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In this Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019, file photo Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaks during a rally to support political prisoners in Moscow, Russia. The German hospital treating Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he has been taking out of an induced coma and is responsive. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)

Hospital: Russia’s Alexei Navalny out of coma, is responsive

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

A health worker takes a nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. India's coronavirus cases have crossed 4 million, leading the world in new infections and deepening misery in the country's vast hinterlands where surges have crippled the underfunded health care system. Initially, the virus ravaged India's sprawling and densely populated cities. It has since stretched to almost every state, spreading through villages. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

The Latest: Nevada reports 390 new virus cases, 13 deaths

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this April 9, 2010, file photo, a Russian construction worker speaks on a mobile phone in Portovaya Bay some 170 kms (106 miles) north-west from St. Petersburg, Russia, during a ceremony marking the start of Nord Stream pipeline construction. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, file)

Navalny poisoning sparks Angela Merkel to eye ending Nord Stream 2 deal

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this file photo taken on Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020, Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny takes part in a march in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in Moscow, Russia. The German hospital treating Russian dissident Alexei Navalny says tests indicate that he was poisoned. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Germany says Russia’s Navalny poisoned with nerve agent

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

The Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil cheers before delivering a speech at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Sept. 1. 2020. Vystrcil arrived in Taiwan on Sunday accompanied by Prague Mayor Zdenek Hrib and more than 80 representatives from government, business and academia on a 6-day visit. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Defying China’s wrath, Czech senator delivers Taiwan speech

By HUIZHONG WU - Associated Press

People gesture during a protest at the Independence Square in Minsk, Belarus, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. Police in Belarus have dispersed protesters who gathered on the capital's central square, detaining dozens. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

EU firms up Belarus blacklist as OSCE offers to mediate

By LORNE COOK and DAVID RISING - Associated Press

In this Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, file photo, teacher Francie Keller welcomes the pupils of class 3c of the Lankow primary school on their first school day after the summer holidays in Schwerin, Germany. Despite a spike in virus infections, European authorities are determined to send children back to school. (Jens Buettner/DPA via AP, file)

Europe is going back to school despite recent virus surge

By Angela Charlton - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the Greek Defense Ministry, warships take part in a military exercise in Eastern Mediterranean sea, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. Turkey is accusing France of stoking tensions in the eastern Mediterranean, where NATO allies Turkey and Greece are locked in a stiff standoff over competing claims over offshore energy exploration rights. The accusation came as European Union foreign ministers are set to meet on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020 to persuade the two to pull back from the brink of a conflict. (Greek Defense Ministry via AP)

Germany calls for end to east Mediterranean military drills

By SUZAN FRASER and GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

Jens Spahn, federal minister of health, gives a press conference at the Federal Ministry of Health in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Due to increasing exposure to corona tests, laboratories in Germany demanded new regulations for tests for people returning to Germany as soon as possible. Spahn and the health ministers of the states had suggested by a majority that free corona tests for holidaymakers should no longer be available in the future. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)

Germany to end mandatory tests for travelers, bans protests

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, right, and German counterpart Heiko Maas speak to the media after their talks, in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. Germany’s foreign minister appealed to NATO allies Greece and Turkey to deescalate military tensions in the eastern Mediterranean, warning Tuesday that “any spark, however small, could lead to a disaster.” (Fatih Aktas/Turkish Foreign Ministry via AP, Pool)

EU weighs options to pull Greece and Turkey back from brink

By LORNE COOK and GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

FILE -- Students arrive at the 'Friedensburg Oberschule' school for the first day at school after the summer vacations during the new coronavirus outbreak in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020. Many around the world will be closely observing the real-life experiment offered in Germany to see what works and what doesn't. At least 41 schools in Berlin have reported that students or teacher have become infected with the new coronavirus, not even two weeks after schools reopened in the German capital. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Virus cases reported at 41 schools in Germany’s capital

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER - Associated Press

Climate activists Greta Thunberg, center, and Luisa Neubauer, front right, arrive for a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

Thunberg, fellow activists press Merkel over climate action

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

A car and a motorcycle stand on the city motorway A100 after an accident in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. The city's highway was still shut down after a series of traffic accidents that were allegedly all caused by one man. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)

Man drove into motorcyclists in German highway terror attack

By Kirsten Grieshaber - Associated Press

This photo provided Friday Aug.14, 2020 by the French Defense Ministry shows the French Tonnerre helicopter carrier, center, escorted by Greek and French military vessels during a maritime exercise in the Eastern Mediterranean, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Greece's prime minister warmly thanked France Thursday for boosting its military presence in the eastern Mediterranean, where Greek and Turkish warships are closely shadowing each other over a Turkish energy exploration bid in waters Athens claims as its own. (French Defense Ministry via AP)

EU holding urgent talks on Greece-Turkey energy dispute

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

File---File picture taken July 6, 2020 shows Israeli school children wearing face masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus as they walk in Tel Aviv, Israel. As Germany’s 16 states start sending millions of children back to school in the middle of the global coronavirus pandemic, those used to the country’s famous “Ordnung” are instead looking at uncertainty, with a hodgepodge of regional regulations that officials acknowledge may or may not work. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner,File)

Masks in class? Many questions as Germans go back to school

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

German nudist chases down boar who snatched his laptop

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Thousands march along the 'Friedrichstrasse' during the demonstration against corona measures in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. The initiative &quot;Querdenken 711&quot; has called for this. The motto of the demonstration is &quot;The end of the pandemic - Freedom Day&quot;. (Christoph Soeder/dpa via AP)

Thousands protest in Berlin against coronavirus restrictions

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Bernadskiy-Shabalov after 36. Re5-h5.

Sammy Reshevsky’s prodigious chess debut, 100 years ago

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Anthony Ujah of Union Berlin scores his teams first goal past Goalkeeper, Florian Kastenmeier of Fortuna Dusseldorf during a German Bundesliga soccer match between Union Berlin and Fortuna Duesseldorf in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, June 27, 2020. (Maja Hitij/dpa via AP, pool)

German club plans mass virus testing to fill stadium again

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Germany spent over $1B to cover costs linked to US troops

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