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January 17, 2020

Brazil's culture minister fired after paraphrasing quote by Nazi propaganda chief Goebbels

Brazil's Culture Secretary Roberto Alvim was fired Friday after posting a video that strongly resembled a speech given by notorious Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels while music from Adolf Hitler's favorite composer played in the background. 

January 15, 2020

German lawmaker's office window riddled with bullet holes

A German lawmaker on Wednesday said he found bullet holes in his office window.

January 12, 2020

German city defuses rare World War II bombs after mass evacuation

Thousands of people in and around the German city of Dortmund were evacuated on Sunday while crews defused two World War II-era bombs, officials said.

January 11, 2020

Amb. Richard Grenell praises German diplomatic action as Trump calls for greater NATO role in Mideast conflict

Progress is being made in swaying European nations to take diplomatic action on Iran, U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell said Saturday.

January 9, 2020

7-year-old painter wows art world in Germany

A 7-year-old painter has taken the German art world by storm.

January 9, 2020

Rare shrew-spread virus linked to deaths of 8 German residents, study finds

At least eight people in Germany who died of encephalitis likely contracted a rare virus from shrews, a small mole-like animal, that led to the fatal brain-swelling condition. 

January 9, 2020

German man dies four years after his sandwich was poisoned by co-worker, falling into a coma

A man in Germany has died four years after he ate a sandwich that was poisoned by his co-worker and fell into a coma, officials announced Thursday.

January 7, 2020

Germany, UK, others begin moving troops out of Baghdad, Iraq amid tensions following death of Soleimani

Germany and several other European nations on Tuesday began moving troops out of Baghdad, with some leaving Iraq entirely, amid soaring tensions in the region after an American drone attack that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad last week.

January 6, 2020

German police kill man who approached with knife, reportedly shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’

Police in western Germany shot and killed a 37-year-old man who allegedly tried to attack them with a knife. They are checking whether extremism was a possible motive for the attack, the German news agency dpa reported Monday.

January 5, 2020

Berlin police block activists from dismantling left-wing installation said to hold Holocaust victims' remains

Activists said Sunday that Berlin police prevented them from dismantling an art installation that angered Jewish groups after those who erected it claimed it contained Holocaust victims’ remains.