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Former ECB chief Draghi gets German honor amid criticism

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German unemployment rate climbs above 5% in January

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A doctor attends to a patient in an isolation ward at a hospital in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. China counted 170 deaths from a new virus Thursday and more countries reported infections, including some spread locally, as foreign evacuees from China's worst-hit region returned home to medical observation and even isolation. (Chinatopix via AP)

US bars foreigners coming from China for now over virus fear

By KEN MORITSUGU and ZEKE MILLER - Associated Press

This photo taken with reflections in windows at the visitors tribune, Israel's President Reuven Rivlin delivers his speech during a special meeting of the German Parliament Bundestag commemorating the victims of the Holocaust in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Israeli president: Germany must win anti-Semitism fight

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

People pass the main entrance of hospital 'Klinikum Schwabing' in Munich, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. Germany has declared its first confirmed case of the deadly coronavirus that broke out in China. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Germany confirms 1st cases of new virus from China

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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, left, and Israel's President Reuven Rivlin, right, sing as they attend a performance of the school choir during their visit at the Jewish Moses Mendelssohn school in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, pool)

Israeli president warns of hatred during Berlin school visit

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the Europa building in Brussels, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels on Monday to discuss the situation in Libya and Venezuela, the deteriorating security and humanitarian situation in Sahel, and climate diplomacy. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Germany urged to fight anti-Semitism to avoid Jewish exodus

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 file photo, cars and trucks stand in traffic queues on the German Autobahn A2 at Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Germany's biggest car club said Friday, Jan. 24, 2020 it is shifting its position on the introduction of a general speed limit on the Autobahn to “neutral.” Currently, about 70% of Germany's highway network has no speed limit. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, file)

Powerful German auto club drops hard line on speed limit

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Germany takes top 2 spots in World Cup skeleton race

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, welcomes Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan before the conference on Libya at the Chancellery in Berlin, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. German Chancellor Angela Merkel hosts the one-day conference of world powers in Berlin to discuss efforts to broker peace in Libya.(Turkish Presidency Press Service via AP, Pool)

Erdogan urges international pressure on Libya’s Hifter

By AYSE WIETING and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Britain's Prince Charles, left, joins a reception for British Holocaust survivors at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, Thursday Jan. 23, 2020. Prince Charles is among dozens of presidents, heads of state and dignitaries who have descended upon the city to attend the largest-ever gathering focused on commemorating the Holocaust and combating modern-day anti-Semitism. (Neil Hall/Pool via AP)

World leaders rally in Jerusalem against anti-Semitism

By Aron Heller - Associated Press

Kemp in Germany for economic development mission

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Holocaust survivor Naftali Furst stands next to his portrait during the opening of the exhibition 'Survivors - Faces of Life after the Holocaust' at the former coal mine Zollverein in Essen, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020. The industrial world heritage landmark Zollverein shows 75 years after the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, 75 portraits of Jewish survivors, photographed in Israel by German artist Martin Schoeller. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

AP PHOTOS: After Auschwitz, survivors still bear witness

By VANESSA GERA and ARON HELLER - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020 photo people walk beside the Stadtkirche (Town Church) in Wittenberg, Germany. The church contains a so-called “Judensau,” or “Jew pig,” sculpture which is located about 4 meters, 13 feet, above the ground on a corner of the Church. A court in eastern Germany will consider next week a Jewish man’s bid to force the removal of an ugly remnant of centuries of anti-Semitism from a church where Martin Luther once preached.(AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

German court may reject appeal to remove anti-Semitic relic

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and KERSTIN SOPKE - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 2014 file photo, Michael Karkoc works in his yard in Minneapolis. Karkoc, a retired Minnesota carpenter whom The Associated Press exposed as a former commander of a Nazi-led unit accused of war atrocities, died Dec. 14, 2019, according to cemetery and public records. He was 100. His family maintained that he was never a Nazi or committed any war crimes. (Richard Sennott/Star Tribune via AP)

Minnesota man exposed as commander of Nazi-led unit dies

By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI and RANDY HERSCHAFT - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a news conference with Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic after a meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Libya players agree to respect arms embargo, push cease-fire

By FRANK JORDANS and GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2019, filer photo, a man uses his smartphone as he stands near a billboard for Chinese technology firm Huawei at the PT Expo in Beijing. British and American officials are meeting as U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government prepares to decide on whether there's a future for Chinese equipment maker Huawei in the country's next-generation telecom networks, his spokesman said Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Minister: Germany needs China’s Huawei to build 5G network

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German population up to 83.2 million but growth slows

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In this Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020 photo the so-called “Judensau,” or “Jew pig,” sculpture is displayed on the facade of the Stadtkirche (Town Church) in Wittenberg, Germany. A court in eastern Germany will consider next week a Jewish man’s bid to force the removal of an ugly remnant of centuries of anti-Semitism from a church where Martin Luther once preached. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Germany: Ugly anti-Semitic remnant at center of court battle

By GEIR MOULSON and KERSTIN SOPKE - Associated Press

German Health Minister Jens Spahn arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting of the German government at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

German parliament votes against new system for organ donors

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press