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Europe
Ukraine says recent pledges show that key weapons are no longer ‘taboo’ for its allies.
At the start of the war, they were considered too big an ask. But the armored fighting vehicles committed to…
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Europe
From Germans, an Outpouring of Mixed Emotions at Benedict XVI’s Death
Church bells rang across Germany on Saturday as leaders around the country paid their respects to Benedict XVI — the…
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Europe
His Job Description? Protecting German Democracy. Literally.
Thomas Haldenwang runs Germany’s Office for the Protection of the Constitution. His mission is to fight the enemies of German…
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Europe
Germany accuses one of its intelligence officers of being a Russian spy.
BERLIN — A member of Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service has been arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia and is…
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America
How Germany Changed Its Mind, and Gave the Benin Bronzes Back
A ceremony in Nigeria on Tuesday was the culmination of a yearslong process that upended Germany’s approach to museum items…
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Europe
The Prince, the Plot and a Long-Lost Reich
The crenelated hunting lodge of Prince Heinrich XIII of Reuss sits atop a steep hill, looking out over homes laced…
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Europe
Spat Over Patriot Missiles Reveals Deepening Rifts in Europe Over Ukraine
Relations between Warsaw and Berlin, never warm, have deteriorated since the start of the Ukraine war, damaging unity in both…
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Europe
German Plotters, Long Dismissed as Fringe, Got a Lift From QAnon
Reichsbürger, the movement behind a plan to overthrow Germany’s government, gained momentum from conspiracy theories that grew during the pandemic,…
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America
Your Thursday Briefing: China Eases Covid Restrictions
Also, Peru’s president is ousted and Germany arrests 25 people suspected of plotting a coup.
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Europe
Werner Franke, Who Exposed East German Doping Program, Dies at 82
In the 1990s, he and his wife unearthed documentary evidence of the illicit, state-sponsored drug program that propelled the country…