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Hundreds of fans allowed at Berlin tennis exhibitions

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A protestor wearing an umbrella with the slogan &quot;Grannies against the right&quot; attends the 'This is solidarity' demonstration of the movement Unteilbar (Indivisible), in Berlin, Sunday, June 14, 2020. The demonstration against racism, anti-semitism and discrimination is supported by several anti-racism and anti-fascism organizations and takes place in the wake of the recent killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis, USA, that has led to protests in many countries and across the US. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Thousands form human chain in Berlin against racism

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FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018 file photo, President Donald Trump, center right, and first lady Melania Trump, center left, greet members of the military at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. After more than a year of thinly veiled threats that the United States could start pulling troops out of Germany unless the country increases its defense spending to NATO standards, President Donald Trump appears to be going ahead with the hardball approach with a plan to reduce the American military presence in the country by more than 25 percent. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, file)

Yankee go home: What does moving troops out of Germany mean?

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

Protesters face off after one protester, center, interrupted a speech during a rally in Canberra, Australia, on Friday, June 5, 2010, prompted by the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. Thousands gathered in Australia's capital to remind Australians that the racial inequality underscored by Floyd's death was not unique to the United States. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)

Protests support Floyd, Black Lives Matter on 4 continents

By JOHN LEICESTER and FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

People walk in front of the Gate of the ancient Roman agora with the ancient Acropolis hill seen in the background in the traditional Plaka district of Athens, as lockdown measures continue to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, on Monday April 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Virus-ravaged Europe nudges some doors open, not others

By ANGELA CHARLTON and BARRY HATTON - Associated Press

In this file photo taken Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, Chinese Foreign Ministry new spokesman Zhao Lijian gestures as he speaks during a daily briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing. From Asia to Africa, London to Berlin, Chinese envoys have set off diplomatic firestorms with a combative defense whenever their country is accused of not acting quickly enough to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

China’s diplomats show teeth in defending virus response

By Dake Kang - Associated Press

In this March 23, 2020, file photo, medical employees demonstrate testing, at a coronavirus test center for public service employees, during a media presentation in Munich, Germany. Labs were quick to ramp up their testing capacity and now experts say up to 500,000 tests can be conducted in Germany per week. That quick work, coupled with the country's large number of intensive care unit beds and its early implementation of social distancing measures, could be behind Germany's relatively low death toll. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Mass testing, empty ICUs: Germany scores early against virus

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

In this March 18, 2020, frame from video provided by Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, DJ Monika Kruse performs a set as part of the “United We Stream” event at the club Watergate in Berlin. Berlin's nightclubs were closed March 13 to help slow the spread of the virus. In response, some of them formed a streaming platform to let DJs, musicians and artists continue performing. (Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg via AP)

The beat goes on: Locked-down Berlin clubs take party online

By JONA KALLGREN - Associated Press

Workers prepare to disinfect as a precaution against the new coronavirus at a local market in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

World virus infections hit 200,000; borders jammed in Europe

By David Rising and Chris Blake - Associated Press

A couple wearing face masks walk through the red light district in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, March 14, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia.(AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Sex workers face ruin amid virus fears, brothel closures

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, April 4, 2019, file photo, Apartment buildings in the district Mitte photographed from the television tower in Berlin, Germany.The city of Berlin is freezing the rent of 1.5 million apartments for the next five years starting this Sunday in a controversial move to control the exploding costs that have forced many to move outside the city. Berlin is the first city in Germany to influence the rental prices so directly and the law has been both celebrated as a step toward more fairness by its supporters and ripped apart as a socialist method by critics. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

Berlin starts controversial rent freeze on 1.5 million homes

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER - Associated Press

George Blake, a British defector who spied for the Soviets in Britain, gestures during a news conference in Moscow, Jan. 15, 1992. Blake said his life's work on behalf of communism had been a failure, but called communism a noble experiment "and I don't think it was wrong to try," Blake said. (AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko)

Steve Vogel’s interview with Cold War spy George Blake

By Paul Davis

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, right, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov shake hands before a meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020. Cavusoglu said the difference of opinion in Syria would not affect the Turkey-Russia relations.(Turkish Foreign Ministry via AP, Pool)

Powers renew pledge to uphold Libya arms embargo

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

Police and emergency cars stand in front of the Tempodrom venue after a shooting in Berlin, Germany, early Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020. According to police one person was killed. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)

1 dead, 4 injured in shooting outside Berlin music venue

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Switzerland investigating alleged CIA, German front company

By FRANK JORDANS and JAMEY KEATEN - Associated Press

Police officers escort a s suspect after his arrival at the federal prosecutor's office in Karlsruhe Germany, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. Almost half a year after the murder of a Georgian in Berlin, the Federal Prosecutor General wants to obtain his own arrest warrant against the suspect. (Sebastian Gollnow/dpa via AP)

Russian charged in brazen Berlin killing of Georgian man

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In this Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, photo Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, chairwoman of the German Christian Democratic Union (CDU), addresses the media during a press conference at the party's headquarters in Berlin, Germany. Angela Merkel's designated successor will quit her role as head of the Germany's strongest party and won't stand for the chancellorship following a debacle in a regional election. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Angela Merkel party’s crisis deepens as designated successor quits

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

Thomas Kemmerich of the Free Democrats, walks out of a voting booth in Erfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. Kemmerich, a pro-business politician, has been elected as the governor of the eastern German state of Thuringia in a surprise result after a far-right party threw its votes behind him. (Martin Schutt/dpa via AP)

German state gets new governor, with far-right votes

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

UN envoy: Countries backing Libya peace fuel conflict

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

UN discussing resolution to endorse plan for peace in Libya

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press