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U.S. Army soldiers from the 18th Airborne Division prepare to board a C-17 aircraft as they deploy to Europe from Fort Bragg, N.C., on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Chris Seward) **FILE**

Biden says U.S., Germany ‘in lockstep’ on Ukraine amid tensions over Russian sanctions

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

French President Emmanuel Macron, right, welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Fort of Bregancon in Bormes-les-Mimosas, southern France, Monday, Aug. 19, 2019. Rarely in recent years has the Kremlin been so popular with European visitors. Macron arrives Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. The Hungarian prime minister visited last week. And in days to come, the German chancellor will be there, too. (Gerard Julien, Pool via AP, File)

European leaders in Moscow, Washington on Ukraine crisis

By Sylvie Corbet and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

A Russian construction worker speaks on a mobile phone during a ceremony marking the start of Nord Stream pipeline construction in Portovaya Bay some 170 kms (106 miles) north-west from St. Petersburg, Russia on April 9, 2010. Fears are rising about what would happen to Europe's energy supply if Russia were to invade Ukraine and then shut off its natural gas in retaliation for U.S. and European sanctions. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) **FILE**

Biden vows to spike German pipeline if Russia strikes Ukraine

By Jeff Mordock and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

An athlete practices behind a glass fence during a training session at the National Biathlon Center ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Too much ‘nationalism’ at the Olympics, the world says

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

The gate of the Sachsenhausen Nazi death camp with the phrase 'Arbeit macht frei' (work sets you free) stands open in Oranienburg, about 30 kilometers (18 miles) north of Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. On Thursday Jan. 27, 2022 the International Holocaust Remembrance Day marks the liberation of the Auschwitz Nazi death camp on Jan. 27, 1945. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

World remembers Holocaust as antisemitism rises in pandemic

By Vanessa Gera and Samuael Petrequin - Associated Press

With the towers of Munich's cathedral in the background, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI, bids farewell to the Bavarian believers in downtown Munich, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 28, 1982. The Vatican on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022 strongly defended Pope Benedict XVI’s record in fighting clergy sexual abuse and cautioned against looking for “easy scapegoats and summary judgments,” after an independent report faulted his handling of four cases of abuse when he was archbishop of Munich, Germany. (AP Photo/Dieter Endlicher, File)

Vatican defends Benedict after report faults abuse record

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

The 93-year-old Polish citizen Andrzej Sitkowski, who was named &quot;Righteous Among the Nations&quot; by Yad Vashem in 1995 talks to the Associated Press during an interview in Durach, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022 Andrzej Sitkowski was 15 years old when his mother told him that she had been asked by a neighbour to hide a little Jewish girl from the Nazis at their home. This year, as the world commemorates the 77th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp on January 27, 1945, Yad Vashem and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany have teamed up to highlight the stories of &quot;Righteous Rescuers&quot; the people who risked everything, even their own lives, to save Jews from getting murdered by the Nazis and their henchmen. (AP Photo/Alexandra Beier)

77 years after Auschwitz, Jews honor those who rescued them

By Kirsten Grieshaber - Associated Press

FILE - Ukrainian soldiers walks at the line of separation from pro-Russian rebels near Katerinivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec 7, 2021. Germany's refusal to join other NATO members in supplying Ukraine with weapons has frustrated allies and prompted some to question Berlin's resolve in standing up to Russia. (AP Photo/Andriy Dubchak)

German caution on arms to Ukraine rooted in history, energy

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI sits in St. Peter's Basilica as he attends the ceremony marking the start of the Holy Year, at the Vatican, Dec. 8, 2015. A long-awaited report on the church's handling of cases of sexual abuse by clergy and others in Germany's Munich archdiocese and which was once led by retired Pope Benedict XVI from 1977 until 1982, is being released on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Report on sexual abuse in German diocese faults retired pope’s handling of cases

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

A man wearing a face mask crosses railroad tracks near a tram station in Frankfurt, Germany, early Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021. (Photo/Michael Probst)

