It was a defining image of the Merkel years: the German chancellor leaning across a table at the G7 summit in 2018, looming over Donald Trump as the rest of the world’s leaders looked on. Angela Merkel, the photo seemed to indicate, was the adult in the room.

The former German chancellor governed in turbulent times: the financial crisis, Russian aggression in Ukraine, Covid and beyond.

Whiling away her time with nothing more consuming than baking, and choosing which colour of blazer to sport, Merkel’s life takes an exciting turn when she chances upon the murder of local aristocrat Baron von Baugenwitz.

Trump’s incoming administration could create certain risks for Germany, including putting more pressure on its weak economy.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, attends a reception of the North Rhine-Westphalian Christian Democratic Union, CDU, in Duesseldorf, Germany, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, ahead of the feder

US billionaire Elon Musk, a close adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump, again voiced his full-throated endorsement of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in a live talk with AfD politician Alice Weidel on Thursday evening.

An empty reservoir and dry fire hydrants are now the symbols of California and local officials' response to the horrific Pacific Palisades wildfire—one of six Santa Ana windblown firestorms still burning in Los Angeles. Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered an…

Germany is considered one of the United States’ closest allies in Western Europe, partnering on everything from economic trade to military defense. But this might change with Trump returning to office. As Angela Merkel, the longtime former chancellor of ...

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New Year's reception of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) in Düsseldorf with the participation of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Camera: RONALD WITTEK.

The memoirs of former German chancellor Angela Merkel are having a "sensational" run, her publisher said on Saturday, two months after the book's release. "We are still selling around 12,000 copies a week,