World’s most powerful passports in 2024: Japan, Singapore, France, Italy
Six countries have earned the title of the most powerful passports in 2024 — with all of them granting visa-free travel to 194 out of 227 destinations. Four EU member…
Indian Officials Celebrated Diwali With Baby Ariha In German Foster Care
Arindam Baghchi said that consular access was given to the child in the second week of last month. New Delhi: Indian officials in Berlin celebrated Diwali last month with baby…
Stoxx 600 gains, S&P 500 chases high
LONDON — European stocks were higher in the final session of 2023, marking a positive end to a solid year. The regional Stoxx 600 index was up 0.29% in early…
German Chancellor announces 2024 budget plan after debt crisis talks
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), Economy and Climate Action Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck (Greens) and Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) listen during the Budgetary debate in the plenary hall of…
The debate over nuclear’s role in the energy transition continues
Cooling towers at a nuclear power plant in Slovakia. Nuclear power is likely to be discussed in great detail at the COP28 climate change summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.…
German housebuilding is collapsing — and could drag the economy down
A construction site of residential buildings on the Elbe dike near downtown Wittenberg. Soeren Stache | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Germany’s Olaf Scholz once set the goal of building…
This ‘slow traveler’ lost his job for refusing to fly home
Gianluca Grimalda, a climate researcher and environmental campaigner, intends to “slow travel” back to Europe from Bougainville off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Gianluca Grimalda Gianluca Grimalda was faced…
Security agency services investigating after two Molotov cocktails thrown at Berlin synagogue
Berlin CNN — German security services are investigating after two Molotov cocktails were thrown in the direction of a synagogue in Berlin during the early hours of Wednesday. Posting on…
Germany is not the ‘sick man of Europe,’ central bank president says
People look at the banking district skyline with the Commerzbank building (2ndR) during sunset in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on September 25, 2023. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)…
France, UK and Germany step up security measures amid fears of attacks against Jewish community
CNN — The UK, France, and Germany have all pledged to step up security measures amid fears of attacks against members of the Jewish community after videos emerged of people…