Sources: ABC News
A man steals an excavator in Grünsfeld, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, and rams the excavator against vehicles, injuring four police officers, before being shot dead. 2024-12-31
President Emmanuel Macron cancels a state visit to Germany, which would have been the first state visit in 23 years. 2023-07-1
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock states that Germany will "launch the full package with the most massive sanctions against Russia." 2022-02-24
For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, Germany has recorded more than 10,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day, when the Robert Koch Institute reported 11,287 new infections in 24 hours. 2020-10-22
The number of confirmed cases in Germany increased by 4,721 to 319,381, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases. It is the highest number of reported cases in a single day since April as the country tightens its restrictions in Berlin and Frankfurt. 2020-10-10
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says that recordings related to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi were issued to Saudi Arabia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and France. 2018-11-11
After authorities in Chemnitz, Germany, uncover a suspected terrorist bombing plot, police seek the suspect. 2016-10-8
The German cities of Augsburg and Cologne are testing a scheme of traffic lights embedded in the ground to reduce cell phone-texting pedestrian accidents with vehicles that happen when so-called "smombies" step out into the street against the signal. 2016-04-27
In a joint ceremony at the Hartmannswillerkopf cemetery, French President François Hollande and his German counterpart, Joachim Gauck, commemorate the 100th anniversary of Germany's declaration of war on France in the beginning of World War I. 2014-08-3
Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, speaks to both houses of the Parliament of Great Britain and urges Britain's continued participation within the EU, but she ruled out German support for any far-reaching reform of the treaties that define it, such as many Britons think their government should demand. 2014-02-27