This is Beirut, 22/05 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann on Thursday recalled goalkeeper Marc-Andre Ter Stegen in a heavily changed squad for the upcoming Nations League semi-finals. Nagelsmann made 10 changes, including naming two debutants, in his 26-man squad for the June fixtures. Midfielder Jamal Musiala, defenders Antonio Rudiger and Nico Schlotterbeck and forward ...
This is Beirut, 20/05 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The bitter brotherly feud that sparked the creation of sports-shoe brands Adidas and Puma in the same small German town in the 1940s is to be turned into a television series with the help of family archives, its producers announced Sunday. Hollywood-based film producer No Fat Ego is backing the project, which has the blessing of the family behind ...
This is Beirut, 19/05 22:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The United States has agreed to "tightly coordinate" Ukraine talks with European partners following a call between President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, the German government said Monday. Immediately after his conversation with Putin, Trump held a second call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, ...
This is Beirut, 12/05 15:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israeli President Issac Herzog will visit Germany on Monday to mark 60 years of relations with the country that perpetrated the Holocaust, at a time when ties are complicated by the Gaza war. His German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier will then visit Israel with Herzog, to emphasise Germany's historic responsibility as one of its staunchest ...
This is Beirut, 09/05 18:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The Minister of Energy and Water, Joe Saddi, held a working meeting with key international donors and organizations to launch a strategic dialogue on the future of the country’s water sector. The minister announced that the national water sector strategy will be revised. “Valid elements will be retained, gaps will be addressed, and necessary ...
This is Beirut, 06/05 18:48 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz won a nail-biter second vote in parliament Tuesday to become chancellor after he lost the first round in a stunning early setback. Merz, 69, scored an absolute majority of 325 against 289 in the second secret vote in the lower house of parliament to become the new leader of Europe's biggest ...
This is Beirut, 06/05 12:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Germany's conservative leader Friedrich Merz suffered a serious blow on Tuesday when he failed to win a parliamentary majority in the first round of voting to become the next chancellor. Merz had expected to win a majority of at least 316 of the 630 votes in the lower house of parliament. But he won the backing of only 310 MPs, with 307 voting ...
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In 1905, a young and relatively unknown physicist was quietly working in a patent office in Bern, unaware that he would forever alter the course of science. That year, Albert Einstein, born in 1879 in Ulm, Germany, without prestigious titles or academic acclaim, published a series of scientific papers that would gradually challenge everything ...
This is Beirut, 20/03 18:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said after meeting Syria's interim leaders on Thursday that they must bring under control and hold accountable groups behind sectarian massacres committed this month on the Syrian coast. "It is imperative that extremist groups in their ranks are brought under control and those responsible for ...
This is Beirut, 20/03 09:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Germany officially reopened its embassy in Syria on Thursday, a foreign ministry source said, with a small diplomatic team working in Damascus. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock ordered the reopening of the mission which had closed in 2012 amid the Syrian civil war, some three months after the fall of president Bashar al-Assad. Consular affairs ...
This is Beirut, 18/03 22:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron vowed on Tuesday to continue providing military aid to Ukraine after Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a "complete cessation" of Western military support. "We both agree that Ukraine can count on us, that Ukraine can count on Europe, and that we will not let (Kyiv) ...
This is Beirut, 18/03 21:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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German lawmakers gave the green light on Tuesday for a colossal spending boost for defense and infrastructure pushed by chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz amid deep fears in Europe over the future strength of the transatlantic alliance. The unprecedented fiscal package—dubbed "XXL-sized" and a cash "bazooka" by German media—could pave the ...