Angela Merkel

BERLIN: German chancellor Angela Merkel has warned of a third wave of Covid-19 if the country fumbles at its reopening from lockdown. "We have to proceed wisely and carefully now so that a third wave does not necessitate a new complete…

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden used his first address before a global audience Friday to declare that "America is back, the transatlantic alliance is back,'' after four years of a Trump administration that flaunted its foreign policy…

WASHINGTON: The Biden administration said Thursday it's ready to join talks with Iran and world powers to discuss a return to the 2015 nuclear deal, in a sharp repudiation of former President Donald Trump's "maximum pressure campaign"…

BERLIN: German chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday there was far more common ground with Washington now that Joe Biden has replaced Donald Trump in the White House but acknowledged nagging points of friction. Merkel said Germany and…

BERLIN: Germany will extend and strengthen the coronavirus-related restrictive measures until February 14, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. "Today we held talks again and agreed to introduce new measures... We are doing this as a…

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the Davos Agenda of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and deliver a speech via video link on January 25, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday. The Davos Agenda 2021 will be held…

BERLIN: Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right party on Saturday chose Armin Laschet, the pragmatic governor of Germany's most populous state, as its new leader- sending a signal of continuity months before an election in which voters…

BERLIN: Germany's Christian Democrats elect a new chairman on Saturday, aiming to unite their conservative party behind a new leader who they hope can succeed Angela Merkel as chancellor when she steps down after federal elections in…

SAN FRANCISCO: A planned protest outside Twitter's San Francisco headquarters against the social media platform's ban of Donald Trump fizzled out Monday when just a handful of the US president's supporters turned up. Messages posted this…

BERLIN: Germany reported a record 1,188 daily Covid-19 deaths on Friday, only days after further tightening a national lockdown amid fears that a more transmissible variant of the coronavirus may put additional strain on struggling…