Germany hits goal in push for 30 million new vaccine shots

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The Russian pipe-laying ship "Akademik Tscherski," which is on deployment for the further construction of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline, is moored at the port of Mukran on the island of Ruegen, Germany, on Sept. 8, 2020. Russia's natural gas pipeline to Europe is built and ready to flow. But not so fast. The Nord Stream 2 pipeline faces a rocky road ahead. First there's statement by the U.S. secretary of state that gas won't flow if Russia launches military aggression against Ukraine. (Jens Buettner/dpa via AP, File)

Russian pipeline faces big hurdles amid Ukraine tensions

By David McHugh and Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Dark clouds covering the sky and reflected in a puddle, in the German capital Berlin, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. Many governments in Europe and the U.S. are confronting similar dilemmas over how hard to come down in the face of omicron, which appears more transmissible than the previous delta variant that itself led to surges in many parts of the world. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany clamps down on New Year’s parties to tame omicron

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25 vaccination lanes with 30 registration counters are available to those wishing to be vaccinated in the Koenig-Pilsener-Arena in Oberhausen, Germany, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. Both first and second vaccinations as well as booster vaccinations are possible. The up to 5,000 visitors will receive either the vaccine from Biontech or from Moderna. (Roland Weihrauch/dpa via AP)

Germany tightens travel restrictions on visitors from UK

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European Council President Charles Michel, center, speaks with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, during a group photo of EU leaders and Eastern Partnership countries at an Eastern Partnership Summit in Brussels, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. European Union leaders meet with partner nations on its eastern borders on Wednesday, with the Russian military buildup on Ukraine's border as the main point of focus. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys)

EU hopes to avoid Ukraine war with talks, sanctions threat

By Raf Casert - Associated Press

Outgoing Finance Minister and new German Chancellor Minister Olaf Scholz delivers a speech during the handing-over ceremony with his successor in the German Federal Ministry of Finances in Berlin, on December 9, 2021. (Tobias Schwarz?Pool Photo via AP)

Don’t count on Scholz to transform Germany

By Peter Morici

$FILE - Angela Merkel arrives for a television debate with Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder at a television studio in Berlin, Sept. 4, 2005. As chancellor, Merkel has been credited with raising Germany’s profile and influence, helping hold a fractious European Union together, managing a string of crises and being a role model for women in a near-record tenure that ends with her leaving office amid praise from abroad and enduring popularity at home. Her designated successor Olaf Scholz is expected to take office Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Jockel Finck, File)$

End of an era: Germany’s Angela Merkel bows out after 16 years

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Olaf Scholz of the Social Democrats reacts after he was elected new German Chancellor in the German Parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. The election and swearing-in of the new Chancellor and the swearing-in of the federal ministers of the new federal government will take place in the Bundestag on Wednesday. (Photo/Stefanie Loos)

Olaf Scholz succeeds Angela Merkel as German chancellor, opening new era

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

Italian Premier Mario Draghi speaks during a press conference at Chigi Palace, in Rome, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. Draghi has slammed as “cowardly” COVID-19 vaccine opponents who have been threatening or harassing Italian ministers, governors, journalists and doctors. “I must express my full solidarity to those who have been the target of violence, hate, by the so-called no-vaxers,’’ Draghi told reporters at a news conference in Rome Thursday. (Fabio Frustaci/Pool Photo via AP)

Italy’s harsh COVID-19 measures test new prime minister’s popularity

By Eric J. Lyman - Special to The Washington Times - The Washington Times

Olaf Scholz, SPD Chancellor-designate speaks at the SPD party conference at Willy Brandt House in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, Dec.4, 2021. Delegates vote on a coalition agreement with the FDP and Bündnis90/Die Grünen to form a new federal government. (Michael Kappeler/dpa via AP)

Scholz’s party approves deal for new German coalition govt

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and SPD candidate for chancellor Olaf Scholz talk during a parliament Bundestag session about new measures to battle the coronavirus pandemic at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Nov.18, 2021. Germany's outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel and her likely successor met with state governors to consider tighter rules to curb coronavirus infections. The rise in COVID-19 cases over the past weeks and the arrival of the new omicron variant have prompted warnings from scientists and doctors that medical services in the country could become overstretched in the coming weeks unless drastic action is taken. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)FILE

Germany excludes unvaccinated from parts of public life

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press