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German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech about German government's policies to combat the spread of the coronavirus and COVID-19 disease at the parliament Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. (Photo/Markus Schreiber)

‘Difficult winter’: Europe divided on lockdowns; cases soar

By LORNE COOK and SAMUEL PETREQUIN and FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

A pedestrian walks over a reminder to wear face masks sprayed on the sidewalk at the Karl-Marx-Strasse at the district Neukoelln in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. Karl-Marx-Strasse is one of the streets in the German capital where face masks are mandatory to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany heads into November ‘lockdown light’ to slow virus

By GEIR MOULSON and FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2020 file photo, a woman shops at a clothing store in New York. The U.S. economy grew at a sizzling 33.1% annual rate in the July-September quarter — by far the largest quarterly gain on record — rebounding from an epic plunge in the spring, when the eruption of the coronavirus closed businesses and threw tens of millions out of work. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Surge in virus threatens to reverse global economic rebounds

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER - Associated Press

In this photo released by Astrid Magenau, Magenau poses for a photo with her father in Stuttgart, Germany on June 6, 2020. Magenau wasn’t able to keep a promise to hold her father’s hand at his deathbed in Germany because of Australia’s extraordinary pandemic restrictions that make her feel like a prisoner in her adopted country. (Astrid Magenau via AP)

Australia’s pandemic travel ban brings family heartbreak

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

A medical crew treat a COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at the Joseph Imbert Hospital Center in Arles, southern France, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020. Many French doctors are urging a new nationwide lockdown, noting that 58% of the country's intensive care units are now occupied by COVID patients and medical staff are under increasing strain. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

Europe and US facing new round of shutdowns amid virus surge

By TODD RICHMOND and FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Germany grants Hong Kong pro-democracy protester asylum

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

Reports: Germany issues warrants for Panama Papers lawyers

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List 2/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

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List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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A picture taken just after the liberation by the Soviet army in January 1945, shows a group of children wearing concentration camp uniforms at the time behind barbed wire fencing in the Oswiecim (Auschwitz) Nazi concentration camp. Germany has agreed to provide more than a half-billion euros to aid Holocaust survivors struggling under the burdens of the coronavirus pandemic, the organization that negotiates compensation with the German government said Wednesday. (AP Photo/CAF pap, file)

Germany to give $662 million in aid to Holocaust survivors

By David Rising - Associated Press

Switzerland's Mario Gavranovic, center, scores his side's third goal against Germany's goalkeeper Manuel Neuer during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Germany and Switzerland in Cologne, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Germany fights back to draw 3-3 with Switzerland in Cologne

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List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

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List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

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Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain shows a helmet of former German driver Michael Schumacher after he wins the Eifel Formula One Grand Prix at the Nuerburgring racetrack in Nuerburg, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020. Hamilton gets the helmet as a gift from Michael Schumacher's son Mick because he equals Schumacher's record of 91 wins in the Formula One. (Bryn Lennon, Pool via AP)

Hamilton wins his 91st F1 race to match Schumacher’s record

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Germany players celebrate after Germany's Matthias Ginter scored his side's opening goal during the UEFA Nations League soccer match between Ukraine and Germany at the Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Oct.10, 2020. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Germany holds on to beat Ukraine for 1st Nations League win

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the weekly cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

Soldiers, experts to help German cities as virus cases rise

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

This handout photo provided by the Police Headquarters Freiburg in Freiburg, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020 shows a Chinese mitten crab that was caught by a police officer in an apartment in Freiburg. Police in southern Germany say a woman got a shock while airing out her home when a 25-centimeter (10-inch) Chinese mitten crab scurried in from the terrace through the open door. (Police Headquarters Freiburg via AP)

Large Chinese mitten crab crawls into German woman’s home

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Passengers wear face masks as they leave a train in the central train station in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Germany, which had virus under control, sees a jump in cases

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Turkey's Kenan Karaman, left, celebrates after scoring his side's third goal during the international friendly soccer match between Germany and Turkey in Cologne, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Careless Germany lets Turkey come back for 3-3 in friendly

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