Hamburg
Coalition of small island states makes a case that greenhouse gas emissions are covered by UN Law of the Sea
In Hamburg, Germany, an international tribunal makes rulings on the UN’s Law of the Sea, which deals with marine territorial rights and navigation, and requires states to prevent and control marine pollution. This week, a coalition of small island states is asking the court to rule on an unusual case: that greenhouse gas pollution is covered under this law of the sea.
No, the president can't destroy records. Here's why.
Einstein's handwritten secrets for a happy life auctioned for $1.56 million
Trump and Putin held a second, undisclosed, conversation while in Germany
Trump's son 'met Kremlin-linked lawyer' during the election campaign
US President Donald Trump said Sunday he wanted to work "constructively" with Russia despite confronting Vladimir Putin over alleged election meddling, as reports broke that his eldest son met a Kremlin-linked Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign.
Trump wins concessions, and isolates the US, at the G-20 summit
World leaders made concessions on trade and climate language to Donald Trump Saturday, at the end of the most fractious and riot-hit G-20 summit ever.
Trump and Putin meet for the first time at a fractious G-20
President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin shook hands as they met for the first time Friday at a G-20 summit marred by violent protests and a rift between America and its Western allies over climate change and trade.
Where were the women? In Trump's foreign policy, female leaders are scarce
In her weekly column, AWL editorial director Christina Asquith surveys how US foreign policy is increasingly becoming a male-dominated arean
A children's book introduces German kids to the true story of Syrian refugees
Germany has received more than 1 million refugees, many of them children from Syria. In “Everything Will Be Alright,” Kirsten Boie writes the story of one Syrian family that fled bombings in Homs for safety near Hamburg, Germany.
Germany's second largest city just says 'nein' to coffee pods
Hamburg bans the devices from government offices.
The Nazis stopped her. For a while. But she got her medical degree — at age 102
Inge Rapoport did her doctoral work back in 1930s Germany, but the Nazis kept her from getting her medical degree. “I was quite nervous in my exam," the new doctor says.
Former Nazi Torture and Detention Sites Uncovered in Germany
Researchers say that in Germany before World War II, there were many more Nazi torture and detention sites than previously thought. The evidence comes from an archive of Nazi documents that was only opened to the public in recent years.
Anniversary prompts memories of German teen who landed private plan in Red Square
At the height of the Cold War, a German teen decided he'd fly his single-ending plane deep into the Soviet Union to build a metaphorical bridge between the Germans and the Soviets. He landed in Red Square — and was arrested and sentenced 25 years ago last week.
Chinese Novelist Mo Yan Wins Nobel Prize for Literature
The Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to 57-year-old Chinese novelist Mo Yan. The Swedish Academy praised Mo's "hallucinatory realism," saying it "merges folk tales, history and the contemporary."