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January 19, 2022

Retired Angela Merkel turns down UN job

German ex-chancellor Angela Merkel has said no thanks to an offer of a job with the United Nations, her office said Wednesday, as she settles into retirement after 16 years in power. UN sources confirmed that Secretary General Antonio Guterres…

January 19, 2022

Bund yields go positive but what does it mean?

Yields on 10-year German bonds passed into positive territory for the first time since May 2019 as surging inflation in the eurozone prompted speculation that monetary policy could be tightened. AFP looks at what prompted the shift, why it is…

January 19, 2022

Films in competition at 72nd Berlinale fest

The 72nd Berlinale, Europe’s first major film festival of the year, will take place next month as an in-person event, with 18 movies from around the world competing. A jury led by Indian-born American director M. Night Shyamalan (“The Sixth…

January 19, 2022

Germany tries Syrian doctor for crimes against humanity

German prosecutors accused a Syrian doctor Wednesday of torturing detainees and killing one of them while working in military hospitals in his war-torn homeland, on the first day of a landmark crimes against humanity trial in Frankfurt. The accused, 36-year-old…

January 19, 2022

Berlin filmfest to go forward in person as Covid surges

The Berlinale, Europe’s first major film festival of the year, will take place next month as an in-person event, organisers confirmed Wednesday, just as the Omicron wave is expected to peak in Germany. Surprising some observers expecting it to go…

January 19, 2022

Germany puts Syrian doctor on trial for crimes against humanity

A Syrian doctor went on trial in Germany on Wednesday accused of crimes against humanity including torture and murder in his war-torn homeland, in the latest European court case involving loyalists of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Alaa Mousa, 36, who…

January 19, 2022

German bond yields top 0% for first time since May 2019

Yields for 10-year German bonds jumped into positive territory on Wednesday for the first time since May 2019 as surging inflation in the eurozone prompted fears of monetary tightening. At 0715 GMT, Bund yields passed zero for the first time…

January 19, 2022

Germany hits record 100,000 daily Covid-19 cases

Germany’s daily toll of new Covid-19 cases topped 100,000 for the first time on Wednesday, according to data from the country’s public health agency. Europe’s biggest economy recorded 112,323 new infections over the past 24 hours and 239 fatalities, the…

January 19, 2022

WHO says pandemic ‘nowhere near over’ as France, Germany post record cases

The World Health Organization has warned that the Covid-19 pandemic is far from over, as France, Germany and Brazil posted new records of infections in the past 24 hours. The highly transmissible Omicron strain has spread unabated around the world,…