His team may have had a shaky start in the Euros 2020s, but Boris Becker still looked like he’d scored on Tuesday. The 53-year-old German sportsman had just watched his native football club lose to France but commiserated over drinks with glamorous girlfriend Lillian de Carvalho Former tennis pro Boris still seemed in good spirits despite … Read more
Germany’s glaciers are melting faster than anticipated, according to a new report indicating the country could lose its last one in a decade. Earlier predictions estimated the glaciers would survive until at least the middle of the century, but melting has accelerated dramatically in the last few years. Researchers used NASA satellite imagery to analyze … Read more
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended her lobbying for Wirecard during a 2019 visit to China, telling a parliamentary committee that the payments company received no special treatment and that it was in Germany’s interest to promote its businesses. Mrs Merkel said Wirecard’s aim of entering the Chinese market overlapped with the best interests of … Read more
Angela Merkel calls for national lockdown to curb Germany’s coronavirus crisis Angela Merkel today backed regional leaders’ calls for short, sharp lockdown Comes amid third wave with Germany battling average of 15,000 cases per day ‘Every call for a short, uniform lockdown is right,’ Merkel’s spokeswoman said She added that the country was struggling with … Read more
Angela Merkel calls for national lockdown to curb Germany’s coronavirus crisis Angela Merkel today backed regional leaders’ calls for short, sharp lockdown Comes amid third wave with Germany battling average of 15,000 cases per day ‘Every call for a short, uniform lockdown is right,’ Merkel’s spokeswoman said She added that the country was struggling with … Read more
Germany reported far more brain blood clots after the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine than other major European countries before banning the jab for under-60s yesterday, raising questions about why there are differences between countries. And some experts suggest the ‘play of chance’ has resulted in more cases of the blood clot being found in Germany than other … Read more
Boris Johnson tonight claimed the UK ‘wouldn’t dream’ of blocking exports of Covid jabs to the EU as he sought to defuse the vaccine trade war brewing on the continent. Officials in Europe are threatening to ban supplies of AstraZeneca’s jabs from coming into the UK amid a row over millions of unclaimed doses of … Read more
Germany and France waded into the EU Covid vaccine row today as Angela Merkel backed threats to block exports of the AstraZeneca jab and Paris directly targeted UK-bound supplies. The Chancellor came out in favour of an EU-first policy and the threat of a ban on exports to third countries like Britain that has been … Read more
Germany extended its lockdown measures by another month and imposed several new restrictions, including largely shutting down public life over Easter, in an effort to drive down the rate of coronavirus infections. Chancellor Angela Merkel announced the measures early this morning after a lengthy video call with the country’s 16 state governors, nearly three weeks … Read more
Germany extended its lockdown measures by another month and imposed several new restrictions, including largely shutting down public life over Easter, in an effort to drive down the rate of coronavirus infections. Chancellor Angela Merkel announced the measures early this morning after a lengthy video call with the country’s 16 state governors, nearly three weeks … Read more