Pope, at peace meeting with Merkel, says divert arms money for food, vaccines
Oct 8, 2021 Pope Francis, closing a peace meeting of world religions, called the arms trade a bane of humanity on Thursday, saying that money spent on weapons should be…
Biden says Afghan evacuation on track as humanitarian crisis looms
Aug. 25, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden said U.S. troops in Afghanistan faced mounting danger as they pushed to complete evacuations by an Aug. 31 deadline, with aid agencies warning…
Capitol invasion: Calls grow for Trump’s removal
Calls for the ouster of U.S. President Donald Trump grew on Thursday and members of his administration quit in the wake of a tumultuous 24 hours in Washington that saw…
COVID-19: Life would not return to normal until a vaccine is developed- Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Friday that the coronavirus pandemic would worsen in coming months, and that life would not return to normal until a vaccine against it has…
EU industry chief to dismiss fears strict security rules could delay 5G
European industrial policy chief Thierry Breton is set to dismiss claims that relying on European companies to build a 5G network would delay its rollout, weighing in on an increasingly…
Congo president says Ebola outbreak should be over this year
An outbreak of Ebola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo should be eradicated by the end of 2019, Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi said on Friday. The epidemic in Congo was…
Merkel wants Germany to have 1mln electric car charging points by 2030
Chancellor Angela Merkel Germany should have one million charging stations for electric cars by 2030, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a video message on Sunday, ahead of meetings on…
Merkel hopes China-U.S trade problems will be resolved soon
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said at the start of a visit to Beijing on Friday that the China-U.S. trade war affects the whole world and that she hopes it will…
Merkel’s health is “her own business”, Germans decide in a poll
Angela Merkel Most Germans believe Angela Merkel’s health is a private matter, a poll showed on Saturday, after the chancellor suffered the latest in a series of shaking episodes this…
Italy PM Conte says he would be glad to have a woman head the EU Commission, as summit enters Day 3
Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Tuesday he would prefer a woman as president of the next European Commission, as EU leaders meet for a third consecutive day to…