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This undated file photo shows Madeleine McCann. British police said on Wednesday June 3, 2020, a German man has been identified as a suspect in the case of a 3-year-old British girl who disappeared 13 years ago while on a family holiday in Portugal. (AP Photo/File)
June 4, 2020, 6:16 am
German police identify ‘murder’ suspect in Madeleine McCann case
13 years after British 3-year-old disappeared from family holiday apartment in Portugal, officials say jailed German man with a history of child sex abuse may have killed her
By Hui Min NEO and Joe JACKSON
Stephan Balliet (Screengrab)
October 11, 2019, 11:06 pm
Stephan Balliet confesses to German synagogue attack, admits anti-Semitic motive
Lawyer says his client, who killed 2 people in Yom Kippur shooting, stands by his actions: ‘He blames others for his own misery and that’s what ultimately triggered his action’
By Hui Min NEO
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finland's Prime Minister Antti Rinne (3rdL) walk after listening to the national anthems during a welcoming ceremony with military honours at the Chancellery in Berlin on July 10, 2019. (Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)
July 10, 2019, 3:58 pm
Germany’s Merkel says she’s ‘very well’ despite third shaking spell
Officials in Berlin suggest psychological impact of previous incidents responsible for 64-year-old chancellor’s subsequent episode
By Hui Min NEO
A cemetery staff member lets down a box with the remains of political prisoners of the Nazi regime in Berlin, Germany, Monday, May 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
May 14, 2019, 1:33 am
Microscopic remains of Nazi victims studied by German doctor buried in Berlin
Hermann Stieve kept tissue samples taken from hundreds of female resistance fighters killed in Berlin prison for his medical research
By Hui Min NEO
Two visitors in front of the paintings 'Junges Paar' (l), and 'Diskussion' of German painter Emil Nolde, in the exhibition 'Status Report Gurlitt. degenerate art -- confiscated and sold' in the Kunstmuseum in Bern, Switzerland, November 1, 2017. (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone via AP)
April 12, 2019, 10:40 pm
Merkel returns two Nolde paintings after exhibition exposes Nazi links
German expressionist painter was once seen as victim of Hitler’s regime, but new show in Berlin revealed him to be an enthusiastic Nazi supporter
By Hui Min NEO
Federal spokesman of the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) Alexander Gauland speaks during the party congress of the party's youth party "Junge Alternative" in Seebach, eastern Germany, on June 2, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / dpa / Alexander Prautzsch)
October 10, 2018, 5:06 pm
German historians accuse far-right chief of echoing Hitler
Experts say column by AfD party’s Gauland assailing the ‘globalized class’ for threatening his ‘homeland’ strikingly similar to Nazi leader’s 1933 speech demonizing Jews
By Hui Min NEO
Riot police following the cancellation of a city festival on August 26, 2018 in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, after a 35-year-old German national died in the hospital following a "dispute between several people of different nationalities," according to the police. (AFP Photo/dpa/Andreas Seidel)
August 27, 2018, 4:47 pm
Merkel condemns ‘hunting down’ of foreigners as far-right calls new protest
Counter-demonstration also announced following riot in Chemnitz over killing of German national by ‘several people of different nationalities’
By Hui Min NEO
Paul Alexander. (Screenshot)
June 17, 2018, 12:01 pm
On a bike, ex-child refugee retraces escape from Nazi Germany
Paul Alexander, 81, will pedal 600 miles with son, grandson and 39 others to pay tribute to Kindertransport program that saved thousands of Jewish children
By Hui Min NEO
Roses cover the photo of the 14-year-old Susanna Maria Feldman killed in Wiesbaden, Germany, June 8, 2018 (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)
June 9, 2018, 2:19 am
Outrage in Germany, and questions for police, after murder, rape of Jewish girl
Efforts underway to have suspect in killing of Susanna Feldman sent back from Iraq to face trial; case raises fresh doubts about Berlin’s policy toward migrants
By Hui Min NEO
German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a press conference on November 27, 2017, in Berlin, following a meeting with her conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party's leadership. (AFP PHOTO / John MACDOUGALL)
March 12, 2018, 12:06 pm
Some Germans fear nationalist resurgence with new ‘homeland’ ministry
Government launches new ‘Heimat,’ or homeland, ministry; term loaded with happiness connotations, but also with memories of Nazi-era past, causing controversy
By Hui Min NEO
President of the German Federal Intelligence Agency (BND) Bruno Kahl (L) leaves after a meeting with members of the Parliamentary Control Panel (PKGr) at the parliament in Berlin after Russian hackers infiltrated Germany's foreign and interior ministries' online networks, March 1, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / DPA / Kay Nietfeld / Germany OUT)
March 1, 2018, 8:07 pm
Cyber attack ‘ongoing’ against German government network
Russian hackers who attacked parliament’s IT system in 2015 believed behind new assault on broader network that includes foreign and interior ministries
By Hui Min NEO
German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel cheers after delivering her speech during the party's congress on February 26, 2018 in Berlin. (AFP Photo/Stefanie Loos)
February 26, 2018, 9:31 pm
Merkel wins party backing for coalition, while vowing renewal
German chancellor, 63, to be oldest member of new cabinet, which is ‘future oriented’ and includes critics from right
By Hui Min NEO and Deborah Cole
Metal roofing sheets from a supermarket blocking a road in Menden, western Germany, as the region is hit by the storm named 'Friederike,' January 18, 2018. (AFP Photo/dpa/Markus Kluemper/Germany OUT)
January 19, 2018, 1:35 am
Nine dead as huge storms batter Europe
Rail services face heavy disruptions, flights scrapped due to hurricane-force winds across continent; Israel airline diverts air traffic amid heavy rains and wind lashing
By Hui Min NEO and JO BIDDLE
This photo taken on July 1, 2015 shows defendant and German former SS officer Oskar Groening, dubbed the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz", at court in Lueneburg, northern Germany, ahead of his trial. (2017. / AFP PHOTO / RONNY HARTMANN)
December 29, 2017, 2:31 pm
‘Bookkeeper of Auschwitz’, 96, loses appeal against jail
Court rejects claim imprisonment would violate ‘right to life’ for ex-Nazi SS guard Oskar Groening, an accessory to 300,000 murders
By Hui Min NEO
Women covered with Israeli (L) and Polish flags (R) pay their respect at the memorial shift for the victims of the 2016 deadly truck attack at the Christmas market at Breitscheidplatz in front of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedaechtniskirche during the commemorations marking one year after it occurred, on December 19, 2017 in Berlin. (AFP PHOTO / Tobias SCHWARZ)
December 19, 2017, 10:48 pm
A year after Christmas market attack, Germany admits failings
‘They have not even tried to listen to us, to understand our needs,’ says brother-in-law of Israeli woman killed in ramming attack
By Hui Min NEO
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