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Desiree Hartsock is looking for love on ABC's " The Bachelorette 2013." The preview shown at the end of the June 17 episode indicates that next everybody heads to Germany for new adventures.

A phone call to Prime Minister Antonis Samaras from German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday appears to have triggered a spurt of bilateral diplomacy, with reports emerging on Monday that Samaras will have talks with Merkel in Berlin on July 3 on the sidelines of a European forum on unemployment while her Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble is ... (more)

It was 50 years ago, an old man's memory. But Berliners haven't forgotten the American president's visit in 1963, nor the speech that offered so much hope.

"Der Ring des Nibelungen," which begins with "Das Rheingold" on Monday, is part of the opera house's yearlong celebration of the bicentennial of the births of composers Giuseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner.

Union members at online retailer Amazon's German operations have begun a two-day strike to ratchet up pressure on the company over pay demands.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she was shocked at Turkey's tough response to anti-government protests but she stopped short of demanding that the European Union call off accession talks with the candidate country.

After the G-8 Summit in Northern Ireland, President Obama travels to Germany to meet with Chancellor Angela Merkel.

BONN, Germany - From Bangkok to Miami, cities and coastal areas across the globe are already building or planning defenses to protect millions of people and key infrastructure from more powerful storm surges and other effects of global warming.

Europe is mired in debt and recession. Financial markets have hit violent ups and downs on fears that U.S. stimulus efforts may soon be scaled back.

U.S. President Barack Obama will seek the help on Monday of Russia's Vladimir Putin, Syria's most powerful ally, to bring Bashar al-Assad to the negotiating table and end a two-year civil war.

France's ruling Socialists called on Sunday for a weaker euro and changes to EU rules on budget deficits, accusing the centerright governments of Britain and Germany of creating economic hardship across the European Union.

The German Football Association said Sunday that Flohe died in his home city of Euskirchen late Saturday.

Germany's leading challenger to Chancellor Angela Merkel, lagging badly in the run-up to the September 22 election, rebuked his party's chairman, in another sign of disarray in the Social Democrats' campaign.

EU trade commissioner Karel De Gucht bowed to French pressure to take the cultural industries out of upcoming free trade talks with the U.S. COLOGNE, Germany European filmmakers opposed to the film and television industries being included in upcoming free-trade talks between the European Union and the United States have declared victory after EU ... (more)

Posh part of town: The Konigsallee, along the canal, is famous for luxury stores such as Tiffany's, Prada, Dior and Gucci.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper heads into the back half of his European trip facing some major policy decisions - but also differences with other Group of Eight partners - on complex issues to be discussed at the G8 summit, including Syria, EU free-trade talks, and how best to combat tax evasion.

Most people don't think twice about the gender printed on their driver's license.

Cheered like a rock star when he passed through Berlin five years ago on his way to the White House , Barack Obama faces a cooler reception and tough questions about U.S. spying methods when he returns next week for talks with Angela Merkel and a speech at the Brandenburg Gate.

ST Augustine's School in Redditch was delighted to welcome German exchange visitors from Werner von Siemens Realschule in Bad Neustadt, Bavaria, recently.

Kion Group, the world's second-biggest forklift truck maker, unveiled a price range of 24 euros to 30 euros per share for its June 28 stock market debut, seeking to take advantage of buoyant market conditions.