After 16 years as German Chancellor, Angela Merkel is retiring from politics. Until the election of her successor (December 8), Merkel is still the "technical chancellor", but today (December 2) Germany bids farewell to the head of government, with military honors. The "Big Dinner" (Großer Zapfenstreich) took place in Berlin tonight, which is the largest military ceremony in…
French President Emmanuel Macron presented the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor to German Chancellor Angela Merkel as part of her farewell visit to the city of Boone in Burgundy. Macron and his wife Brigita, along with Merkel and her husband Joachim Sauer, visited the medieval hospital in Buna, which is a museum surrounded by…
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The British Navy is sending a nuclear submarine to the Persian Gulf after Iran seized a British oil tanker. The British Express has announced that the submarine will play a defensive role, using its sophisticated intelligence-gathering equipment. The Astute class submarine is one of the newest, weighs 7.400 tons, can register movement and voice transmission up to 200 miles, its…
