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Reigning world champions Germany suffered defeat in their opening game of the World Cup 2018. Mexico top Group F after clinching a narrow, but well-deserved, 1-0 win courtesy of Hirving Lozano's first-half goal. Go to article
Germany's loss to Mexico poses Joachim Löw some serious questions about some of his most trusted players.
Hirving Lozano shocked defending World Cup champions Germany when he put Mexico ahead in the 35th minute. The goal was so momentous it seemed to cause an artificial earthquake in Mexico City.
A Bavarian official known as a "tough dog" for taking a harder line against asylum seekers is reportedly set to take over at BAMF. The agency's former head was fired on Friday over an asylum application scandal.
Italy's new government appears at loggerheads with Germany on migration. But dig deeper and there is common room to cooperate despite the rhetoric.
A special meeting on the EU migration crisis could take place as early as next weekend, a newspaper says. However, a spokesman for Merkel says no such meeting has yet been concretely planned.
Both President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his rival Muharrem Ince have been holding mass rallies daily a week ahead of elections. In April, Erdogan announced that elections would be happening a year and a half early.
Amid deeply strained ties between Washington and Berlin, Emily Haber, Germany's new US ambassador, has her work cut out for herself. But former US officials who know her say she is exactly the right woman for the job.
The bill is a response to a video showing a detained Palestinian man being shot by an Israeli soldier. Critics says the aim in to curb army accountability, and vow to continue monitoring in the occupied territories.
Taliban and Afghan government fighters have observed a three-day truce that coincided with Eid. But two bombings on Saturday and Sunday left a total of at least 55 people dead, and more than 100 injured.
The foreign ministers of Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia have signed a deal that could resolve a long-running dispute over the latter's name. Opponents of the deal protested in Greece and Macedonia.
Five-time world champions Brazil share the spoils with Switzerland as Steven Zuber's header cancels out Philippe Coutinho's first-half wonder strike. Serbia top of Group E after beating Costa Rica.
Previous winners include "Dwarsdriewer" ("obstructionist"), "Ackerschnacker" ("mobile phone") and "Lämmerhüppen" ("disco"). Low Saxon is a regional language spoken by some 3 million people in Germany.
In the course of his ongoing bankruptcy proceedings in the United Kingdom, former German tennis star Boris Becker has claimed diplomatic immunity in the Central African Republic (CAR).
The five-day-old battle has claimed the lives of at least 139 fighters, while a UN envoy seeks to end the fighting. The port at Hodeida is considered a lifeline for millions of Yemenis facing starvation.
Twenty people have been wounded and a suspect killed after gunfire broke out at a 24-hour arts festival in the US. One thousand people were attending the event in Trenton, New Jersey, when the shooting started.
A New Zealand scientist is using the latest DNA detection methods to search for the famed Scottish creature. Claimed sightings go back more than 1,500 years.
Dozens of far-right activists have been arrested following scuffles before a gay pride march in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. Some 5,000 police and soldiers were deployed after organizers received threats.
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The illiberal democracies we see in Europe today actually originated in China and Russia, says Norbert Mappes-Niediek.
The timing of Germany's latest political crisis is a surprise. The fact that migration policy is the cause isn't.
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