Automobiles are the number two manufactured good sold around the world, after integrated circuits. For all internationally traded products, only crude and refined petroleum are sold more. But unlike most oil-producing nations, the countries that make their own cars and sell them globally are some of the richest, most developed countries in the world—in order of their automobile export values, they are Germany, the U.S., Japan and South Korea.
German far-right politicians fuel hate crimes against Muslims as mosques receive threatening racist letters, facing vandalism since the escalation of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Mainz player Anwar El Ghazi had shared several posts on social media early in the conflict, including one that carried the phrase “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”.
A new campaign by German organisation Deutscher Tierschutzbund sheds light on the suffering of street cats across the country, and calls for better cooperation and accountability to address the problem.
An extremist and until recently almost unheard-of network in Germany is back in the spotlight after police carried out nationwide raids against it.
The past 12 months have forced European leaders to seriously rethink their approach to national security. If Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has confirmed one thing, it’s that peace on the continent cannot be taken for granted. The status quo – decades of low spending and defense not being a policy priority – cannot continue.
The US and Germany continue to argue about which country should send its tanks to Ukraine first.
With the first signs of an economic recession in Germany come clear indications of the rise of the country’s far-right – and this time, even Ukrainian refugees are worried.
To the casual observer, the source of their anger was obvious. Approaching Berlin’s iconic Brandenburg Gate, the Ukrainians, festooned in yellow-and-blue, chanted “Gas embargo now” and “Russia is a terrorist state”.
The Polish government on Thursday estimated the financial cost of World War II losses under Nazi occupation at €1.3 trillion and said it would “ask Germany to negotiate these reparations”.
