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December 6, 2019

Auschwitz survivor fears rise of anti-Semitism

As German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Auschwitz for the first time on Friday, 96-year-old survivor Frederick Terna will be at home in New York worrying about a resurgence of anti-Semitism. Terna, in America since 1952, isn’t trying to be “the…

December 5, 2019

Iran working on nuclear-capable missiles: European powers

Britain, France and Germany have accused Iran of developing nuclear-capable ballistic missiles in a letter dismissed by Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Thursday as “a desperate falsehood”. UN ambassadors for the three countries said in the letter to UN…

December 5, 2019

Lawyer to be charged with graft in new woes for Netanyahu

Israel’s state prosecutor said Thursday he intends to charge the personal lawyer of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with money-laundering in the state’s purchase of submarines from German firm Thyssenkrupp. Netanyahu has in the past been questioned as a witness in…

December 5, 2019

Germany plans to deport ‘dangerous’ Syrian criminals

Interior ministers from Germany’s federal states said Thursday they plan to ease deportation rules to allow Syrians convicted of serious crimes to be returned to the war-torn country. The move has been pushed by conservative and far-right lawmakers following a…

December 5, 2019

Auschwitz survivor’s ‘duty to the dead’

Leon Schwarzbaum is one of the last survivors of Auschwitz — the Nazi death camp that Chancellor Angela Merkel will be visiting for the first time on Friday. At 98, he says his “duty to the dead” is to bear…

December 5, 2019

German industrial orders fall back in October

New orders for German industry fell back in October after a September boost, official data showed Thursday, highlighting that manufacturing in Europe’s largest economy remains plagued by trade wars and a global growth slowdown. New contracts fell 0.4 percent month-on-month…

December 5, 2019

Stay or go? Four scenarios as Merkel partners debate future

Headed by a new leftist leadership duo, Germany’s struggling Social Democrats are gearing up for a crunch congress from Friday that could decide the future of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s fragile coalition government. As SPD members gather to discuss their demands…

December 4, 2019

MEPs voice ‘serious concern’ about Malta’s Muscat

The head of a European Parliament mission to Malta on Wednesday voiced “serious concern” about Joseph Muscat remaining prime minister during a probe into journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder. “We have serious concern about Mr Muscat’s stay in office,” Dutch…

December 4, 2019

Germany kicks out Russian diplomats over Berlin murder

Germany expelled two Russian diplomats on Wednesday after prosecutors said Moscow could be behind the killing of a former Chechen rebel commander in a Berlin park. Russia’s foreign ministry immediately pledged unspecified “retaliatory measures”, saying the accusations were “groundless and…