Viele Merz-Anhänger in Ostdeutschland sind tief enttäuscht, dass der neue Parteichef nun Armin Laschet heißt. Mancher Abgeordnete möchte den Gescheiterten nun gar als Landesminister im Osten sehen.
Tag: Germany
Bundesliga-Fan-Experten: Wer gewinnt am 17. Spieltag?
Zum Hinrunden-Abschluss nehmen sich die Bayern-Verfolger Leverkusen und Dortmund im Spitzenspiel die Punkte weg. Kann Union Berlin auch Leipzig trotzen? Hier sind die Tipps zum 17. Spieltag.
Russland verbittet sich nach Rückkehr Alexej Nawalnys ausländische Einmischung
Deutschland und andere Staaten fordern eine sofortige Freilassung Alexej Nawalnys – doch Moskau will davon nichts wissen. Die Festnahme des Oppositionellen sei eine »innere Angelegenheit«.
WhatsApp: Keine Chats ohne Zustimmung zu neuen Nutzungsbedingungen
WhatsApp stellt erstmals klar: Man muss die neuen Nutzungsbedingungen akzeptieren, um die App nach dem 15. Mai weiter verwenden zu können. Was droht, wenn man sich weigert – der Überblick.
Deutsche Bank to cut business ties with Trump and his company as the Capitol riot fallout escalates
Deutsche Bank AG and Signature Bank, two of Donald Trump’s favored lenders, are pulling away from the billionaire president in the wake of last week’s deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol. The German lender has decided not to conduct any further business with Trump and his company, said two people with knowledge of the matter, […]
Former Airbus chief joins board of flying taxi startup
Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. Thomas Enders, a former chief executive of aviation giant Airbus, is joining the board of a fledgling flying taxi company. Enders’s appointment is a coup for Lilium, a Munich-based company that has pioneered the use […]
Bayer strikes deal to aid CureVac in its COVID-19 vaccine rollout
The German biopharma firm CureVac has announced a tie-up with the country’s biggest pharmaceutical beast, Bayer, for the development and supply of CureVac’s candidate COVID-19 vaccine. The companies did not disclose the financial terms of the deal. Bayer’s stock jumped more than 2% on the news Thursday morning. The collaboration and services agreement should aid […]
Merkel pushes to speed up vaccine roll-out, as German lockdown tightens
Chancellor Angela Merkel called an emergency meeting to speed up Germany’s Covid-19 vaccine program in an effort to quell tensions within her government over claims the rollout has been too slow. A day after the German leader tightened and extended lockdown measures, Merkel will gather top cabinet ministers on Wednesday to discuss how to accelerate […]
Merkel pushes to speed up vaccine rollout, as German lockdown tightens
Chancellor Angela Merkel called an emergency meeting to speed up Germany’s Covid-19 vaccine program in an effort to quell tensions within her government over claims the rollout has been too slow. A day after the German leader tightened and extended lockdown measures, Merkel will gather top cabinet ministers on Wednesday to discuss how to accelerate […]
France’s vaunted health system fails its greatest test in generations: the COVID-19 vaccine rollout
For decades, France has boasted how its first-rate public health system—for which the French pay heavily in taxes—amply cares for its 67 million people, from birth to the end of life. And Louis Pasteur, the Frenchman who invented the world’s first vaccine in the 1880s, is nationally revered, with streets and a renowned research institute […]