Germany is finally focusing on defending NATO, but its military 'lacks almost everything' it needs to do it, a former German general says

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A Bundeswehr NH90 helicopter is unloaded in Germany during redeployment from Afghanistan in May 2021.

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Russia's Iranian-made drones are powered by German technology stolen 17 years ago, experts say

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The wreckage of what Kyiv has described as an Iranian Shahed drone downed near Kupiansk, Ukraine.
The wreckage of what Kyiv has described as an Iranian Shahed drone downed near Kupiansk, Ukraine.

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A 2000-year-old Roman bust that was sold for $35 at a Goodwill in Texas is heading back to its 'rightful' home in Germany

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Laura Young bought the bust in a Texas Goodwill store in 2018.

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A 1960s-era cannon is 'kicking ass' against Russia's drones, but the country that makes ammo for it won't send more to Ukraine

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Romanian army Gepard anti-aircraft tanks
Romanian Gepard anti-aircraft tanks during a live-fire drill in Poland in November 2021.

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Germany looks to cut its reliance on China with a new $2.2 billion commodities fund

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R) stands next to Christian Bruch, President and CEO of Siemens Energy, in front of a turbine of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline as Scholz gives a statement during a visit on August 3, 2022 at the plant of Siemens Energy in Muelheim an der Ruhr, western Germany.

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Ukraine is getting Soviet-era fighter jets from Poland after Germany approves transfer

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Poland MiG-29 fighter jets
Polish air force MiG-29 fighter jets from Lask Air Base take part in a NATO shielding exercise on October 12, 2022.

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German insurers are backing the damaged Nord Stream gas pipeline despite their country severing energy ties with Russia

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The Nord Stream natural gas pipeline.

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Elon Musk is selling Tesla beers for more than $30 to celebrate the company's Berlin Gigafactory, over a year since its delayed opening

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A screenshot of the Tesla "GigaBier" website.

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Jehovah's Witness mass shooter presented himself as a business guru charging clients $266,000 a day to get rich, says local report

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Police officers stand outside a building where a shooting the night before in Alsterdorf district on March 9, 2023 in Hamburg, Germany.
Police officers stand outside a building where a shooting the night before in Alsterdorf district on March 9, 2023 in Hamburg, Germany.

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Nord Stream mystery: the tanker Minerva Julie spent 7 days idling near the attack site

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In this Handout Photo provided by Swedish Coast Guard, the release of gas emanating from a leak on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea on September 27, 2022 in At Sea
Gas bubbles up from a rupture in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline on September 27. Nearly six months later, the identity of the saboteurs remains unknown.

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