Angela Merkel

Germany's election winner Friedrich Merz wants to form a government quickly in order to revive a moribund economy.

Angela Merkel wrote in her new memoir "Freedom" that, Vladimir Putin sometimes brought the pet to meetings with foreign guests.

A majority of Germans believe that conditions in their country worsened since former conservative chancellor Angela Merkel's tenure ended.

German lawmakers elected Social Democrat Olaf Scholz as new chancellor, ending 16 years of conservative rule under Angela Merkel.

The WHO has cautioned that it could take weeks to discover if Omicron is more transmissible, and whether it causes more severe disease.

The coronavirus has killed at least 5,088,110 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019.

Merkel has been in power since 2005 but plans to step down after the election.

Merkel is not running for a historic fifth term in the election, and Armin Laschet, the conservatives' candidate to succeed her.

Several thousand people marched through the streets of Berlin for a second day of unauthorised protest.

The southern state of Baden-Wuerttemberg's social ministry has proposed banning unvaccinated adults from restaurants and concerts altogether.

Pressure to complete the evacuations has intensified amid concerns about the security situation outside the airport.

Biden said the United States was racing to meet that deadline as concerns mount over the threat of Taliban attacks.

India reports a total of 28,204 COVID-19 infections over the last 24 hours, the lowest since March 16.

Germans who have been fully vaccinated are entitled to a certificate which allows them more freedoms, especially to travel. Pharmacies and vaccination centres issue them.

Merkel was besieged by questions over how Europe's richest economy was caught flat-footed by flooding that had been predicted days earlier.

ASEAN remains China's largest trading partner, up 7.1 per cent from a year earlier.

Sharp decline of legendary brand reflects wider China-market problems for all foreign automakers.

DOGE efforts lead to bottlenecks, longer wait times for public, and brain drain.

There have been numerous cases of immigration officials acting on inaccurate AI data, rights advocates say.

The US-China trade war means American beef - once the star ingredient - will soon be off the table.

US tariffs could affect Chinese household budgets.

Three of Buick's top-sellling vehicles are made in South Korea and China and subject to tariffs

Beijing is making increasingly louder calls on exporters to find local buyers as an alternative to the US market.

Dr Geoffrey Williams says the recent 90-day pause presents a window of opportunity for Malaysia to negotiate better trade terms.

The US and South Korea had a "very successful" meeting, says US Treasury Secretary.