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Ex-CEO of Wirecard arrested in scandal over missing billions

June 23, 2020 Geir Moulson, Associated Press

BERLIN — The former CEO of German payment service provider Wirecard has been arrested, accused of inflating the company’s balance sheet in an accounting scandal that centers on a missing sum of $2.1 billion, prosecutors […]

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75 years after WWII, search continues for missing soldiers

May 9, 2020 The Associated Press

KLESSIN, Germany — Thomas Siepert looks across the verdant grain field, glowing in the sun after a spring thunderstorm, as windmills slowly churn in the distance. Wild boar piglets trundle across the road into town […]

Travel bans, market chaos: Dizzying reaction to virus spread

March 12, 2020 Lori Hinnant and Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

ROME — Sweeping travel bans accelerated around the globe Thursday, walling regions apart, keeping people inside their homes, and slowing the engines of commerce to try to slow the unfolding coronavirus pandemic. In the U.S., […]

Europe resists mounting US pressure on Huawei 5G technology

February 19, 2020 Kelvin Chan, Associated Press

LONDON — The Trump administration is stepping up pressure on European allies to ban Chinese tech firm Huawei from supplying next-generation mobile networks, with more officials visiting this week to press the case. The diplomatic […]

Merkel fourth term in doubt as German coalition talks fail

November 22, 2017 admin

BERLIN — Efforts to form a three-way coalition government have failed, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday, pitching Germany into its worst political crisis in decades, raising the prospect of new elections and casting doubt […]

NOTHSTINE: How the Reformation shaped modern freedoms

October 4, 2017 Ray Nothstine

Many Christian denominations and churches across the world are nearing the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. October 31 marks the anniversary of Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses to Castle Church […]