US chipmaker Wolfspeed and the auto supplier ZF have put plans for a semiconductor factory in Germany on ice, local officials said Wednesday, striking another blow to Berlin’s chipmaking ambitions. The project was “not abandoned, but pushed back on the timeline to an indefinite point in time”, said Anke Rehlinger, the leader of th

Defence ministers from Germany and the United Kingdom on Wednesday signalled their concern over reports of North Korean troops being sent to Russia ahead of a potential deployment in Ukraine. Germany’s Boris Pistorius, on a visit to London to sign a landmark bilateral defence pact, said the participation of Pyongyang’s forces in Russia&

A number of searches have been carried out in the Republic of Ireland and Spain as part of an investigation into transnational organised crime, gardaí (Irish police) have said. Irish broadcaster RTÉ has reported the investigation is into the activities of the Hutch organised crime group. The group is suspected to be involved in money […]

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Wednesday warned the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah could lead to the “complete destabilization” of Lebanon, with dangerous consequences for the entire Middle East, as she arrived in Beirut. “A complete destabilization of the country would be fatal for the most religiously divers

Two people have died after a migrant boat sank in the Channel, French maritime authorities said. The incident happened this morning off the coast of Sangatte, close to Calais. It has been reported that around 50 migrants fell into the water shortly after 8am, about 2km from the shoreline near Calais. Image: The incident happened […]