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The last time Angela Merkel and Bono shared top billing, at the G8 meeting in a German Baltic Sea resort in 2007, it didn’t end well. The U2 frontman made a ...

The former German chancellor added that diplomacy alongside military deterrence is crucial when dealing with Russia. Meanwhile, we seems to have a late addition to our opening debate on whether (and ...

BERLIN — Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel hit out at the EU on Monday for not using its diplomatic clout to help end Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “I think the military support we’ve ...

The former German chancellor receives the new European Order of Merit this week. Yet, her policies are facing fresh scrutiny amid global instability and a changing world order. When Angela Merkel ...

Angela Merkel sounds like she is enjoying retirement. She has pared back her schedule to little more than “feel-good” engagements and thinned out her once‑familiar array of coloured blazers, though ...

Former Chancellor Angela Merkel says she thinks people need to have patience with the coalition government, amid widespread dissatisfaction. Meanwhile, Germany's men are celebrating Father's Day.

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Sunday marked 10 years since then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel used the phrase "Wir schaffen das", or "we can do it", as the country opened its doors and welcomed over a million refugees. A decade ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday called on Europe to stand up to President Trump on tariffs and said Vice President Vance’s views on “freedom” represented a threat to democracy, ...