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  ‘We will fight for our Germany,’ Holocaust survivor to far right

  Agence France-Presse . Berlin | Updated at 11:03pm on January 27, 2021

  Holocaust survivor Charlotte Knobloch on Wednesday called for a stronger defence of the country’s ‘fragile’ democracy and issued a searing rebuke to the far right:...

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  AstraZeneca says reports on vaccine efficacy in elderly wrong

  Agence France-Presse . Berlin | Updated at 11:51am on January 26, 2021

  Pharma giant AstraZeneca has defended the efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine after media reports said the German government had doubts about its effectiveness among those...

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  Germany to use corona meds that helped Trump

  Agence France-Presse . Berlin | Updated at 10:38pm on January 24, 2021

  Germany will become the first European Union country to start using the same experimental antibodies treatment credited with helping Donald Trump recover from COVID-19, health...

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  7,000 households neighbouring Sunderbans receive aid

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 02:59pm on January 24, 2021

  Some 7,000 households neighbouring Chandpai and Sarankhola of Sunderbans are receiving cash grants and aid packages, said a press release. Bangladesh Forest Department and German...

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  Germany to be ‘first country’ to end shredding of male chicks

  Agence France-Presse . Berlin | Updated at 11:34pm on January 20, 2021

  Germany is set to be the first country to ban mass shredding of male chicks in the poultry industry, the government said Wednesday after approving...

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  Merkel ally wins race to lead her party

  Agence France-Presse . Berlin | Updated at 10:22pm on January 16, 2021

  Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative CDU party on Saturday picked her ally Armin Laschet as its next leader, in a vote that kicks off the race...

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  Razzak urges Germany to invest more in agriculture sector

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 12:00am on January 16, 2021

  Agriculture minister Md Abdur Razzak urged Germany to invest and cooperate in increasing export of agricultural products. He made the call at a virtual conference...

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  GIZ supports vulnerable Bangladeshis affected by COVID-19

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 02:25pm on January 04, 2021

  More than 7,500 vulnerable households are receiving unconditional Multiple Purpose Cash Grants via mobile cash transfer in the cities of Khulna, Rajshahi, Satkhira, and Sirajganj...

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  UK virus strain has been in Germany since November

  Agence France-Presse. Berlin | Updated at 07:01pm on December 29, 2020

  The new coronavirus strain sweeping Britain has been in Germany since November, health officials said Tuesday, after detecting the variant in a patient who died...

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  German pilot traces syringe in sky marking COVID-19 jabs

  Agence France-Presse . Frankfurt am Main, Germany | Updated at 11:30am on December 28, 2020

  A young German pilot said on Sunday that he traced a giant syringe in the sky as a way of marking the start of Germany’s...