It was a defining image of the Merkel years: the German chancellor leaning across a table at the G7 summit in 2018, looming ...

Angela Merkel was elected leader of Germany in 2005, and she held that position until she retired in 2021. She was the first woman to be chancellor and led Germany longer than any ...

The former German chancellor governed in turbulent times: the financial crisis, Russian aggression in Ukraine, Covid and ...

Upon assuming the chancellorship of Germany in 2005, Merkel made history not only as the first female leader of the federal republic but also as the first Ossi, as those of East German origin are ...

As Angela Merkel, the longtime former chancellor of Germany ... Merkel was born in 1954, when Germany was split into two countries: communist, Soviet-aligned East Germany, where Merkel grew up, and ...

An empty reservoir and dry fire hydrants are now the symbols of California and local officials' response to the horrific Pacific Palisades wildfire—one of six Santa Ana windblown firestorms still ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s memoir’ Freedom timed its release well. Launched in 30 languages in November, it comes when Europe is facing its most uncertain time.

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel ... drug trafficking as reasons for the failure. Merkel's predecessor, Gerhard Schröder, committed Germany in 2001 to the US-led military coalition to ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has recalled her impression of Donald Trump ... She spent the first 35 years of her life studying and working as a chemist in communist East Germany. But since ...