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Germany plans to ease rules for formal changes of gender

The German government has presented plans to make it easier for transgender people to formally change their name and gender

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2022

Germany presents plan to make changing gender easier

Germany will cut the red tape required for changing a person's name and gender under a plan presented by the government on Thursday that seeks to abolish a controversial 1980 law regulating the process.

Reuters · Jun 30, 2022

G7 and Nato summits lay bare deep and hostile divide between Russia and China and the west

Against a backdrop of unprecedented turmoil – the first major war in Europe in three decades, the highest inflation rates in decades and a rapidly worsening global food crisis – western leaders have met for two major summits. The G7 met in Germany and Nato leaders gathered in Madrid. The…

The Conversation · Jun 30, 2022

German porcelain maker faces fragile future due to Ukraine war

For family-owned German porcelain maker Kahla the recent cuts in Russian natural gas supply to Germany and high energy prices due to the Ukraine war pose a looming existential threat.

Reuters · Jun 29, 2022

Germany gets 1st Black member of state government

The daughter of two Malian refugees has become the first Black member of a state government in Germany

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022

EXPLAINER: Why Indonesia's leader is visiting Kyiv, Moscow

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the Group of 20 leading rich and developing nations, is heading to Ukraine and Russia for meetings with the leaders of the two warring nations following a visit to Germany to attend the Group of Seven summit

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022

Why India didn’t fall for Russia-bashing at G7 summit

Nearly two months before this week’s G7 summit, a news agency relied on anonymous sources to speculate that Germany, the host, was debating whether to invite India’s prime minister. The purported reason: India’s reluctance to condemn Russia for attacking Ukraine. The German government said the report was “wrong” and, in…

Newslaundry · Jun 29, 2022

Exclusive-Kaliningrad row: EU nears compromise deal to defuse standoff with Russia

Trade through Lithuania to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad could return to normal within days, two sources familiar with the matter said, as European officials edge towards a compromise deal with the Baltic state to defuse a row with Moscow.

Reuters · Jun 29, 2022

Celtic in transfer 'talks' with Schalke star admired by Liverpool amid Christopher Jullien rumours

The defender has been linked with a move to Parkhead amid reports that current Hoops defender Christopher Jullien could be on the move to Germany's Bundesliga.

Glasgow Live · Jun 29, 2022

US blacklists five Chinese companies for supporting Russian military

The Group of Seven economic powers includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK and the US.

Irish Mirror · Jun 29, 2022