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Who to believe over COVID vaccines: Biden or Merkel?

08 May 2021

Amy Aves Challenger, The Independent In the small waiting room of my Zurich doctor, birds sang through a curtained window after I finally got my first jab of the...

Beijing seeks ways to crack US-led anti-China cliques

20 Apr 2021

Gabriel Crossley and Yew Lun Tian, Reuters China is shoring up ties with autocratic partners like Russia and Iran, as well as economically dependent regional countries, while using sanctions...

Merkel backs tougher coronavirus lockdown in Germany

07 Apr 2021

Chancellor Angela Merkel supports demands for a short, tough lockdown in Germany to curb the spread of the coronavirus as infection rates are too high, a German government spokeswoman...

Defiant states hurt Germany’s COVID response

02 Apr 2021

Andreas Rinke and Paul Carrel , Reuters It was shortly after 6 pm on Monday, March 22, when Angela Merkel called a break after hours of deadlocked discussion with her...

UK-EU row threatens to inflict damage on both sides

25 Mar 2021

So much for the new, self-disciplined Boris Johnson who has banned gaffes and jokes during a public health crisis. The prime minister quipped to a private meeting of Conservative MPs...

German Chancellor Merkel asks forgiveness as Easter virus shutdown plan falls apart

24 Mar 2021

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday admitted a failed Easter virus shutdown plan was "my mistake" and asked the public to forgive her, in a rare climbdown amid massive...

Global equities, oil prices slide on rising concerns of pandemic in EU

23 Mar 2021

Global equity benchmarks and oil prices drifted lower on Tuesday while safe haven assets gained as an extended economic lockdown in Germany and US and European sanctions on China curbed...

Vaccine suspension has undermined public confidence

18 Mar 2021

Brendan Wren, The Independent Across Britain, some people who have been counting down the days to their first COVID-19 jab are suddenly suffering doubts – among them my wife,...

Merkel party in crisis after defeat in regional polls

15 Mar 2021

German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative party was in crisis mode on Monday after suffering heavy losses in two regional polls, seen as a rebuke of its pandemic management six...

Merkel party braces for drubbing in state polls

14 Mar 2021

Germans headed to the polls in two key regional elections on Sunday, with Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives bracing for a drubbing on anger over a corruption scandal and a series...

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