German parliament elects an ex-minister as speaker as it opens a potentially confrontational term
Germany's new parliament on Tuesday elected as its speaker a conservative former minister, who called for civilized debate in what is likely to be a confrontational term after a far-right, ...
Laredo Morning Times5d
Germany closes its embassy in South Sudan as it teeters on the brink of civil war
BERLIN (AP) — The German government said Saturday that it is temporarily closing its embassy in South Sudan. “After years of ...
Germany temporarily shuts embassy in South Sudan amid fears of civil war
Germany has temporarily closed its embassy in South Sudan's capital Juba because of rising tensions that have brought the ...
FOX 8 News6d
Man charged with holding victim hostage during Stark County standoff
A man was arrested Thursday night after investigators said he held a victim hostage for hours during a standoff in Stark ...
Laredo Morning Times6d
A promise to an African grandmother: Shining a light on Germany's colonial past
BERLIN (AP) — Mnyaka Sururu Mboro is still driven by the promise he gave his grandmother when he left Tanzania for Germany almost 50 years ago: to bring back for a proper burial the head of a local ...
Eastern Rensselaer County's Community Newspaper6d
Ronald D. Kaczor — Obituary
Berlin – Ronald D. “Ron” Kaczor, 82, of Berlin, NY, passed away peacefully at his beloved home on Dyken Pond on Monday, March ...