Tag Archives: Germany

Trump to send some troops he is withdrawing from Germany to Poland 

The president made the announcement during a Rose Garden appearance with Polish President President Andrzej Duda, who is heading into his country’s election Sunday.

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Wirecard Fights for Survival as Billions May Not Exist 

(Bloomberg) — Wirecard AG was left fighting for survival after acknowledging that 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) that it had reported as assets probably don’t exist, deepening an accounting scandal that has rattled Germany’s financial industry.The payments processor said it’s in discussions with creditors and considering a full-scale restructuring after p […]

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Germany tightens online hate speech rules to make platforms send reports straight to the feds 

While a French online hate speech law has just been derailed by the country’s top constitutional authority on freedom of expression grounds, Germany is beefing up hate speech rules — passing a provision that will require platforms to send suspected criminal content directly to the Federal police at the point it’s reported by a user. The move is pa […]

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Uncle Ben’s and Aunt Jemima logos: How Germany dealt with a similar problem 

Aunt Jemima’s syrup and Uncle Ben’s rice have long been part of pop culture, but the logos will now be changed to tune into the Black Lives Matter awareness. In Germany, a turbaned black man was turned into a magician.

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