GERMANY URGED TO “STEP UP” AS U.S. SIGNALS FUTURE HANDOVER OF NATO COMMAND
The United States has suggested that Germany could one day assume the top military leadership role in NATO, a dramatic shift that would reshape the alliance after more than seven decades of American command. Matthew Whitaker, the U.S. ambassador to NATO, told defence officials at the Berlin Security Conference that Continue Reading
MAGDEBURG MARKET ATTACK
Germans mourned the death of at least five people, including a 9-year-old boy, and at least 200 others who were injured after a Saudi doctor intentionally drove into a busy Christmas market in Magdeburg on Friday. The 50-year-old man who arrived in Germany in 2006 was arrested and taken into Continue Reading
GERMANY LEGALISES CANNABIS
Germany has legalized cannabis possession, allowing adults to carry up to 25g of dried cannabis and cultivate up to three plants at home. The move comes after a heated debate about the pros and cons of allowing easier access to the drug. The government claims decriminalisation will impact the hidden Continue Reading
Hospital Patient Arrested After Disconnecting Another Patients Ventilator Because of its “Noise”
According to German officials, a 72-year-old woman was arrested after she allegedly twice turned off a hospital roommate’s ventilator because she didn’t like the noise it made. Following the incident on Tuesday night at a hospital in Mannheim, the woman was placed in custody on suspicion of attempted manslaughter. According Continue Reading
West German Tornado Injures 43 people, and kills one.
A tornado “cut a path of destruction” through different towns in western Germany during heavy storms on Friday, injuring 43 people. The tornado ripped off roofs and flung debris for kilometres, according to police in Paderborn. They reported ten people were seriously injured, and one woman’s life had been in Continue Reading
Angela Merkel – “So Long, Farewell, auf Wiedersehen my dear!”
She saw her country grow and was one of the most powerful women in the world. President’s and Prime Ministers called to her like a friend. Her country almost led the way in Europe and she always remained humble and dignified in all her dealings. A woman who allowed migration Continue Reading
