EU states mixed on Trump demand to take back Islamic State fighters

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 11:39:55 +0000

EU states mixed on Trump demand to take back Islamic State fighters

U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand that European countries take back their citizens fighting in Syria is receiving a mixed reaction, as nations pondered how to bring home-grown Islamic State extremists to trial.

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Germany: Trump IS fighter demand very hard to fulfill

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 08:25:23 +0000

Germany: Trump IS fighter demand very hard to fulfill

Germany’s foreign minister said President Donald Trump’s demand that European countries take back Islamic State (IS) group militants held in Syria would be “extraordinarily difficult” to fulfill.

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Video Shows Demolition of Old German Coal Plant

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 17:29:08 +0000

The Gustav Knepper power plant in Dortmund-Mengede, Germany, was leveled by two controlled explosions on February 17. The facility had been closed for five years. The plant’s boiler house and 128-meter cooling tower were brought down first. A 210-meter chimney was leveled in a second blast, about 45 minutes after the first. The German YouTube […]

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Sharing mutual wariness of China, Abe and Merkel pledge to cooperate on security, economy

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 10:00:03 +0000

Sharing mutual wariness of China, Abe and Merkel pledge to cooperate on security, economy

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed Monday that both countries will promote bilateral cooperation on both the security and economic fronts.

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THE BIG PICTURE: World’s Biggest Power Companies

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2019 05:00:41 +0000

In 2017, the 10 largest power companies, ranked by their installed generation capacity, owned 18% of total global installed capacity, while the next-largest 15 owned around 10%—meaning that the top 25 companies own nearly 30% of global installed power generation capacity, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Chinese companies account for more than one-eighth of global installed […]

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Report: German police arrest 3 suspected of planning bomb attack

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 08:35:02 +0000

German news site Spiegel Online reports that police have arrested three men on suspicion of planning to carry out a bomb attack.

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German expert panel agrees 2038 deadline to end coal use

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2019 13:06:38 +0000

Bucket wheel digging for coal in Germany

In a pioneering move, a government-appointed panel on Saturday recommended that Germany stop burning coal to generate electricity by 2038 at the latest, as part of efforts to curb climate change.

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