German prosecutors have indicted four young men over the brazen theft of a 100-kilogram (221-pound) Canadian gold coin from a Berlin museum. The “Big Maple Leaf” coin, worth several million …
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Saudi Ambassador Back in Berlin a Year After Leaving Over Lebanon Comments
DUBAI — Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Germany has returned to Berlin, the Saudi foreign ministry said on Tuesday, almost a year he left over comments by German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel about the …
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Area around Berlin’s main train station to be evacuated over World War II bomb
German police said an area including Berlin’s central train station would be evacuated on Friday to defuse a 1,100-pound World War II aerial bomb found during construction work on Wednesday. Police wrote on Twitter that the bomb was in a safe condition …
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Berlin gets cold feet over EU tech tax promoted by Macron
Germany has cooled on ambitious EU plans for a turnover tax that hits big US digital companies, dealing a blow to a policy championed by President Emmanuel Macron of France. As the European Commission unveiled its proposals for a pan-EU tax to raise €5bn …
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EU clears Lufthansa plan to take over part of Air Berlin
The European Union has approved a deal that will see Germany’s biggest airline, Lufthansa, take over part of defunct Air Berlin — formerly the country’s second-largest carrier. The EU’s executive Commission cleared Lufthansa’s planned purchase of Air …
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Man Arrested in Berlin Over John Lennon’s Stolen Diaries
A man was arrested in Berlin on Monday in connection with stolen diaries, glasses and other personal effects that belonged to the Beatles singer John Lennon, a spokesman for the city’s public prosecutor said. The police believe a second man, thought to …
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Berlin ‘dismayed and furious’ over murder of German women in Egypt
BERLIN (Reuters) – German officials said on Saturday they had been left “dismayed and furious” by the stabbing of two German women at an Egyptian beach resort, calling it a deliberate attack on foreign tourists. An Egyptian man stabbed the two German …
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