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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 extends anti-Islamic State mission in Iraq by 1 year

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In this July 31, 2019, file photo Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

The Latest: Powell says Fed facing “difficult judgments”

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FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2019, file photo, Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong addresses the media during a press conference in Berlin, Germany. Overseas, Joshua Wong has emerged as a prominent face of Hong Kong's months-long protests for full democracy. At home, he is just another protester. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

In leaderless Hong Kong movement, Joshua Wong just 1 voice

By EILEEN NG - Associated Press

Activists protest during a rally outside the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Big global climate protests on Friday get union support

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

In this May 3, 2018 file photo, Fred Warmbier, right, listens as his wife Cindy Warmbier, speaks of their son Otto Warmbier, an American who died in 2017 days after his release from captivity in North Korea, during a meeting at the United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Donald Trump to dine at White House with parents of Otto Warmbier: Report

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds her bag as she arrives for a meeting of the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Germany’s Merkel faces decisive week on climate protection

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

A Mercedes 'Vision EQS' car is displayed at the IAA Auto Show in Frankfurt, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Merkel: Germany, auto industry face ‘Herculean’ climate task

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In this Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019 photo police officers secure the crime scene in Hellersdorf near Berlin, Germany. German police say they shot and killed a man who had fled from Poland after allegedly killing a woman, when he pulled a gun on them after they pulled over his car on a highway outside Berlin. (Christopher Harms/dpa via AP)

German police shoot Polish man suspected of killing woman

By DAVID RISING and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang gives a speech during the press conference at the end of the meeting with Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, left, at The Great Hall Of The People in Beijing, on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019. (Andrea Verdelli/Pool Photo via AP)

Merkel: Germany must engage in rights dialogue with China

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Incoming President of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde speaks to the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee in Brussels, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Europe eyes stimulus plan, but ultra-low rates raise doubts

By David McHugh and Martin Crutsinger - Associated Press

Manuela Schwesig, Governor of the north German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, addresses the media during a press conference in Schwerin, Germany, Sept. 10, 2019. Schwesig, one of the interim leaders of Germany’s junior governing party, is stepping down after being diagnosed with breast cancer. She said she will keep her other job as governor of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state in northeastern Germany but give up her position in the national leadership of the center-left Social Democrats. (Jens Buettner/dpa via AP)

German party co-leader steps down after cancer diagnosis

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In this Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019 photo German far right party member Stefan Jagsch stands in front of the community house in the Altenstadt-Waldsiedlung, a part of the village of Altenstadt, near Frankfurt, Germany. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, the leader of Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) said late Sunday the election of far-right NPD party member Stefan Jagsch in the small Hesse town of Altenstadt-Waldsiedlung needs to be reversed. German news agency dpa reported Jagsch was elected unanimously Thursday after the post had remained vacant for several weeks. (Andreas Arnold/dpa via AP)

German parties seek recall of far-right district mayor

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Germany wants to ban some plastic bags from retail stores

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This photo provide by the Berlin Police Department on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019, shows a 48-year-old Russian man arrested shortly after the fatal shooting of a 40-year-old Georgian last month. Berlin police are asking the public to come forward with possible witness observations regarding a suspect in a brazen daylight killing in the heart of the German capital that may have had ties to Russian intelligence. ( Polizei Berlin/dpa via AP)

Group: We warned Germany of Russia threats to slain Georgian

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The Latest: Merkel in China says HK freedoms should be safe

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel smiles as she arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Germany’s Merkel says Hong Kong’s rights should be protected

By YANAN WANG and GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009 file photo Afghan police secures the spot where villagers reportedly died when American jets bombed fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban, outside Kunduz, Afghanistan. The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan visited the site as the alliance began an investigation into the airstrike that killed up to 70 people. Lawyers acting on behalf of relatives who lost family members say they are still trying to get adequate compensation for their clients and hope to hold the German commander who ordered the Sept. 4, 2009, air strike criminally responsible. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, file)

Afghanistan airstrike haunts Germany, 10 years on

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel smiles as she arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

US diplomat urges Merkel to take ‘firm stance’ in China

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Top candidate of right-wing party Alternative for Germany, AfD, for the elections at the federal state Brandenburg Andreas Kalbitz, right, is embraced by AfD Thuringia chairman Bjoern Hoecke at an election party in Werder, near Potsdam, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019. The citizens of the German federal states Saxony and Brandenburg elected their new parliament. ( Gregor Fischer/dpa via AP)

Alternative for Germany election surge hits Angela Merkel Christian Democratic Union

By Jabeen Bhatti and Eros Banaj - Special to The Washington Times