Controversial Kane Penalty Makes Bayern Winter Champions, Union Lose

By Mark Meadows, dpa Munich, Germany – A controversial Harry Kane penalty meant Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich returned from the mid-season break with a 1-0 win at Borussia Mönchengladbach on Saturday.The victory also secured Bayern the so-called winter champions tag given they will lead at the halfway point of the season whatever happens in Wednesday’s…

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Protesters Slam German Police Conduct at Rally Against Far-Right AfD

Berlin, Germany – The organizers of a protest against Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party have criticized the behaviour of the police left-wing politician who says he was knocked unconscious. “The police’s approach was scandalous,” said Mascha Meier, a spokeswoman for the Widersetzen alliance, the organizer of a mass protest against the far-right party…

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Germany’s Foreign Minister Warns of Reducing Military Aid to Ukraine

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned on Sunday of the consequences of reducing Germany’s financial support for arms deliveries to Ukraine. Speaking on the sidelines of a conference on Syria in Saudi Arabia, Baerbock said that the German government spent almost €7 billion ($7.2 billion) on weapons procurement for Ukraine last year.She said that if…

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Biden Administration Questions the Belief That Havana Syndrome Wasn’t Caused by Foreign Agencies

Contradicting what U.S. spy agencies have publicly said, senior National Security Council officials told a group of Havana Syndrome victims in a meeting at the White House that they have seen information that undercuts the intelligence community’s assessment that no foreign adversary was behind the incidents. In a meeting in the Situation Room on Nov. 18, deputy assistant to the President and…

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