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Claudine Gay resigns as president of Harvard University following controversial remarks she made during a congressional hearing on antisemitism and accusations of plagiarism.
2024-01-2

The German defence ministry suspends its military's aerial reconnaissance and transport operations in Mali after the government of Mali denied the departure of one of their flights.
2022-08-12

German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer announces that Germany has completed the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan, thereby ending its involvement in the war.
2021-06-29

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu rejects a proposal by German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to establish a United Nations-mandated security zone in northeastern Syria, calling the plan "not very realistic".
2019-10-26

The European Council nominates German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen to replace Jean-Claude Juncker as President of the European Commission. If confirmed by the European Parliament, she will be the first woman to hold the position. The Council also nominates Charles Michel of Belgium as President of the European Council, Josep Borrell of Spain as High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Christine Lagarde of France as President of the European Central Bank.
2019-07-2

In India, about 2.3 million people respond to the state of Uttar Pradesh's announcement of 368 low-level government jobs openings that pay 16,000 rupees ($240) a month. At least 255 of the applicants had a doctorate and over 200,000 had master's degrees.
2015-09-18

France's top rabbi, Gilles Bernheim resigns after admitting he does not hold a philosophy degree as claimed and had engaged in plagiarism.
2013-04-11

The University of Düsseldorf strips German Minister of Education and Research Annette Schavan of a doctorate and degree following allegations of plagiarism.
2013-02-5

The German Federal Minister for Defence Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg resigns over a plagiarism scandal.
2011-03-1

A lawsuit by the estate of Adrian Jacobs against Scholastic, claiming that J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" plagiarised one of his own works, is dismissed by a court in the United States.
2011-01-7