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Volkswagen to cut 30,000 jobs at VW brand by 2020 ECONOMY

Volkswagen to cut 30,000 jobs at VW brand by 2020

Volkswagen and its powerful labour unions agreed to cut 30,000 jobs at the core VW brand in exchange for avoiding forced redundancies in Germany until 2025.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Merkel to run for fourth term next year, party ally says INTERNATIONAL

Merkel to run for fourth term next year, party ally says

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will run for a fourth term next year, a lawmaker in her conservative party said, though her spokesman brushed off the comments and said she would address the issue "at the suitable time".

4:45 AM November 25 2016
German police in raids across 10 states against Islamist group INTERNATIONAL

German police in raids across 10 states against Islamist group

German police on Tuesday carried out sweeping raids across 10 states in a probe against an Islamist group suspected of propagating hate and inciting 140 youths to fight alongside jihadists in Syria and Iraq.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
EU allows 5 Schengen members to prolong border controls INTERNATIONAL

EU allows 5 Schengen members to prolong border controls

EU trade ministers on Friday gave the green light to Austria, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway - all members of the visa-free Schengen zone - to extend temporary border controls for three months.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Tesla buys German auto firm to drive up production INTERNATIONAL

Tesla buys German auto firm to drive up production

US electric car maker Tesla on Tuesday said it would buy German engineering firm Grohmann to help ramp up production at its heavily-automated factories.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
German police detain five 'IS recruiters' INTERNATIONAL

German police detain five 'IS recruiters'

German police on Tuesday arrested five men suspected of links to the Islamic State group, who allegedly sought to recruit fighters for the jihadists.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
German talkshow under fire over 'propaganda' by niqab-wearing guest INTERNATIONAL

German talkshow under fire over 'propaganda' by niqab-wearing guest

German public broadcaster ARD came under fire Monday for allowing a woman wearing a full-face veil to argue on a current affairs talkshow that disillusioned youths could view war-torn Syria as the ‘promised land’.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
German sailors abducted, killed in Philippines INTERNATIONAL

German sailors abducted, killed in Philippines

Islamic militants who specialise in kidnappings-for-ransom have reported killing a German sailor and abducting her elderly male companion from their yacht in waters off the southern Philippines, the military said Monday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
IS claims to be behind mid-October Hamburg teen murder INTERNATIONAL

IS claims to be behind mid-October Hamburg teen murder

The Islamic State jihadist group claimed responsibility on Saturday for a knife attack in Hamburg on October 16 that left a teenager dead, IS-affiliated news agency Amaq reported.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Strikes at German budget airlines ground 400 flights INTERNATIONAL

Strikes at German budget airlines ground 400 flights

Strikes at German low-cost airlines Eurowings and Germanwings led to the cancellation of nearly 400 flights Thursday, stranding some 40,000 passengers, a spokesman for the two companies said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Germany reports about 370 incidents of scary clowns INTERNATIONAL

Germany reports about 370 incidents of scary clowns

Germany has been hit by wave of often-violent attacks by so-called scary clowns in recent weeks with authorities telling dpa on Wednesday they had reports of about 370 incidents.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Teen girl stands trial for 'IS' police stabbing in Germany INTERNATIONAL

Teen girl stands trial for 'IS' police stabbing in Germany

A teenage girl went on trial in Germany Thursday for stabbing a police officer, an assault allegedly ‘ordered’ by the Islamic State organisation but which was not claimed by the jihadist group.

4:45 AM November 25 2016