Angela Merkel served Germany as chancellor for 16 years, the only woman who's ever held that office. She grew up in Communist East Germany during the Cold War. As an adult, leading a unified Germany, ...

Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday warned that Germany's vaunted "Mittelstand" must not fall behind in the digital era, as the economic powerhouse races to catch up to foreign rivals in new ...

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President Joe Biden mixed up former German Chancellor Angela Merkel with late German leader Helmut Kohl twice while speaking at campaign events in New York on Wednesday, the second time this week the ...

Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the architect of Germany's 1990 reunification and mentor to Angela Merkel, has died at age 87, his Christian Democratic Union party (CDU) said on Friday. The ...