Germany
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COVID: Germany mulls new measures as infections spike
World | Nov 12, 2021, 01:07 PM ISTUnlike some other European countries, Germany has balked at making vaccinations mandatory for certain categories of workers and has struggled to persuade more people to voluntarily get shots.
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Germany: Several injured in knife attack on train
World | Nov 06, 2021, 04:16 PM ISTOne person has been arrested and multiple people are injured, police said. So far, there is no information about the attacker or possible motives.
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Germany: 96 year old former Nazi camp secretary 'on the run' ahead of trail
World | Sep 30, 2021, 05:53 PM ISTDespite her advanced age, the German woman was to be tried in juvenile court because she was under 21 at the time of the alleged crimes. German media identified her as Irmgard Furchner.
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Germany Election: Angela Merkel's center-right bloc stumbles badly; horse-trading ahead
World | Sep 28, 2021, 08:34 AM ISTAngela Merkel, who has won plaudits for steering Germany through several major crises, won't be an easy leader to follow.
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Germany Elections voting today, Angela Merkel's 16-year-long rule likely to end
World | Sep 26, 2021, 09:14 AM ISTAbout 60.4 million people in the nation of 83 million are eligible to elect the new parliament, which decides who will be the next head of government.
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Taliban wants to establish diplomatic relations with Germany: Zabihullah Mujahid
World | Sep 05, 2021, 08:01 PM ISTThe German government has been reserved about establishing official ties with the Taliban. Officials say talks are needed to get the remaining former Afghan staffers who worked for the Germans out of the country.
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COVID-19: 4 million cases in Germany since pandemic began
World | Sep 05, 2021, 03:58 PM ISTMore than 61 per cent of the German population, or 50.9 million people, are fully vaccinated, but that's less than in other European countries.
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Germany says 300 citizens still in Afghanistan
World | Aug 27, 2021, 10:02 PM ISTForeign Ministry spokesman Christofer Burger said Friday there are also some 10,000 Afghans who worked for German forces or for other reasons had been identified as entitled to evacuation. But it's unclear how many of those might have found a way out other than on German flights.
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Germany ends evacuation mission from Kabul
World | Aug 27, 2021, 03:58 PM ISTDefense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said the last of the German military aircraft and troops arrived in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Thursday evening.
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PM Modi, German Chancellor discuss Afghanistan situation, emphasise on repatriating stranded people
India | Aug 23, 2021, 11:18 PM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday discussed the unfolding situation in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover.
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Berlin protesters decry coronavirus measures; 600 detained
World | Aug 02, 2021, 10:16 AM ISTBerlin's police department deployed more than 2,000 officers to try and disperse the protests on Sunday.
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Germany defends preparation for floods as death toll goes up to 190
World | Jul 19, 2021, 08:33 PM ISTGerman officials are defending their preparations for flooding in the face of the raging torrents that caught many people by surprise and left over 190 people dead in Western Europe, but concede that they will need to learn lessons from the disaster.
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Germany floods: 30 dead, several missing after record rain in Western Europe
World | Jul 15, 2021, 07:56 PM ISTAfter homes were severely damaged, or in some cases swept away, local residents started to clean up the debris and rebuild some normality.
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Germany reclassifies Spain as COVID risk area
World | Jul 10, 2021, 03:00 PM ISTThe new travel warning does not affect travel to Spain directly yet, Xinhua news agency quoted the AA as saying on Friday.
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Germany eases restrictions on travel from India as Covid situation improves
World | Jul 06, 2021, 09:07 AM ISTGermany is easing strict restrictions on travel from Britain, Portugal and some other countries that were imposed because of the rise of the more contagious delta virus variant.
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Delta variant to make up 80% of new cases in Germany
World | Jul 02, 2021, 11:47 AM ISTThe Delta variant is expected to become the dominant Covid-19 strain in Germany with its share of positive cases approaching 80 per cent.
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3 people dead in Germany knife attack
World | Jun 26, 2021, 01:20 PM ISTThe incident took place on Barbarossaplatz square in the city centre on Friday evening, reports Xinhua news agency.
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Germany: Several killed in knife attack in Wuerzburg; attacker arrested, say police
World | Jun 26, 2021, 12:01 AM ISTGerman police say several people have been killed and others injured in a knife attack in the southern city of Wuerzburg on Friday.
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COVID-19: Delta variant gaining ground in Germany
World | Jun 19, 2021, 12:30 PM ISTAlthough the share of the Covid-19 Delta variant in Germany is only 6 per cent of the new cases, the strain is spreading at a fast pace, Lothar Wieler, president of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), said.
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Forged COVID vaccine certificates surface in Germany
World | May 29, 2021, 03:55 PM ISTAccording to local police authorities, in Bavaria alone there have been "a number of cases in the low double-digits", dpa news agency reported.