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Do you want to really bring big-time joy to your workplace? Then think about food! Birthday cake. Birthday pie. Birthday cookies. Most of the time you can’t go wrong with a yummy birthday ...

Rescue vehicles are seen near a crime scene in Aschaffenburg, Germany, Wednesday, Jan 22, 2025, where two people were killed in a knife attack. (Ralf Hettler/dpa via AP) Ralf Hettler/AP ...

BERLIN ― Friedrich Merz, the candidate leading the race to become Germany’s next chancellor, is all but running against his conservative predecessor: Angela Merkel. At a campaign rally in the northern ...

Germany's leading source of electric power generation got a big boost in 2024, according to latest industry figures. Regulators approved more than 2,400 new onshore wind turbines with a total ...

We are continuing our series on bringing joy to the workplace. Last week we talked about giving co-workers good old-fashioned cards to make their day. But now, with working from home and other ...

DAVOS, Switzerland — Germany’s likely next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, wants his country and France to overcome their disputes on EU trade policy. “I am very close to Emmanuel Macron, and we are ...

While leading German politicians fear the worst from Trump's second presidency, German parties are taking very different approaches to him. The nationalist AfD is delighted — and was even ...

Announcement comes with Trump about to be inaugurated as next US president Trump has proposed NATO members spend 5% of GDP on defence Germany faces budget constraints, complicating future military ...

US President-elect Donald Trump wants members of the NATO military alliance to devote five percent of their national output to defence, a demand that has already been rejected as too high by German ...