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By all accounts, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's visit to Donald Trump in the Oval Office was a success. But the bar was low. There are plenty of potential pitfalls for the trans-Atlantic ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday, a day after meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, that he encountered a U.S. administration open to discussion.

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received a phone call today from Friedrich Merz, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. During the call, they discussed bilateral ...

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life Friedrich Merz, chancellor of Germany.PersonalBirth date: November 11, 1955Birth place: ...

Friedrich Merz reacts after he failed to be elected new chancellor in the first voting process at the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Tuesday, May 6, 2025.

Germany’s reforms aimed at persuading workers to retire later do not go far enough to ease the fiscal strain of a rapidly ageing workforce, the Bundesbank has warned. Chancellor Friedrich Merz ...

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A version of this article appears in print on June 11, 2025, Section A, Page 4 of the New York edition with the headline: Finding God, and Nietzsche, in the Black of a Hamas Tunnel.

A man in Osaka Prefecture has been arrested for allegedly selling a pirated version of the 1954 black-and-white film "Godzilla," which he apparently colorized using artificial intelligence. Ippei ...

ICYMI: It was a meeting that may prove of more lasting significance for the wider world than the verbal fireworks between the US president and Tesla chief, writes Mary Dejevsky ...