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German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble attends a meeting of EU finance ministers at the EU Council building in Luxembourg on Friday, June 16, 2017. Wolfgang Schaeuble, who helped negotiate German reunification in 1990 and as finance minister was a central figure in the austerity-heavy effort to drag Europe out of its debt crisis more than two decades later, has died on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023. He was 81. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, File)

Wolfgang Schaeuble, German elder statesman and finance minister during euro debt crisis, dies at 81

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

A man casts his ballot for the German elections in a polling station in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has ordered the 2021 national election to be partially repeated in the German capital because of severe glitches at many polling stations. The court ruled Tuesday that the election must be repeated in 455 of 2,256 constituencies in the state of Berlin, which is one of three German cities that is also a state. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Germany’s top court orders a repeat of the 2021 national election in parts of Berlin due to glitches

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FILE - The Panda bear cubs Meng Xiang (nickname Pit), right, and Meng Yuan (nickname Paule), left, climb in their enclosure during their first birthday in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. The Berlin Zoo has sent the first giant pandas born in Germany to China, dispatching the four-year-olds on a journey that was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Pit and Paule departed from Berlin on Saturday aboard an Air China cargo jet and have now arrived at their new home, the Chengdu Panda Base, the zoo said in a statement on Monday. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

Berlin Zoo sends the first giant pandas born in Germany to China

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Participants in a demonstration protest against anti-Semitism under the slogan "Germany stands up - Never again is now!" in Berlin, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. (Carsten Koall/dpa via AP)

Thousands demonstrate against antisemitism in Berlin as Germany grapples with a rise in incidents

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, and Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal attend the ceremony to light the first candle of Hanukkah menorah at Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany’s chancellor lights first Hanukkah candle on a huge menorah at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate

By Kirsten Grieshaber - Associated Press

Gladbach's Manu Kone, left, and Hoffenheim's Umut Tohumcu fight for the ball during the Bundesliga soccer match between TSG Hoffenheim and Borussia Monchengladbach at Borussia-Park stadium, Monchengladbach, Germany, Saturday Dec. 2, 2023. (Marius Becker/dpa via AP)

Gladbach beats Hoffenheim in Bundesliga, Bayern game called off because of snow

By Ciarán Fahey - Associated Press

A German police officer stands guard in front of the synagogue in Frankfurt, Germany, early Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. A group tracking antisemitism in Germany said Tuesday that it documented a drastic increase of antisemitic incidents in the country in the month after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7. The RIAS group said, it recorded 994 incidents, which is an average of 29 incidents per day and an increase of 320% compared to the same time period in 2022. The group looked at the time period from Oct. 7 to Nov. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Antisemitic incidents in Germany rose by 320% after Hamas attacked Israel, a monitoring group says

By Kirsten Grieshaber - Associated Press

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends the federal-state summit at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. Chancellor Olaf Scholz is to meet Germany’s 16 state governors to address ways to deal with large numbers of migrants, an issue that has become a huge political problem for the government. Shelters for migrants and refugees are filling up and Scholz, who faces enormous pressure from the opposition and elsewhere to halt that trend, has said that “too many are coming.” (Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa via AP)

Chancellor Olaf Scholz and state governors agree on new measures to curb migration to Germany

By Kirsten Grieshaber - Associated Press

05 November 2023, Hamburg: A police vehicle is parked in front of an airplane at the airport, where a car with a hostage-taker is parked, in Hamburg, Germany, Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. An armed man is holding his four-year-old daughter at the airport. According to the police, the background to the attack is a custody dispute.(Daniel Bockwoldt/dpa via AP)

Man in Hamburg airport hostage drama used a rental car and had no weapons permit

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NFL football commissioner Roger Goodell speaks to the media during league meetings Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

Berlin in the mix to host NFL game as league eyes future in Germany

By Ken Maguire - Associated Press

Two women react emotionally during a speech at a demonstration against antisemitism and to show solidarity with Israel in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

German leaders voice outrage and thousands rally in Berlin in reaction to rising antisemitism

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German police officers stand guard in front of the building complex of the Kahal Adass Jisroel community, which houses a synagogue, a kindergarten and a community center, in the center of Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. The Kahal Adass Jisroel community said its synagogue in the city's Mitte neighborhood was attacked with two incendiary devices. Police confirmed the incident. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

German chancellor condemns firebomb attack on Berlin synagogue and vows protection for Jews

By Kirsten Grieshaber - Associated Press

Michael Elias, the Tamaja which runs the asylum registration center, poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press at the central registration for asylum seekers in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. Across Germany, officials are sounding the alarm that they are no longer in a position to accommodate migrants who are applying for asylum. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Shelters for migrants are filling up across Germany as attitudes toward the newcomers harden

By Kirsten Grieshaber - Associated Press

A view of the absentee ballot office with a list of mayoral candidates, in Nordhausen town hall, Nordhausen, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. The German city of Nordhausen is best known as the location of the former Nazi concentration camp Mittelbau-Dora. A mayoral election on Sunday, Sept, 24, 2023 could again put the focus on the municipality of 42,000 people if a far-right candidate wins the vote. (Martin Schutt/dpa via AP)

A mayoral race in a small city highlights the rise of Germany’s far-right AfD party

By Emily Schultheis - Associated Press

German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser briefs the media after the cabinet meeting of the German government in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser bans neo-Nazi group "Hammerskins Germany". Police search at least 28 flats in 10 federal states since this morning. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Germany bans neo-Nazi group with links to U.S., conducts raids in 10 German states

By Kirsten Grieshaber - Associated Press

People walk in front of screens displaying a nationwide test alarm message at the main train station in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany retests its emergency warning system, but Berlin’s sirens don’t sound

By Kirsten Grieshaber - Associated Press

Carlo Chatrian, artistic director of the International Berlin Film Festival, briefs the media during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. The artistic director of the Berlin International Film Festival, Carlo Chatrian, said on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023 that he will step down next year after Germany's culture minister announced a new management structure for the event. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Carlo Chatrian to step down as artistic director of the Berlin film festival

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends the cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. Scholz is vowing that his coalition government will quickly resolve a dispute over child benefits that has marred attempts to put months of damaging public infighting behind it. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)

Germany’s Scholz vows a quick resolution to his coalition government’s latest standoff

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Makkabi players high-five Wolfsburg's team after the German Soccer Cup match between TuS Makkabi and VfL Wolfsburg at Mommsenstadion stadium, Berlin, Sunday Aug. 13, 2023. Makkabi Berlin became the first Jewish team to compete in the German Cup when it was beaten 6-0 by Wolfsburg on Sunday. (Andreas Gora/dpa via AP)

Makkabi Berlin becomes the first Jewish team to play in the German Cup in a loss to Wolfsburg

By Ciarán Fahey - Associated Press

Makkabi Berlin captain Doron Bruck during an interview with The Associated Press, in Berlin, Tuesday, July 25, 2023. When Makkabi Berlin takes the field on Sunday Aug. 13, 2023, the soccer club founded by Holocaust survivors will become the first Jewish team to play in the German Cup. (AP Photo/Ciaran Fahey)

Makkabi Berlin, founded by Holocaust survivors, to be 1st Jewish team in German Cup

By Ciarán Fahey - Associated Press