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Aircrafts of the German airline Lufthansa are parked at the airport in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, May 26, 2020. Germany on Monday approved a 9 billion-euro ($9.8 billion) aid package for stricken airline Lufthansa to keep a major employer going through the turbulence of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Lufthansa board nods through $10 billion bailout plan

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Technicians of the German airline Lufthansa work on an aircraft at the airport in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, May 26, 2020. Germany on Monday approved a 9 billion-euro ($9.8 billion) aid package for stricken airline Lufthansa to keep a major employer going through the turbulence of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

EU says conditions needed in Lufthansa bailout, seeks deal

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Stranded German tourists wait for a bus to the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, March 27, 2020. A rescue flight arranged by the German government on Friday picked up tourists who had been stranded in Nepal since the Himalayan nation went on lockdown earlier this week, officials said. Up to 10,000 tourists are believed to be stranded in Nepal since the government ordered a complete lockdown that halted all flights and road travel to prevent the spread of the virus. Businesses and government offices were also shut. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Germany sends plane to rescue stranded tourists from Nepal

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Activists depicting German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier are protesting in front of the Federal Chancellery against the coal phase-out law and the resulting delayed coal phase-out in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan.29, 2020. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

German government defends coal phase-out against critics

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FILE - In this Wednesday, June 19, 2019 file photo, an ICE train approaches the main train station in Frankfurt, Germany. Germany's upper house of parliament has approved a plan to lower the value-added tax on train tickets, making rail travel cheaper from Jan. 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, file)

German government signs $96 billion rail infrastructure plan

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Germany split over EU bank plan to nix fossil fuel funding

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Crafty move: German spies take foreign agents to Oktoberfest

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Germany angered by Shell refusal to dismantle old oil rigs

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, left, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, talk prior to a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

German govt defends separate ministerial flights to US

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Three persons stand on ice blocks under gallows to protest against the climate policy prior to a 'Friday for Future' climate protest in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Protests of the 'Friday For Futurte' movement against the increase of carbon dioxide emissions are planned Friday in cities around the globe. In the United States more than 800 events were planned Friday, while in Germany more than 400 rallies are expected. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

German government agrees $60 billion climate policy package

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

A man walks over a bridge with the European Central Bank in background in Frankfurt, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Can green investment help relaunch Germany’s economy?

By DAVID McHUGH - Associated Press

Germany mum on Russian killing suspect’s reported spy links

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German ambassador returns to Venezuela after 4 ½ months

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Germany says question of reparations to Greece is settled

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German government lowers tax estimate as economy flags

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A Bombardier Global 5000 jet is being pulled over the tarmac by a truck. at the airport Schoenfeld near Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, April 16, 2019. The German air force, which operates the aircraft, said both wings of the Bombardier Global 5000 jet touched the ground as it landed at Schoenefeld airport on Tuesday after turning back because of a malfunction. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP)

German government plane blocks runway at Berlin airport

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German government rejects talk of economic stimulus package

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, center, and German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, left, arrive for the cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

German government extends ban on arms exports to Saudi

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A traffic light stands in front of the headquarters of Deutsche Bank, left, and Commerzbank in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, March 18, 2019. Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank begin talks on a possible merger. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Merkel: German government shouldn’t intervene in bank talks

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Germany to strip future terror group fighters of citizenship

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press