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Robert Koch Institute reports 2,297 new cases in Germany in the last 24 hours, the highest single daily increase since April, taking the nationwide total to more than 270,000.
2020-09-19

German airline Germania declares bankruptcy and ceases operations, cancelling all flights immediately.
2019-02-4

German police shoot a man, who was trying to escape after apparently driving into a group of pedestrians in a central square in Heidelberg. A 73-year-old man was killed and two other people injured. Police do not believe terrorism is involved.
2017-02-25

The People's Republic of China lodges a complaint with the United States after President-elect of the United States Donald Trump speaks with President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen. The PRC and the United States view Taiwan as a breakaway province.
2016-12-3

A bottle with a letter left inside by British marine biologist George Parker Bidder III is discovered by a woman vacationing in Germany. The bottle dating from 1906, if confirmed, would be the world's oldest message in a bottle found to date.
2015-08-21

Germany and the People's Republic of China hold a joint cabinet meeting in Berlin with many lucrative contracts signed.
2011-06-28

South Korean troops mistakenly fire on a Chinese passenger plane as it flies near the disputed Northern Limit Line on the border with North Korea; there are no casualties.
2011-06-18

5,000 people are evacuated in North Korea after the Yalu River on the border with China floods; 94,000 in China are also evacuated.
2010-08-22

Floods in northeastern China kill more than 100 people and sweep 3,000 chemical-filled barrels into the Songhua River.
2010-08-1

China becomes the largest exporting country, pushing Germany from first place.
2010-01-6