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Germany’s Merkel recalls Putin’s ‘power games’ and contrasting US presidents in her memoirs

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel recalls Vladimir Putin’s “power games” over the years, remembers contrasting meetings with Barack Obama and Donald Trump and says she asked herself whether she could have done more to prevent Brexit.

European election tests an unpopular government and a scandal-hit far-right party in Germany

Memoirs of former German leader Angela Merkel, titled ‘Freedom,’ will be published in November

Germany approves the export of air-defense missiles to Saudi Arabia, underlining a softer approach

Wolfgang Schaeuble, German elder statesman and finance minister during euro debt crisis, dies at 81

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Former Italian PM Berlusconi dies aged 86

Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media tycoon who served three terms as Italy’s prime minister, has died. (June 12)

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Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk seeks to boost his election chances with a rally in Warsaw

Poland’s opposition leader Donald Tusk is leading a march in Warsaw on Sunday aimed at energizing supporters and winning new hearts in his against-the-odds battle to unseat the right-wing government in the nation’s upcoming parliamentary election.