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Merkel criticizes German front-runner Merz over migration vote with far-right support

Jan. 30, 2025 06:57 AM EST

BERLIN (AP) — Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country's center-right leader, the front-runner in Germany's election next month, for putting to parliament proposals for tough new migration rules that only passed with the help...

Europe's economy stagnated with zero growth in last quarter of 2024 as eurozone's biggest economy Germany struggled

Jan. 30, 2025 05:17 AM EST
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe's economy stagnated with zero growth in last quarter of 2024 as eurozone's biggest economy Germany struggled.

German parliament backs election front-runner's call for tough border rules with far-right support

Jan. 29, 2025 13:03 PM EST

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's parliament on Wednesday narrowly approved a call by Chancellor Olaf Scholz's main challenger to turn back many more migrants at the country's borders, with the help of a far-right party — a move that drew strong criticism of the front-runner in the campaign for next...

Germany's government slashes its economic growth forecast for this year to 0.3%

Jan. 29, 2025 08:07 AM EST

BERLIN (AP) — The German government on Wednesday slashed its 2025 growth forecast for the country's economy, Europe's biggest, to just 0.3% after it shrank for two consecutive years. The new projection is much lower than the government's previous forecast of 1.1% growth, issued in...

Hungarian Jews remember Holocaust tragedy 80 years after liberation of Auschwitz

Jan. 29, 2025 06:16 AM EST

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, in which nearly half a million Hungarian Jews lost their lives at the hands of the Nazis, Tamás Léderer still can't shake the sense that the world hasn't learned from the horrors of the 20th...

An unlikely symbol of cooperation, the barn owl brings Arab and Israeli scientists together

Jan. 29, 2025 04:37 AM EST

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — It soars over the borders and divisions of the war-torn Middle East, bringing Arab and Israeli academics together. An unlikely symbol of cooperation, the barn owl is now getting global attention. Experts from 12 countries gathered in Greece...

Who funds the World Health Organization? A list of its biggest donors

Jan. 28, 2025 11:51 AM EST

President Donald Trump's decision to exit the World Health Organization means the U.N. agency is losing its biggest funder. For the two-year budget ending in 2025, the U.S. is projected to be WHO’s largest single contributor by far. It is expected to donate $958 million, or nearly 15%, of the...

Danish leader on European tour as Copenhagen moves to strengthen presence around Greenland

Jan. 28, 2025 03:29 AM EST

BERLIN (AP) — Denmark's prime minister embarked on a tour of major European capitals Tuesday as the continent faces what she called “a more uncertain reality” and her country moves to strengthen its military presence around Greenland. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen planned...

Belarus opposition and Western leaders reject election result that extends strongman's rule

Jan. 27, 2025 11:16 AM EST

Belarus' opposition activists and Western officials on Monday denounced an orchestrated election that extends the more than three-decade rule of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. The country's exiled opposition leader called the result “sheer nonsense.” The Central...

German officials, residents attend commemoration of 2 people killed in knife attack

Jan. 26, 2025 09:27 AM EST

BERLIN (AP) — Government officials and local residents attended a solemn Mass Sunday to honor a child and a man killed in a knife attack in Germany, an assault that amplified the debate about migration ahead of the Feb. 23 general election. The ecumenical religious service at the...