Germany
Britain won’t get a better #Brexit deal, German minister tells Conservatives
The European Union and its member states will not be prepared to renegotiate the Brexit deal agreed between London and Brussels whoever the next British prime minister is, Germany’s Europe Minister Michael Roth (pictured) said on Tuesday (11 June), writes Andreas Rinke. Roth said that the candidates vying to succeed Theresa May as leader of the […]
#DDay75 – Axis of Evil
Seventy-five years ago, America was getting its first news reports as America’s fighting men were landing on Omaha and Utah beaches. They weren’t in America. They were storming the beaches of Normandy, writes Christopher Suprun, TX Elector in 2016 Presidential Election. They fought a war on other continents across the world from Omaha, Nebraska and Utah. […]
Leaders salute ‘raw courage’ of #DDay75 veterans on Normandy’s beaches
The leaders of France and Britain paid tribute to the sacrifice of D-Day veterans on Thursday, the 75th anniversary of the largest ever seaborne invasion that opened the way for western Europe’s liberation from Nazi Germany, write Johnny Cotton and Marine Pennetier. Inaugurating a memorial to the 22,000 soldiers under British command who were killed on 6 June […]
‘Thank You’ – Queen Elizabeth and world leaders applaud #DDay75 veterans
Queen Elizabeth was joined by world leaders including Donald Trump and Angela Merkel to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day, paying personal tribute to the veterans of the largest seaborne invasion in history which helped bring World War Two to an end, write Dylan Martinez and Steve Holland. The queen, Prince Charles, presidents and prime ministers rose to […]
Seventy-five years on, what can #DDay75 map reveal?
Seventy-five years ago, at Southwick House on Britain’s southern coast, Allied commanders stood in front of a floor-to-ceiling wall map, planning the largest seaborne invasion in history: the D-Day landings in Normandy, writes Stuart McDill. The map, depicting the coasts of southern Britain and northern France, was used for 39 days after the landings with planners […]
#EULeaders fire starting gun for top jobs race
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron locked horns in Brussels on Tuesday (28 May) as European Union leaders met to begin bargaining over who will take the bloc’s top jobs for the next five years, write Francesco Guarascio and Gabriela Baczynska. An EU-wide election last week returned a European Parliament with a […]
German scientists create see-through human organs
Researchers in Germany have created transparent human organs using a new technology that could pave the way to print three-dimensional body parts such as kidneys for transplants writes Ayhan Uyanik. Scientists led by Ali Erturk at Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich have developed a technique that uses a solvent to make organs such as the brain […]
