GERMANY

3 killed in small plane crash in western Germany

10:56 pm July 25, 2020

Berlin: Three people were killed Saturday when an ultralight aircraft crashed into a multi-family home in western Germany, police said. North Rhine-Westphalia police said the aircraft crashed into the roof of the house in the town of Wesel, sparking a fire, the DPA news agency reported. A small child suffered minor injures before the blaze was put […]

India-UK flights to remain suspended till Jan 7: Puri

India establishes air travel bubbles with US, France, planning similar pact with Germany, UK: Puri

9:24 pm July 16, 2020

New Delhi: India has established individual bilateral bubbles with France and the US that will allow airlines of each country in the pact to operate international flights, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday said, adding that similar arrangement with Germany and the UK will soon be permitted. Air France will be operating 28 flights between Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Paris from July 18 to August 1, the minister said […]

Trump's counter to Democratic convention? Swing state trips

Trump threatens to cut federal aid if schools don’t reopen

11:53 pm July 8, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened to withhold federal funding if schools don’t reopen in the fall, and he lashed out at federal health officials over school reopening guidelines that he says are impractical and expensive. Taking to Twitter to voice his frustration, Trump argued that countries including Germany, Denmark and Norway have reopened schools “with no problems.” The Republican president also repeated […]

WHO report on Wuhan virus mission expected soon

Germany laments US exit from WHO, says EU seeks to reform it

11:29 pm July 8, 2020

Geneva: Germany’s health minister on Wednesday lamented the formal US notification of its withdrawal from the World Health Organization as a “setback for international cooperation” and said Europe would work to reform the UN health agency. The comments from German Health Minister Jens Spahn epitomized concerns in Europe over the WHO’s largest contributor preparing to pull out following the Trump administration’s complaints that the agency […]

Second executive arrested in Wirecard scandal in Germany

11:17 pm July 6, 2020

Frankfurt: Another executive with bankrupt payment company Wirecard has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of aggravated fraud, prosecutors said on Monday. The suspect, the head of a company subsidiary in Dubai, had returned to Germany to face proceedings. The arrest comes after former CEO Markus Braun was taken into custody on June 23 on charges of market manipulation and falsifying financial results and […]