Germany

two white wind turbines outside
The Big Fix
War in Ukraine speeding up Germany’s transition to renewables
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, left, shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as French President Emmanuel Macron, looks on before a meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine
Ukraine
Many Germans fear ‘active participation in war’ as country increases military aid to Ukraine
Port cranes load a climate friendly LNG, liquefied natural gas, powered container ship at the import and export harbor in Hamburg, Germany
Energy
Europe’s new liquified gas infrastructure puts climate targets in question
line of dancers in front of a church
Lifestyle & Belief
In Germany, dancing is banned on ‘silent’ religious holidays, including Good Friday
Portraits of China's former top leaders from left Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and including the current President Xi Jinping are seen at a military camp in Beijing, China
Top of The World
Chinese Communist Party cements Xi Jinping’s rule
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is seen at the State Department in Washington
Top of The World
Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell dies at 84
Vials of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines in Jackson, Miss.
Top of The World
Moderna to build manufacturing plant in Africa
Kunsthalle Osnabrück co-director Anna Jehle sits near colorful stained-glass windows inside a church.
Arts, Culture & Media
The perplexing acoustics of an art show in northwest Germany
On the front page of Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, one of Germany's largest publications, 185 actors have come out as LGBTQ. 
LGBTQ
Germany’s LGBTQ actors come out publicly en masse to fight discrimination 
A sign reads "no sex" in the red-light district in Amsterdam.
Jobs
Sex workers in Europe struggle to survive as clubs slowly reopen
A group of people sit around a table with laptops.
Media
Exiled journalists in Germany find ‘hope’ with a magazine that speaks their language
A Meridiana Airlines plane believed to be flying a group of about 50 rejected asylum seekers leaves from Frankfurt Rhein-Main Airport in Germany, Dec. 14, 2016.
Justice
Why German pilots won’t fly Afghan refugees back to Afghanistan
German police
Conflict
Pro-refugee German mayor stabbed in suspected political attack
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the top candidate of the Christian Democratic Union Party (CDU) for the upcoming general elections, greets supporters during a campaign rally.
Culture
Angela Merkel is at the top, but progress is slow for German women
Iran rocket launch
Conflict
US, Europeans push UN to react to Iran’s ‘threatening’ rocket launch
A police officer sets-up a mobile surveillance camera.
Conflict
A 2016 terrorist attack changed the conversation on surveillance in Germany
Deadly truck attack
Conflict
In the wake of deadly truck attack, Germany grapples with security and a ‘culture of openness’
A Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) school bus yard is reflected in a mirror in the North Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles,
Conflict
A bomb threat complicates lives in LA, where the typical parent isn’t a ‘soccer mom or dad driving a Volvo’
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich's new book is called Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few
Economics
What Germany’s got that America doesn’t
Lutz Wiese of Vattenfall power company refuels a hydrogen-powered Mercedes at a filling station in Berlin. Vatenfall is a partner in the world's first direct wind-hydrogen power plant, in northern Germany. Using wind-generated electricity to create hydrog
Technology
The car of the future — the very near future — might be driven by the wind
Solar power production has grown more than 25 times over the last decade in Germany, spurred largely by big incentives for small producers to get into the market. But sunshine and wind power are intermittent, so engineers and others are looking for ways t
Environment
How do you catch the sun to make electricity at night? This German inventor has an answer.
Participants in a grassroots anti-Muslim movement hold German flags during a demonstration in Berlin. The rise of the group, Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West, has shaken Germany's political establishment.
Conflict
Germany’s anti-immigrant movement spooks the country’s leaders
German soccer fans celebrate after watching a broadcast of the 2014 World Cup semi-final between Brazil and Germany at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, July 8, 2014.
Sports
Even Germans are stunned by their historic win over Brazil
A Brazil fan cries as she watches the 2014 World Cup semi-final between Brazil and Germany at a fan area in Brasilia. Germany scored five goals in 18 astonishing first-half minutes on their way to a 7-1 semi-final mauling of Brazil on Tuesday.
Sports
For Brazilians, a huge loss caps a costly and disappointing World Cup
Henry Tandey
Conflict & Justice
The man who could have shot Hitler
Eric Jarosinski, the University of Pennsylvania professor behind Nein Quarterly
Arts, Culture & Media
Germans on Twitter say ‘ja!’ to Nein Quarterly
Arts, Culture & Media
Meet the German Combat Vet Who Believes Military Action Syria is a Noble Mission
Arts, Culture & Media
Richard Wagner’s 200th birthday passes with little notice in the U.S.
Lifestyle & Belief
Catholic Church unveils Pope Francis as next leader
Hitler’s one-time top deputy Rudolf Hess exhumed from grave
Global Politics
Germany’s multiculturalism dubbed a failure
Conflict & Justice
Snowden Leaks Spark Controversy in Europe Over NSA Surveillance
The World in Words
Bigmouth: A One-Man Mashup of the Words of History
Arts, Culture & Media
LaBrassBanda’s International Music with Bavarian Roots
Arts, Culture & Media
Former Nazi Torture and Detention Sites Uncovered in Germany
Arts, Culture & Media
‘Hitler’s Composer’: Why an Israeli is Rethinking Wagner’s Music and Legacy
German President Under Fire From Feminists Over Sexism Debate
Lifestyle & Belief
How Green Was Pope Benedict?
Arts, Culture & Media
Pope Benedict Says Goodbye and Catholics Around the World Think, Who’s Next?
Arts, Culture & Media
Pope Benedict’s Farewell Audience
The World in Words
The Pope’s Big News Came in … Latin
Arts, Culture & Media
Pope Benedict XVI Resigns
Pope Benedict XVI to Resign This Month
Music Heard on Air
Music Heard on Air for December 6, 2012
Conflict & Justice
German Court Ruling May Aid Ailing Euro
Global Politics
Germany Questions West-to-East Aid
Global Hit
Finnish Singer Mirel Wagner Takes Inspiration from the Blues
Pope Visits Cuba
Music Heard on Air
Music Heard on Air for March 12, 2012
Arts, Culture & Media
Wim Wenders Discusses ‘Pina’ — A Documentary on Choreographer Pina Bausch
AT&T Drops T-Mobile Bid
Nazi Rudolf Hess Exhumed From Grave
No-Car Day, European-Style
Conflict & Justice
The Nuremberg Trials: 65 years later
Global Politics
New abuse allegations land close to the pope
Global Politics
New developments in decades old child sex abuse scandal
Global Politics
German Chancellor Merkel to address Congress
Arts, Culture & Media
Home of the Oktoberfest
Conflict & Justice
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Arts, Culture & Media
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