Olaf Scholz

BERLIN: Climate activists said on Wednesday that they have sawn off the tip of the Christmas tree erected in front of Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate. The group Last Generation said two of its members used a hydraulic lift and a hand…

BERLIN: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday said he was not impressed by former US President Donald Trump's bid to regain the presidency in 2024, adding that it was not a topic on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Indonesia.…

BEIJING: China's President Xi Jinping arrived Monday for the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, after almost three years of self-imposed pandemic seclusion. Fresh from securing a norm-breaking third term as Communist Party leader, Xi will…

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday condemned threats to use atomic weapons in Ukraine, with Scholzwarning that Russia risked “crossing a line” in the international community by resorting to…

BERLIN: German chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday rebuilding Ukraine was a "generational task" that must start immediately, even as Russia's invasionrages on. "What is at stake here is nothing less than creating a new Marshall Plan…

FRANKFURT: Germans in the coastal state of Lower Saxony vote in a closely-watched regional election Sunday, seen as a key test for Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democratsamid an acute energy crisis. Polls open at 8:00 am (0600 GMT)…

PARIS: From the Covid pandemic to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and extreme weather, we look back on the key events of 2021. More than five million people die from the virus despite eight and a half billion vaccine shots being…

BERLIN: Germany's parliament has elected Olaf Scholz as the country's ninth post-World War II chancellor, opening a new era for the European Union's most populous nation after Angela Merkel's 16-year tenure. Scholz's government takes…

BERLIN: Unvaccinated people across Germany will soon be excluded from nonessential stores, restaurants and sports and cultural venues, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Thursday, and parliament will consider a general vaccine mandate as…

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