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German Chancellor Angela Merkel listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, March 17, 2017.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Angela Merkel gives nod to Trump’s tough rhetoric about her

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 29, 2016 file photo Germany's head coach Joachim Loew talks to the media under 4 stars at a press conference in Duesseldorf, Germany. Loew has called up Leipzig forward Timo Werner for the first time and World Cup winner Lukas Podolski for the last time for upcoming games against England and Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, file)

Last Germany call-up for Lukas Podolski, 1st for Timo Werner

By CIARAN FAHEY - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set for her first meeting with President Trump, which is being eyed cautiously by German businesses. (Associated Press)

German businesses concerned as Angela Merkel meets Donald Trump

By Patrick Costello — Special to The Washington Times

High-profile sports accounts fall victim to Twitter hack

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Prime Minister Mark Rutte's party successfully beat back a challenge from populist candidate Geert Wilders in Dutch parliamentary elections. (Associated Press)

Mark Rutte beats Geert Wilders in Netherlands elections

By Gordon Darroch and Austin Davis — Special to The Washington Times

In this March 8, 2017, file photo, German Justice Minister Heiko Maas arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin. Germany's justice minister is proposing fines of up to 50 million euros ($53 million) for social networking sites that fail to swiftly remove illegal content, such as hate speech or defamatory &quot;fake news.&quot; (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber/dpa via AP)

German official wants $53M fines for social media hate posts

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

In this Feb. 11, 2017 photo, exchange student Abigail Adusei, right, works with her teacher Kelly Nyquist during class at Manual Academy in Peoria, Ill. &quot;Being an exchange student I've been able to learn different cultures and things much different from what I was used to,&quot; said Adusei, who is a foreign exchange student from Ghana. &quot;Really all I knew about culture in the United States was what we saw in the movies, and Manual High isn't anything like what I saw in High School Musical.&quot;(Ryan Michalesko/Journal Star via AP)

EXCHANGE: Student from Ghana bonds with Peoria family

By PAM ADAMS - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the longest-serving democratically elected leader in western Europe, will meet this week with President Trump, who officials say is interested in listening to her ideas. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Donald Trump looks to ease tensions with Angela Merkel, German chancellor

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Brazil to play Germany next year for 1st time since 7-1 loss

Associated Press

Campaign staff hold a banner reading &quot;Stay Away, This Is Our Country&quot; as firebrand anti Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders, left, protests outside the Turkish embassy in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, March 8, 2017, against the planned campaign visit of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu to lobby for a referendum giving President Erdogan increased powers. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

The Latest: Swiss see no reason to cancel Cavusoglu visit

Associated Press

CORRECTS SLUG - FILE - This Oct. 28, 2013 file photo shows the US Consulate General in Frankfurt, Germany. WikiLeaks on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 published thousands of documents purportedly taken from the Central Intelligence Agency's Center for Cyber Intelligence, a dramatic release that appears to expose intimate details of America's cyberespionage toolkit. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP, file)

German prosecutors examining WikiLeaks report on CIA base

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FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2015 file photo, refugees rest as they wait at the temporary registration center of the southern German border town of Passau. German newspaper 'Welt am Sonntag' reports that the government planned to close the border with Austria and turn back asylum-seekers in September 2015, but nixed the plan at the last minute., the paper reported Sunday March 5, 2017. The interior ministry said in a statement it could neither confirm nor deny the report. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber,file)

Angry migrants rampage at poor phone service

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A woman holding up signs against Turkish President Erdogan near hotel Senatshotel in Cologne, Germany, Sunday, March 5, 2017. This evening the Turkish Minister of Economic Affairs, Nihat Zeybekci, is supposed to speak there. ( Henning Kaiser/dpa via AP)

The Latest: Germany seeks to de-escalate Turkey tensions

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A young boy looks at police officers after he and other migrants were pulled out of a train by German Federal Police at the train station of the southern German border town Passau, Sept. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) ** FILE **

Turning point: Germany hoped to close border in 2015, didn’t

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Germany, France play scoreless draw in SheBelives Cup

Associated Press

Germany vs Turkey for Euro 2024 as Nordic nations drop plans

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Bjoern Hoecke, chairman of the right-wing AfD party, described Berlin's Holocaust Memorial as an embarrassment to Germans. (Associated Press)

Alternative for Germany, right-wing, party slips in German campaign

By Patrick Costello — Special to The Washington Times

VW exec arrested in US emissions scandal appears in court

Associated Press

Vice President Mike Pence, left, and White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus watch as President Donald Trump shows off an executive order to withdraw the U.S. from the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact agreed to under the Obama administration, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Trump’s hiring freeze botched by 2 Army bases; child-care cuts announced despite Defense exemption

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

‘Miss Cracker Barrel’ inspires with work ethic

By ABE HARDESTY - Associated Press