Germany’s Military Reboot: New Gear, Old Problems

Germany’s ambitious military revitalization program is forging ahead. However, a new report presented to the German parliament reveals that a persistent and severe personnel shortage continues to hamper the Bundeswehr’s progress. The report highlights both …

Germany looks into underground heat storage to decarbonize heating

This thermal energy storage system, called Geotes, promises “the almost universal availability of cheap and practically inexhaustible storage capacities,” according to Peter Ruschhaupt from the think tank Future Cleantech Architects (FCA), German business …

Germany’s spy agency concludes COVID likely leaked from Chinese lab

Germany’s foreign intelligence service in 2020 put at 80%-90% the likelihood that the coronavirus behind the COVID-19 pandemic was accidentally released from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, two German newspapers reported on Wednesday. According to a …

In former Gestapo HQ in Germany, history of ‘comfort women’ expands the narrative on WWII’s horrors

Portraits of Indonesian women who were victims of Japan’s wartime military sexual slavery system are on display at the NS-Documentation Center in the German city of Cologne as part of its exhibit “The Third World in World War II,” ongoing from March 7, …

Donald Trump Does Have a F-35 ‘Kill Switch’ Germany Fears

Could Germany Refuse to Buy the F-35?: Germany is frustrated with the United States and its foreign policy – mainly because of inconsistent American support for Ukraine in its war against Russia. The Donald Trump administration has an up and down …

Germany Has a Big F-35 Fighter Dilemma

Article Summary: Germany’s acquisition of the F-35 stealth fighter to replace its aging Tornado jets underscores a critical alignment within NATO. However, former German Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger warns that U.S. cutbacks in aid to Ukraine could trigger …

Farmers in Japan, nurses in Germany: Govt-backed agency upskills Indian workers for jobs abroad

NEW DELHI – Photographs of Kyoto’s Kiyomizu-dera Temple and Mount Fuji on central Honshu line a wall in a large, airy classroom. Here, more than 20 young Indian men have their gaze trained on beginner-level Japanese language workbooks. Their teacher walks …

The defence ministers of Poalnd, Germany, France, Italy and Britain acknowledged challenges posed by Trump's ...

Villa Resorts Strengthens Global Presence at ITB Berlin and IMM Germany

Pullman Maldives Maamutaa invites guests to immerse themselves in an enchanting Easter celebration, stepping into a whimsical world filled with magic and joy. From April 19 to April 23, 2025, the resort will transform into an Island Wonderland, bringing …

Vietnamese folk dance impresses guests at Germany festival