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Leaders of France, Germany, UK to join online summit on climate hosted by
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 28 (ANI/Sputnik): German Chancellor Angela Merkel along with French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be among the participants of the upcoming virtual environmental summit hosted by South Korea, the Yonhap news agency reported on Friday,
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel calls for human rights dialogue with China
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], April 29 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for dialogue with Beijing on human rights to resume as soon as possible, as she held virtual talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday.
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Germany stands in solidarity with India, preparing mission of support agai
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], April 25 (ANI): Expressing solidarity with the people of India amid the record surge in COVID-19 cases, German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday said that they are preparing a "mission to support" to aid India's fight against the pandemic.
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Angela Merkel defends 'tough' emergency COVID-19 measures amid third wave
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], April 25 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a video address on Saturday defended "tough" new coronavirus restrictions amid the third wave and urged German citizens to "do what is necessary again" to slow the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Germany to spend on climate goals in developing countries: Merkel
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], April 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany will increase its climate financing to developing countries by USD 4 billion by 2022, Chancellor Angela Merkel told a US-sponsored virtual climate summit on Thursday.
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UK PM extends support to Biden's emissions target commitment, calls it 'ga
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 22 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that President Joe Biden's announcement to commit the United States to a roughly 50 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 is a "game-changer" for the world.
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Merkel got first shot of AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], April 17 (ANI/Sputnik): German Chancellor Angela Merkel got the first shot of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 on Friday, German cabinet spokesman Steffen Seibert announced.
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Trudeau, Merkel discuss situation on Russian border, relations with China
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], April 16 (ANI): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday spoke with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and discussed several issues, including the tensions between Russia and Ukraine, along with "common priorities and shared values" regarding relations with China.<
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World leaders call for international treaty on pandemics
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 30 (ANI): Global leaders have called for a new treaty to help the world prepare for future pandemics, in a warning against rising vaccine nationalism.
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Merkel to not initiate confidence vote in her govt after Easter shutdown d
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Berlin [Germany], March 25 (ANI/Sputnik): German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would not initiate a confidence vote in her government in the parliament over the situation around the coronavirus-linked Easter lockdown.
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Opposition parties call for confidence vote in Merkel Govt after Easter Sh
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Berlin [Germany], March 24 (ANI/Sputnik): Three opposition parties in Germany called for a vote of confidence in Chancellor Angela Merkel's administration on Wednesday after she admitted that a scrapped plan for a radical Easter shutdown was a mistake.
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Germany's Merkel scraps Easter lockdown plan after backlash
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Berlin [Germany], March 24 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel has unexpectedly halted a plan for a very strict lockdown over the Easter holidays that would have started Thursday next week, saying she was mistaken regarding the issue.
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