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Death Toll Rises After 'Dreadful' Attack in Germany

At least 5 are dead, 200-plus injured after suspect drove BMW into Magdeburg Christmas market

(Newser) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has promised to investigate "in depth" an attack Friday at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, in which a car that plowed into the crowds there left five dead, including a child, and injured more than 200. Appearing at a Saturday presser with Saxony-Anhalt Gov. Reiner...

Musk Endorses Germany's Far-Right Party

Scholz points out that free speech rights apply to bad political advice

(Newser) - Elon Musk, already busy with US politics , stepped into Germany's on Friday, drawing the attention of millions of X users and leaders who don't share his support of the far-right Alternative for Germany party. "Only the AfD can save Germany," Musk wrote in response to a...

Scholz Loses in Parliament, Setting Up an Election

Lawmakers deny chancellor on confidence vote

(Newser) - Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in the German parliament on Monday, putting the European Union's most populous member and biggest economy on course to hold an early election in February. Scholz won the support of 207 lawmakers in the 733-seat lower house, or Bundestag, while 394 voted...

Zelensky Objects to Germany's Call to Putin

German chancellor pushes Russia toward peace talks in hourlong conversation

(Newser) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin leader's first publicly announced conversation with the sitting head of a major Western power in nearly two years. Scholz urged Putin to be open to negotiations with Ukraine to end their war, his office said. The...

What Other World Leaders Are Saying About Biden

Reactions are largely laudatory, but somewhat measured

(Newser) - The rest of the world is also wrapping its head around what just happened in the 2024 presidential race. A roundup of comments from world leaders about President Biden's decision to step aside in the 2024 election:
  • Britain: Recently elected PM Keir Starmer called Biden's decision "based
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This Is a Different Kind of Protest

German farmers use their tractors to block traffic in protest of proposed cuts to diesel subsidies

(Newser) - Farmers blocked highway access roads and snarled traffic in parts of Germany on Monday with their tractors, launching a week of protests against a government plan to scrap tax breaks on diesel used in agriculture. Chancellor Olaf Scholz's unpopular three-party coalition infuriated farmers last month by drawing up plans...

Ukrainians Flee Recaptured City
Ukrainians Flee Recaptured City
Nov 26, 2022 5:15 PM CST

Ukrainians Flee Recaptured City

Russian shelling drives out Kherson residents, weeks after celebrations

(Newser) - Weeks after filling the streets in celebration after the city's recapture , residents again are fleeing the southern Ukraine city of Kherson. The first train bound for the west carried 100 people, CNN reports, including 20 children and seven bedridden hospital patients. City officials are encouraging residents to leave and...

Pressured to Negotiate, Putin Warns About Sanctions

Macron, Scholz hold 80-minute call with Russian leader

(Newser) - In an 80-minute phone call Saturday, the leaders of Germany and France pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin to begin "serious negotiations" with Ukraine to end the fighting. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron "insisted on an immediate ceasefire and a withdrawal of Russian troops,"...

Biden: Invasion Threatens Pipeline

4 nations' leaders confer about Ukraine crisis in 2 meetings

(Newser) - In a flurry of diplomacy across two continents, President Biden emerged from a meeting with Germany's new leader Monday vowing the crucial Nord Stream 2 Russia-to-Germany gas pipeline would be blocked if Russia further invades Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin said the US and its allies were the only...

In Germany, the Beginning of a New Era

Olaf Scholz took over for Angela Merkel on Wednesday

(Newser) - Olaf Scholz became Germany's ninth post-World War II chancellor Wednesday, opening a new era for the European Union's most populous nation and largest economy after Angela Merkel's 16-year tenure. Scholz's government takes office with high hopes of modernizing Germany and combating climate change but faces the...

Goodbye, Angela Merkel. Hello, Olaf Scholz

3 German parties reach deal on new government, with Social Democrat now at the helm as chancellor

(Newser) - Three German parties have reached a deal to form a new government that will end the era of longtime Chancellor Angela Merkel, according to Olaf Scholz, who's poised to replace her. Scholz, of the center-left Social Democrats, said he expects that members of the parties will give their blessing...

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