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German athlete Geisenberger says she will ‘never go back to China’
After flying back to Germany, Olympic athlete Natalie Geisenberger recalled her uneasy decision to join the Games on February 17 on the ZDFheute Nachrichten with Markus Lanz. Despite China’s human rights records and the poor treatment during her training there, she decided that she would “go there for two weeks, ...
German media: US focus is Asia, not Europe
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid a 7-day visit to the Asia-Pacific region on Feb. 10. It was the first trip by a U.S. Secretary of State in nearly four decades and amid a hyped-up crisis in Ukraine. A report by German newspaper Die Welt on Feb. 18 viewed that ...
Never go to China again: German Olympic champion
Luger Natalie Geisenberger, 34, won one individual and one team relay gold medal at the Winter Olympics. She has now returned to Germany and appeared in an interview on February 16 on the German TV channel "Markus Lanz." In the interview, she not only spoke of her joy at winning the ...
German FM Baerbock supports Lithuania and criticizes CCP’s attempt to divide Europe
The Chinese regime has retaliated against Lithuania in response to its alliance with Taiwan, and European countries have also been involved. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock stated that China is blackmailing Europe and stressed that China's attempt to divide Europe will not succeed. As China retaliated against Lithuania for establishing Taiwan's ...
Possible traitor of Anne Frank and her family revealed 77 years after the surrender to the Nazis
An international investigation led by former FBI agent, Vincent Panoke, points to the possible informer of the hiding place where the teenage author of "The Diary of Anne Frank" was hiding. The diary recounts the rawness of the Nazi persecution of Jews during World War II. A Jewish notary in Amsterdam, ...
German businesses to leave China due to supply chain disruptions
German companies plan to withdraw from China as Beijing's extreme zero-Covid policy is disrupting the global supply chain. Ma Mingbo, the chief representative of the German Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, said that Chinese authorities disrupted its supply chain by banning flights and closing the city, so German businesses are restructuring ...
France and Germany want to create a ‘United States of Europe’ by taking more power from EU members
With France taking over the presidency of the European Union in January, Germany's left-wing government expressed its unconditional support for Macron to form a 'more sovereign Europe' for which the bloc's member states will have to give more power to the bloc. Annalena Baerbock, the German foreign minister, said, "Our French ...
The German Parliament passed a resolution to increase exchanges with Taiwan
The Petitions Committee of the German Bundestag passed a resolution on December 9th in response to a popular petition for Taiwan-German relations establishment. According to the Central News Agency, the Committee has recommended that the government re-evaluate its Taiwan policy and strengthen exchanges with Taiwan. A German citizen named Michael started the petition ...
‘It’s just sick’: Franklin Graham lashes out at transgender Jesus in play shown in Germany
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association president Franklin Graham lashed out at a play presented by the Bibelhaus Museum in Frankfurt, Germany, that depicts Jesus as a man who identifies as a woman. "Any suggestion that Jesus Christ is transgender is not only false, it’s just sick," declared preacher Graham, son of the ...
Germany Revealed the CCP’s ‘Large-scale Cyber Attack Weapons Warehouse’
A confidential document from the "Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution '' or BFV from Germany said that Chinese government hackers possessed a "large-scale cyber attack arsenal." According to DW News on Dec. 4, the BFV's report revealed Chinese hackers tried to target the private emails of federal Members ...
Chinese regime steps back after new German Minister of Foreign Affairs’ declarations
A spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Germany on Dec. 2 urged German politicians to have an objective and comprehensive view of China instead of opposition. The spokesman suggested that China-German cooperation will be built on respect for mutual interests between the two sides, calling for a "bridge" to be established, ...
Socialist coalition proposes forming United States of Europe
Left-leaning politicians want to create a new superstate called the United States of Europe. Three German political parties formed a coalition at the request of incoming Social Democratic Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Scholz, who replaces predecessor Angela Merkel, is already trying to rewrite European Union treaties to turn the bloc into a federal ...
Omicron variant spreads to UK, Germany and Italy
A new coronavirus strain reached British, German, and Italian shores on Nov. 27. Authorities in all three countries have discovered their first Omicron variant cases. British health minister Sajid Javid confirmed two Britons tested positive after being exposed to infected passengers who traveled to southern Africa. United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris ...
Roman silver hoard discovered from 1st and 2nd Century
One of the world's largest Roman silver coin collections has been unearthed. More than 15 kilograms (33 pounds) of 1st and 2nd Century currency was discovered in Augsburg, Germany. The University of Tübingen's Institute for Classical Archaeology is examining five containers filled with Roman treasure. A preliminary count found more than 5500 ...
German Chancellor says Europe should not divorce from China
German Chancellor Angela Merkel in an interview Wednesday, Nov. 17, said although intellectual property could be an issue, it is not time for Europe and Germany to stop cooperating with China yet. "Total decoupling wouldn’t be right in my view, it would be damaging for us," she told Reuters, while also ...
Germany to stop quarantine pay for unvaccinated
Germany will discontinue financing unvaccinated workers placed into isolation after coronavirus exposure, Health Minister Jens Spahn announced on Wednesday, Sept. 22. According to Reuters, Spahn said it’s unjust to compel taxpayers to subsidize people who refuse to get inoculated. “It’s about fairness,” Spahn said. “Those who protect themselves and others via a ...
Vatican: Pope Francis rejects resignation of archbishop accused of abuse
On Wednesday, Sept. 15, the Vatican's highest authority rejected the resignation of the archbishop of Hamburg, who has serious allegations of sexual abuse. The German Catholic Church is facing a world-scale scandal over allegations that during 2018 alone, 3677 people were reported to have been sexually abused under the complicity ...
Labor minister: German companies not allowed to ask about employees’ COVID vaccination status
Many countries have made vaccination mandatory for healthcare and public-sector workers, and some businesses, particularly in the United States, have begun requiring that their employees be vaccinated.However, due of Germany's history of Nazi and Communist state surveillance of citizens, the country's data privacy rules are strict, and businesses have no ...
Germany: 80% of deaths attributed to COVID-19 are due to other causes, independent researchers say
It is likely that 80% of the COVID-19 deaths reported in Germany by the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) are attributable to other causes, says the director of the independent health research institute IGES in Berlin, Dr. Bertram Häussler. "We have determined that in a good 80% of the official COVID-19 deaths ...
Afghan newborn delivered on US evacuation aircraft
A major Air Force command confirmed a passenger gave birth to a baby girl aboard a U.S. military evacuation flight on Aug. 21. U.S. Air Mobility Command confirmed the C-17 transport aircraft safely arrived at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, carrying a tiny extra passenger. An Afghan woman went into labor while ...

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