Germany's Olaf Scholz takes over from Merkel as chancellor
Olaf Scholz will succeed Angela Merkel as Germany’s new chancellor after securing a majority of 395 of 736 delegates’ ballots in a parliamentary vote on Wednesday morning.
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German Covid cases hit new high after Merkel warning
Germany shattered a new record on Thursday, reporting more than 65,000 new cases, with health officials warning that the true number of cases could be two or three times as many.
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Coronavirus news: Germany quarantines 7,000 people after local outbreak
The spread is believed to have come from Tönnies, a meat processing plant in Rheda-Wiedenbrück, where there have been 657 confirmed cases of the virus.
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Merkel and Macron propose €500bn EU rescue fund
Member states hit hard by Covid-19 would not repay cash under Franco-German plan
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Amazon fires: Merkel and Macron urge G7 to debate 'emergency'
The French and German leaders say the record number of fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest is an international crisis which must be discussed at this weekend's G7 summit.
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Merkel champions multilateralism, Conte and Sánchez share two different visions in Davos
German Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected the so-called new approach and its questioning of international systems and instead championed multilateralism, while Italy and Spain’s prime ministers presented two different visions of the world.
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Merkel, Trump call for Syrian ceasefire to be implemented
“Both agreed that the Syrian regime and its Russian and Iranian allies should promptly and fully implement U.N. Security Council Resolution 2401 (2018).
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