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People cool off next to the fountains at Louvre Museum in Paris, France, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. Temperatures in Paris are forecast to reach 41 degrees C (86 F), on Thursday. (AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh)

The Latest: Heat wave smashes weather records in Europe

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Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) takes part in the presentation of the appointment and dismissal certificate as Federal Minister of Justice to Katarina Barley (SPD) and the new Federal Minister of Justice Christine Lambrecht (SPD) by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Bellevue Castle in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, June 27, 2019. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

Angela Merkel health questions cloud future

By Michael Scarturro - Special to The Washington Times

A young woman stands under an artificial waterfall in a public pool in Grossroehrsdorf, eastern Germany, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. A heatwave hit big parts of Europe. (Robert Michael/dpa via AP)

Europe heat wave breaks records, mercury set to go higher

By BY KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and SETH BORENSTEIN - Associated Press

Illustration on the Treaty of Versailles by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The lessons of the Versailles Treaty

By Victor Davis Hanson

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, rear right, and the members of the cabinet applaude to the new German Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, front center, during a swearing-in ceremony at the German Federal Parliament in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

New German defense minister backs higher military spending

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, second right, attends a memorial event at the Defence Ministry in Berlin, Germany, Saturday, July 20, 2019. On July 20, 2019 Germany marks the 75th anniversary of the failed attempt to kill Hitler in 1944. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Germany marks 75th anniversary of plot to kill Hitler

By DAVID RISING - Associated Press

In this Friday, July 12, 2019 photo a picture of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, left, and Albrecht Ritter Merz von Quirnheim is displayed a the exhibition at the German Resistance Memorial Center inside the Bendlerblock building of the defensive ministry in Berlin. Stauffenberg was one of the leaders of the failed assassinate to Adolf Hitler one July 20, 1944. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany honors resisters who tried to assassinate Hitler

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

Germany's Ursula von der Leyen delivers her speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Tuesday July 16, 2019. Ursula von der Leyen outlined her vision and plans as Commission President. The vote, held by secret paper ballot, will take place later today. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias)

The Latest: German minister confirmed for top EU post

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Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin takes questions as he speaks during a news briefing at the White House, in Washington, Monday, July 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Cryptocurrencies, digital tax top agenda for G-7 meeting

By DAVID McHUGH and THOMAS ADAMSON - Associated Press

German Jewish group says news article ‘fuels anti-Semitism’

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More to come: FTC fine doesn’t spell closure for Facebook

By Barbara Ortutay - Associated Press

File---Picture taken Oct.31, 2018 shows cars queuing in a traffic jam when commuting to Frankfurt, Germany. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Economists urge Germany to price carbon, end subsidies

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 27, 2016 file photo, activists of the Identitarian Movement protest on the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, with a banner reading 'secure borders - secure future'. The German domestic intelligence agency says it is stepping up observation of the far-right Identitarian Movement in Germany that campaigns against immigrants and Islam. (AP Photo/Frank Jordans)

Germany to step up surveillance of far-right ‘Identitarians’

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel answers to questions during a news conference following a meeting with the Prime Minister of Finland Antti Rinne at the chancellery in Berlin, Wednesday, July 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Germany’s Merkel sits for anthems after shaking episodes

By GEIR MOULSON - Associated Press

In this April 27, 1966, file photo, Volkswagen workers drive their Beetle cars from the parking lot on their way home at the end of the workday at the world's largest single auto plant, the Volkswagen factory (seen in background) in Wolfsburg, Germany. Volkswagen is halting production of the last version of its Beetle model in July 2019 at its plant in Puebla, Mexico, the end of the road for a vehicle that has symbolized many things over a history spanning eight decades since 1938. (AP Photo, file)

Volkswagen is halting production of last version of its Beetle model

By David McHugh - Associated Press

Dark clouds cover the sky over the headquarter of Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, July 7, 2019. The supervisory board of the bank meets on Sunday to decide about further strategies. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

The Latest: Deutsche Bank to slash 18,000 jobs in reshuffle

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People leave the forbidden area near the European Central Bank as 16 000 people are evacuated prior to the defusing of a WWII bomb in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, July 7, 2019. The bomb was discovered during construction works right next to the ECB. Sign in background reads &quot;blocking of Ostend due to a bomb defusing&quot;. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

U.S. World War II bomb prompts mass evacuation in Frankfurt, Germany

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File---Picture taken Oct.31, 2018 shows cars queuing in a traffic jam when commuting to Frankfurt, Germany. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

German official says CO2 charge should benefit the poor

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Western Balkan nations press EU aspirations at Poland summit

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Smoke rises as a forest fire rages near Vielank, Germany, Tuesday, July 2, 2019. Thousands of firefighters, soldiers and civil defense personnel are battling a large wildfire at an area used for military exercises in northern Germany. Officials said Tuesday that the blaze in Luebtheen, about 170 kilometers (106 miles) northwest of Berlin, is the biggest in the history of Mecklenburg Western Pomerania state. (Jens Buettner/dpa via AP)

Thousands battle large blaze in parched northern Germany

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