German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks at the airport on February 24, 2026 before setting off his inaugural trip to China ...

The new chairman of the Catholic German Bishops Conference, Heiner Wilmer, is four days older than his predecessor, Georg Bätzing: almost 65 years old. This is not what one would call a generational ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - A small object called the Adorant figurine discovered in a cave in Germany in 1979 - crafted roughly 40,000 years ago by some of the earliest people to ...

By Andreas Rinke BERLIN, Feb 24 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz visits China this week as the latest European leader seeking to reset relations with Beijing after a year that laid bare ...

Taicang, with its permanent resident population of less than one million, is a small city on the south bank of Yangtze River estuary. Known as the "hometown of German enterprises" in China, Taicang ...

Eric Schmidt, the 70-year-old billionaire and former Google CEO, is romantically linked to a model more than four decades his ...

Bishop Wilmer has supported Germany’s controversial Synodal Way reforms, including blessings for same-sex couples and expanded roles for women.

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt rang in the New Year with 27-year-old German model Gloria-Sophie Burkandt as they’ve globe-trotted ...

In the first hours of New Year’s Day 2025, three young men led a highly intoxicated German backpacker away from revellers on Auckland’s busy Karangahape Rd and into a van. They then allegedly drove ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is meeting China's top leaders Wednesday at the start of a whirlwind two-day visit to press for a fair economic playing field for German companies, and China's ...