Chancellor Angela Merkel and her designated successor Olaf Scholz will meet German regional leaders on Thursday to finalise new measures to tackle surging Covid cases, with compulsory jabs among the options on the table. Infections have smashed records in Germany in recent weeks and hospitals are sounding the alarm, with many already over capacity and … Read more
BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU party will elect its new leadership by year’s end, general secretary Paul Ziemiak said Monday, detailing plans for a clean slate after a disastrous election that the party lost to the Social Democrats. In power for 16 years under Merkel, the Christian Democratic Union is grappling with its deepest … Read more
BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel is stepping down after remarkable 16 years in power, with an unsure legacy at home and abroad. Merkel, 67, has been dubbed Germany’s “eternal chancellor” and leaves her popularity so resilient she would likely have won a record fifth term had she wanted to extend her mandate. Instead, Merkel will … Read more
US President Joe Biden says Cuba is a ‘failed state’, oppressing its citizens, communism is a failed system, and is considering possible steps to restore the Internet outage there. In a joint news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, US President Joe Biden said that sending troops to Haiti was not on the US agenda … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday held a telephonic conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Both the leaders discussed the spread of Coronavirus pandemic across the world. During the conversation, the premiere emphasized that the virus had unfolded an unprecedented global health and economic crisis. People in the developing countries would be hit harder due … Read more
