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August 13, 2020

Tens of thousands rally in Belarus against post-vote crackdown

Tens of thousands of Belarusians staged a wave of peaceful protests on Thursday against President Alexander Lukashenko’s disputed re-election and an ensuing brutal police crackdown. In apparent concessions on Thursday evening, Belarus announced the release of more than 1,000 detained…
August 13, 2020

Germany summons Belarus ambassador over disputed vote

Germany, which holds the rotating EU presidency, on Thursday summoned the Belarusian ambassador to urgent talks over President Alexander Lukashenko’s disputed re-election. “Today the Belarusian ambassador was invited to the Federal Foreign Office for an urgent discussion in view of…
August 13, 2020

Daimler strikes $2.2 bn diesel settlements in US

Daimler has approved settlements worth $2.2 billion over emissions cheating software in its diesel vehicles in the US, the German carmaker said Thursday. The company has “reached an agreement in principle with various US authorities to settle civil and environmental…
August 13, 2020

Israeli fighter planes to head to Germany for first joint exercise

The Israeli Air Force will carry out a joint exercise with the Luftwaffe in Germany for the first time, including a visit to the Dachau concentration camp, the German military said Thursday. The forces will also fly over the Fuerstenfeldbruck…
August 13, 2020

Germany admits delay in thousands of virus test results

Bavarian premier Markus Soeder was forced to apologise Thursday over an embarrassing delay to thousands of coronavirus test results, just as Germany was seeing a new spike in virus cases. Some 44,000 people who took advantage of free coronavirus tests…
August 13, 2020

Lufthansa breaks off talks with ground-staff union

German airline Lufthansa said Thursday it had broken off negotiations with the Verdi union on cutting ground staff wages, warning that forced redundancies may be unavoidable as the pandemic wreaks havoc on the travel industry. Verdi union’s deputy chairwoman Christine…
August 13, 2020

Thousands form human chains in Belarus after post-vote crackdown

Thousands of protesters formed human chains and marched in Belarus on Thursday in a growing wave of peaceful demonstrations over President Alexander Lukashenko’s disputed re-election and an ensuing brutal police crackdown. Russia claimed the protests were being orchestrated from abroad…
August 13, 2020

German businessman in Wirecard probe dies in Philippines

A German businessman in the Philippines wanted for questioning over the Wirecard accounting scandal has died, the justice minister said Thursday. Christopher Reinhard Bauer died from “natural causes” on July 27 at a hospital in the capital Manila and was…
August 13, 2020

Deutsche Telekom ups full-year guidance on US merger boost

German telecoms operator Deutsche Telekom boosted its guidance for the full year on Thursday after reporting a jump in second-quarter revenues thanks to its acquisition of US rival Sprint. The Bonn-based company said it now expected adjusted earnings of 34…

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