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There are plenty of things to appreciate about The Crown . Peter Morgan's series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II is a sumptuous, taffeta-swathed, jewel-encrusted doozy of a drama that earns every penny of its reported $13-million per episode price tag.
Berlin, Dec 7 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday that Germany does not support US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel. The Federal Government does not support this attitude because the status of Jerusalem is to be negotiated within the framework of a two-state solution, Xinhua news agency quoted spokesperson Steffen Seibert as saying on behalf of Merkel.
Macedonian police detained about 30 people Tuesday, including a former interior minister, former police officials and opposition conservative lawmakers over an invasion of parliament in April this year. The public prosecutor's office said it issued an order relating to 36 people in connection with the attack by protesters that left more than 100 people injured.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is right to be irked that it is not him but first daughter Ivanka Trump who will lead the US delegation to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in India. The annual event is put on by the State Department and in the past has been attended by Secretary of State John Kerry and President Barack Obama.
President Donald Trump tweeted Friday that he turned down a potential offer to be TIME Magazine's coveted "Person of the Year" after, Trump says, the magazine told him he would "probably" be given the honors. "Time Magazine called to say that I was PROBABLY going to be named "Man of the Year" like last year, but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot," Trump tweeted from his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, where is spending his Thanksgiving holiday.
The family of a Maltese investigative journalist killed by a car bomb blast wants a top police official removed from the murder probe. Therese Comodini-Cachia, a lawyer for Daphne Caruana Galizia's family, said a first hearing was set Thursday for Dec. 12 as part of the family's legal efforts aimed at getting Deputy Police Chief Silvio Valletta off the case.
The dollar gave back some of its gains in Asian trading on Tuesday but remained not far from a one-week high against a basket of currencies as German political uncertainty continued to pressure the euro. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Dollar and Euro notes are seen in this June 22, 2017 illustration photo.
Climate change talks in Germany are headed for a collision course on coal this week - and Canada is right in the middle of it. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is arriving today in Bonn, Germany, to attend the second week of COP23, the annual United Nations climate change talks that two years ago led to the Paris climate change accord.
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons Friday June 16, 2017 in Ottawa. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna lands in Bonn, Germany today to attend the second week of COP23, the annual United Nations climate change talks that two years ago led to the Paris climate change accord.
Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson reported last week that according to a source with knowledge of Robert Mueller's investigation, Mueller is not narrowly focused on alleged ties between Russia and President Trump. Instead, "The investigation has broadened to determine which people and organizations in Washington have spent years working secretly as de facto operatives on behalf of the Russian government."
Thousands of people in Malta took to the streets for the second Sunday in a row , saying they will not be silenced until there is justice for murdered journalist and anti-corruption blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia. Organisers said 10,000 people took part in the rally in Sliema, across the harbour from capital Valletta, in honour of the 53-year-old who was killed in a car bombing on 16 October.
European Union leaders conclude a two day summit on Friday in which they discussed migration, digital economy and Brexit. . German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for an EU summit in Brussels on Friday, Oct. 20, 2017.
German Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel delivers his speech during the opening of the Deutschland 8: Deutsche Kunst in China exhibition at the Imperial Ancestral Temple Art Museum in Beijing, China, 17 September 2017. [How Hwee Young/EPA/EFE] US President Donald Trump's expected move to "de-certify" the international nuclear deal with Iran is driving a wedge between Europe and the United States and bringing Europeans closer to Russia and China, Germany said on Thursday .
Ahead of Austrian national elections Sunday, the question is less whether the country will swing rightward under the next government and more about how sharp that turn will be, with voters set to reward two major parties that have exploited fears of immigration and Islam. Chancellor Christian Kern is vowing to take his center-left Social Democrats into the opposition if defeated and a handful of small parties are struggling to clear the 4 percent hurdle needed to get seats in parliament.
Thousands of pro-Spanish unity supporters donning Spanish flags have rallied in a central Madrid plaza to protest the Catalan regional government's drive to se... . Spaniards pack Colon Square in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017.
Merkel's throwing her weight behind a coalitio... . German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democrats delivers a speech during a meeting oh her party's youth wing in Dresden, eastern Germany, Saturday, Oct. 7, 2017.
U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond would usually use his keynote speech at the Conservative Party conference to set out new economic policies ahead of the Autumn Budget. This time there was hardly any of that, or of Brexit.
Crime rates in Stepaside dropped "significantly" in the period leading up to a Cabinet decision to reopen the local Garda station, the Irish Independent can reveal. Crime rates in Stepaside dropped "significantly" in the period leading up to a Cabinet decision to reopen the local Garda station, the Irish Independent can reveal.
Washington, Sep 29 US President Donald Trump has called German Chancellor Angela Merkel to congratulate her on election victory and discussed how to counter Iran's nuclear ambitions and 'malign' activities in the Middle East. Trump during the call wished her well in the formation the government for the fourth time, the White House officials said.