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Pragmatism is at play in each relationship between the West and China, not least with Berlin and Beijing. For German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, that means continued engagement and commerce.
Latest cancellation by University of Cologne of prestigious visiting professorship of Nancy Fraser, one of the world’s foremost philosophers, is just tip of the iceberg, according to Hans-Georg Moeller.
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Judges at the International Court of Justice on Tuesday ruled against issuing emergency orders to stop German arms exports to Israel, adding that they remained deeply concerned about conditions in Gaza.
The suspects, members of Reichsbuerger (Citizens of the Reich), allegedly aimed to impose martial law on Germany and install an aristocrat as leader in a plot foiled by police in 2022.
The victims, who were 23 and 36, were killed on the premises of a shopping centre in the village of Murnau in Upper Bavaria. Possible motive for the killings was not yet known, police said.
The Post’s arts editor Enid Tsui reports back from opening week at the Venice Biennale 2024 with the pavilions, exhibitions, artists and performances that stood out for her.
The next-generation Main Ground Combat System, equipped with artificial intelligence and laser technology, has been billed as a game changer in modern warfare.
Patricia Flor says the summons is ‘quite telling’ and Germany does not tolerate spying from any country.
New facility to open in September following summer recruitment camps in Australia and New Zealand.
The intensely coloured Portrait of Fraulein Lieser is one of the last works by the Austrian modernist artist.
With an estimated net worth of US$140 million, in 2020, Forbes reported Vettel made some US$40 million a year when racing – endorsement brands have included Casio, Tirendo, Pepe Jeans and Infiniti
Developments hours apart come amid rising anxiety in some European capitals over the threat of Beijing’s surveillance practices.
Three German nationals were arrested and two men in Britain were charged.
Yemen’s Iran-based Houthi rebels have attacked almost 100 vessels in the vital trading route of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in months of strikes.
Having fled to Hong Kong from Vietnam in the 1970s, Berlin-based chef The Duc Ngo has gone on to redefine Asian fusion cuisine in restaurants in Berlin and Frankfurt, Germany.
Germany’s Allianz Global Investors looks forward to tapping mainland China’s ‘vast potential and steady growth’ after getting the green light to operate an onshore fund management company there, says regional head.
At a G7 foreign ministers meeting in Italy, a US official said China is ‘contributing to Russia’s ability to prosecute’ the Ukraine war in ways that threaten all of Europe.
Poland’s National Prosecutor said the man, arrested on Wednesday, was accused of being prepared to pass airport security information to Russian agents.
German industry debates how to proceed after finding cracks in a once robust and mutually beneficial relationship.
The Protestant Heiliggeistkirche in the old centre of Heidelberg, a medieval university town in southwest Germany, saw its 423 seats quickly booked up for the initial service on May 12.
Carmakers like Dongfeng, Chery and BYD are eyeing production sites in Europe to assemble the next generation of electric vehicles as a foil against the EU’s protectionist tariffs as a brutal price war at home drives more producers offshore in search of fresh markets.
In public remarks in China, chancellor did not throw support behind Brussels’ de-risking agenda and focused primarily on German business interests.
The Ukraine president says China could play a role in securing an end to the war, as he seeks Beijing’s backing for a peace summit in Switzerland.
Scholz’s trip comes as the European Union is undertaking an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), and as criticism grows in the United States about Chinese overcapacity.
Scholz is looking to boost trade ties but the visit takes place at a time when Brussels has started a subsidy probe into Chinese electric vehicle makers.
Berlin’s move comes as Kyiv struggles on the battlefield against Moscow’s forces, amid a key package of aid from Washington being held up due to political squabbling in Congress.
The law, a social reform that Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s liberal-leaning government pledged when it took office in 2021, will take effect on November 1.
Fatou was born in the wild and has lived at the Berlin Zoo since 1959.
A recent report has found China has overtaken Germany in terms of certain exports, an elevation of status for the Asian juggernaut but a potential source of tension for already fraught bilateral relations.
