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Merkel under pressure at home on preparations for

Berlin (dpa) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel‘s contingency plan for a no-deal Brexit is inadequate, a leader of Germany‘s pro-business FDP opposition party told dpa on Wednesday, just hours before she was set to address parliament on

Terrorism investigators probing Cologne arson

Dusseldorf, Germany (dpa) - The prosecutor‘s office that handles terrorism cases in Germany confirmed on Wednesday that it is investigating an arson attack and hostage-taking by a suspected Islamist in the western city of Cologne.Investigators

Pompeo in Turkey amid unresolved mystery of

Istanbul (dpa) - The United States‘ top diplomat arrived in Ankara on Wednesday to discuss the case of missing Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to state news agency Anadolu.Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was met by

CORRECTION German military helicopters shot at in

Kabul (dpa) - A number of German military transport helicopters were shot at though no injuries were reported during a flight in Afghanistan‘s northern Kunduz province, the military said late Tuesday. The helicopters were fired upon while

EU poll: Slim majority of Britons now against

Brussels (dpa) - If Britain were to hold another referendum today on the country‘s membership in the European Union, the eurosceptics might not repeat their success, according to a study released on Wednesday.Around every second person in

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Thousands of wronged investors gather in Munich

Munich (dpa) - Thousands of investors in insolvent shipping container management firm P&R gathered in Munich on Wednesday to discuss their claims in one of the biggest German investment scandals in recent history.Some 54,000 investors - most of them

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URGENT: Norway's Bjoergen wins 30km to become

Pyeongchang, South Korea (dpa) - Norway‘s Marit Bjoergen wins the 30-kilometres cross country ski race to become the best decorated Winter Olympian of a all time with eight gold, four silver and three bronze.

China highlights Beijing 2022 progress; rather

Pyeongchang, South Korea (dpa) - China highlighted that construction for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics is in full swing while trying to defuse questions on the sensitive issue of artificial snow-making at the ski venues.Organizing committee BOCOG

BACKGROUND Figure skating at the 2018 Olympics

Berlin (dpa) - Figure skating events at the Pyeongchang Olympics, with day and time (in GMT), 2014 champions and athletes to watch.Monday, February 12, 0100: team event (Russia) Thursday, February 15, 0130: pairs (Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov,

BACKGROUND Venues for the 2018

Seoul (dpa) - An overview of venues to be used to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games in 2018.Pyeongchang Mountain ClusterLocated around 180 kilometres east of Seoul in the Gangwon province. Here there is the 35,000-capacity Olympic stadium for the

Olympic hosting a long-term subject, says German

Frankfurt (dpa) - Germany will be unable to host an Olympic Games inside the next decade but the subject will not remain closed, a leading official has said."The overall topic of a potential bid has rather a mid- or long-term character," German

IOC outlines new independent anti-doping test body

Pyeongchang, South Korea (dpa) - The International Olympic Committee advanced plans on Thursday to set up an independent anti-doping testing system following the drugs scandal in Russian sports.The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is also set to