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Germany’s Federal Employment Agency Is Promoting Welfare Benefits to Young Migrants

Germany’s Federal Employment Agency Is Promoting Welfare Benefits to Young Migrants

Germany’s Federal Employment Agency is actively promoting the country’s “citizen’s benefit” (Bürgergeld) to young migrants, presenting it online as a straightforward and appealing option for those without work. A dedicated section of the agency’s...

US President Trump eyes constructive talks with Putin in Alaska this week

US President Trump eyes constructive talks with Putin in Alaska this week

WASHINGTON, August 11. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he expected a constructive meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska this week. Addressing a news briefing at the White House, Trump said that he...

Germany ready to take responsibility for Europe's security - vice chancellor in Vilnius

VILNIUS - Germany is ready to take responsibility for Europe's security and to develop a brigade in Lithuania, German Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said in Vilnius on Tuesday. "While discussing the 2026 budget, I think we...

German finance minister to meet Baltic counterparts, troops in Lithuania

VILNIUS - German Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil is coming to Lithuania to meet with his Baltic counterparts and to visit German troops stationed in the country. Aukse Bruveriene, a spokeswoman for the German Embassy in...

Politico finds out details of 13 August talks between Trump, Zelenskyy and European leaders

Politico finds out details of 13 August talks between Trump, Zelenskyy and European leaders

Friedrich Merz. Stock photo: Getty Images German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has initiated urgent video conference talks involving European leaders, the US and Ukrainian presidents, and the NATO secretary general, scheduled for 13 August. Source:...

Germany's Merz confirms participation in talks with Trump and European leaders and reveals main topics

Germany's Merz confirms participation in talks with Trump and European leaders and reveals main topics

Friedrich Merz. Stock photo: Getty Images German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said that virtual talks will be held on 13 August with US President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders to prepare for a meeting...

Transfer news: Wolfsburg move for £10m Sunderland and Northern Ireland defender Trai Hume

Transfer news: Wolfsburg move for £10m Sunderland and Northern Ireland defender Trai Hume

Bundesliga side Wolfsburg have made a £10million transfer bid for Sunderland and Northern Ireland’s Trai Hume The 23-year-old Northern Ireland international has become a key figure at the Stadium of Light since joining from Linfield in January...

UN, media groups condemn Israel's deadly strike on Al-Jazeera team in Gaza

UN, media groups condemn Israel's deadly strike on Al-Jazeera team in Gaza

Condemnations poured in from the United Nations and media rights groups on Monday after an Israeli strike killed an Al Jazeera news team in Gaza, as Palestinians mourned the journalists and Israel accused one of them of being a Hamas militant....

This isn’t how wars are ended − a veteran diplomat explains how Trump-Putin summit is amateurish and politically driven

This isn’t how wars are ended − a veteran diplomat explains how Trump-Putin summit is amateurish and politically driven

A hastily arranged summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin is set for Aug. 15, 2025, in Alaska, where the two leaders will discuss a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy...

Graham To Israel: 'Enough Already, Destroy Hamas' - Just As The US Did To Germany & Japan

As the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are underway with an expanded assault on Gaza City, after Prime Minister Netanyahu has given the greenlight for the conquest of all of the strip, US Senator from South Carolina Lindsey Graham has called on Israel...

Herzog, Netanyahu appear to spar, as president makes tacit jab at judicial overhaul

Herzog, Netanyahu appear to spar, as president makes tacit jab at judicial overhaul

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog appeared to publicly clash on Monday, as Israel’s head of state implicitly critiqued government efforts to weaken the power of the judiciary, at a ceremony celebrating the opening of the...

Gianluigi Donnarumma transfer news, latest rumours as PSG goalkeeper out of Super Cup

Gianluigi Donnarumma transfer news, latest rumours as PSG goalkeeper out of Super Cup

Gianluigi Donnarumma has enjoyed a world-class career since joining Paris Saint-Germain in a sensational and high-profile switch from AC Milan. The Italian has made good on his promise as a teenage prospect, developing into one of the most...

Germany invites Trump, Zelenskyy, NATO, EU leaders to virtual meeting before Trump-Putin summit

Germany invites Trump, Zelenskyy, NATO, EU leaders to virtual meeting before Trump-Putin summit

BRUSSELS — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday invited U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, NATO's chief and several European leaders to virtual meetings on Wednesday ahead of a U.S.-Russia summit as Europe...

Germany demands explanation from Israel over killing of Al Jazeera journalist

Germany demands explanation from Israel over killing of Al Jazeera journalist

Germany has called on Israel to provide a clear and transparent explanation following the killing of Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif and four of his colleagues in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City. The demand came after the Qatar-based...

Germany’s Merz faces party backlash over partial arms freeze to Israel

Germany’s Merz faces party backlash over partial arms freeze to Israel

Israel’s security is Germany’s ‘reason of state’ Others framed the move as a further illustration of their leader’s tendency to suddenly change course on core issues. “Reason of state abolished? A break with the principles of [conservative]...

Is Chinese finance enough to feed Indonesia’s clean energy push?

Is Chinese finance enough to feed Indonesia’s clean energy push?

Following the US exit from the Just Energy Transition Partnerships in March, China will likely become Indonesia’s strongest financing partner as the country accelerates towards its renewables targets. But China has its own domestic issues, and...

Germany's refugee programme freeze leaves asylum-seekers stranded in Kenya

Germany's refugee programme freeze leaves asylum-seekers stranded in Kenya

Chaste Zamukunda is a refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo. In April 2025, she and her son boarded their flight away from a Kenyan displacement camp. They had received official approval to travel to Germany as part of a United Nations...

Luxury Jeweller Fabergé Sold to Tech Investor in $50 Million Deal

Luxury Jeweller Fabergé Sold to Tech Investor in $50 Million Deal

Fabergé, the jeweller famed for its imperial Russian Easter eggs, has been sold to a technology investor in a $50m (£37 million) deal. Gemfields, which mines coloured gemstones in Africa, has agreed to sell Fabergé to SMG Capital, a US investment...

President Trump will meet with Vladimir Putin this week

President Trump will meet with Vladimir Putin this week

President Trump has announced that he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska this Friday. In related news, Putin told the US he would halt his war with Ukraine in exchange for land in eastern Ukraine and global recognition of...

World News | JSMM Chief Shafi Burfat Labels Pak Army Chief Asim Munir a Global Threat, Calls for International Sanctions

World News | JSMM Chief Shafi Burfat Labels Pak Army Chief Asim Munir a Global Threat, Calls for International Sanctions

Frankfurt [Germany] August 11 (ANI): Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM) Chairman Shafi Burfat has issued a strong statement condemning Pakistan's army chief, General Asim Munir, describing him as "a dangerous threat to peace, humanity, and global...

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