster than Australia’s Jaclyn Narracott who won silver. Kimberley Bos of the Netherlands won bronze

The Guardian - AU

Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics daily briefing: golds for the snowboard olds

Lindsey Jacobellis and Nick Baumgartner become the oldest snowboarders to win any Olympic medal with mixed team victory

The Guardian - UK

Russia’s ‘key’ security demands unmet during Biden-Putin call on Ukraine, Kremlin says

The ideas that US President Joe Biden shared to address Moscow’s security demands during a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin Saturday did not “touch upon” the demands’ “key elements”, the Kremlin said. Countries from the Netherlands to Saudi Arabia urged their nationals to leave Ukraine as tensions mounted…

France 24

Winter Olympics 2022 day eight: skeleton, women’s curling and more – as it happened

Updates from day eight of the winter Games as Jaclyn Narracott took Australia’s first ever medal in skeleton

The Guardian - UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

‘We are scapegoats’: Arab journalists fired by Deutsche Welle

Contested ‘anti-Semitism’ case highlights Germany’s difficult relationship with Palestinian-Israeli politics.

Al Jazeera

Renovation of Nazi ally's Kosovo house causes ire

The renovation of a house in Kosovo that belonged to a minister in a pro-Nazi government during World War Two has prompted an outcry, with Germany warning of historical "whitewashing" and the European Union and United Nations halting the project.

Reuters

Ukraine: the problem with copying Finland’s strict cold war neutrality

During the tense negotiations over the Ukraine crisis, the idea of “Finlandizing” Ukraine has been suggested as a solution. This idea refers to the way a small or weak country can retain its sovereignty by making some policy decisions – generally defence and foreign – subject to considerable influence by…

The Conversation

Latest Ukraine updates: Several countries urge nationals to leave

Ukraine news from February 11: US, UK, others advise citizens to leave amid warnings of a potential Russian attack.

Al Jazeera

Dutch lawyer to get German prize for landmark climate cases

A lawyer who helped win cases forcing the Dutch government and oil giant Shell to cut carbon emissions, is to receive a 10,000-euro ($11,410) award in Germany

The Independent UK

Covid travel rules for Brits heading to Germany, Hong Kong or Ireland

The travel sector are relaxing their rules and people are now wanting to jet off and relax on the beach or go for a stroll in the city. But what are the current covid rules - and how can you get there?

Glasgow Live

Nirmala Sitharaman defends Centre’s approach to pandemic aid

India in better shape than U.S., Germany.

The Hindu

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Top German court rejects injunction against vaccine mandate

Germany’s Constitutional Court has refused to temporarily block the implementation of a coronavirus vaccine mandate for care and health workers that is due to come into force in mid-March

Reuters

Russia in four-way talks demanded Ukraine negotiate with separatists, France says

Russia agreed to further discussions with France, Germany and Ukraine over the conflict in eastern Ukraine, but said Ukraine must commit to negotiate with separatists in its east, which was a "red line", France's Elysee palace said on Friday.

Reuters

Germany to lift some restrictions next week as COVID peak in sight

Germany is approaching the peak of the coronavirus pandemic and will next week start easing some restrictions with a view to lifting more measures in spring, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a speech on Friday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iraq PM Commends Role of Germany in Fight against Terrorism

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi commended on Thursday the role played by Germany in the fight against terrorism. Kadhimi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke by telephone on Thursday, discussing security and intelligence coordination in the fight against terrorism, according to a statement by PM’s office. They also tackled bilateral…

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

Johnson receives ‘partygate’ police questionnaire – as it happened

This blog is now closed

The Guardian - US

Winter Olympics day seven: skeleton, ice hockey, curling and more – as it happened

Ayumu Hirano won snowboard halfpipe gold, Suzanne Schulting defended her 1,000m short track title and Christopher Grotheer won the skeleton

Reuters

Scholz warns Russia over Ukraine, but says "we want peace"

Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned Russia of economic and political consequences should it ramp up military aggression toward Ukraine, adding that Germany and its allies were ready for dialogue with Moscow and wanted peace.

Reuters

How a German 'climate' fund set out to help Russia dodge U.S. sanctions

A German politician set up a state-backed foundation with Russian energy company Gazprom last year to help Moscow avoid U.S. sanctions on a pipeline due to carry Russian gas to Europe.

The Conversation

Ukraine: why a negotiated settlement on Donbas will be tough to achieve

Intense negotiations over the past several days seem to indicate that there might be a diplomatic way out of Ukraine’s Donbas crisis. After yesterday’s Normandy format talks between Russia, Ukraine, France, and Germany in Berlin, all sides emphasised that, despite the lack of a breakthrough, discussions will continue.

The Guardian - UK

German foreign minister faces criticism after appointing ex-Greenpeace chief

Conservative politicians condemn appointment of Jennifer Morgan but Transparency International calls it ‘unproblematic’

Irish Mirror

Una Healy says goodbye to pal Lynsey Bennett as she travels for vital treatment abroad

Lynsey is making the journey to Germany this week to undergo vital cancer treatment

1 … 607 608 609 610

People

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Office for National Statistics

World Health Organization

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.