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President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office on Saturday. It was one of five calls with foreign leaders Trump had scheduled for the day.

Trump Speaks With Putin In Busy Day Of Calls With Foreign Leaders

5:02pm January 28, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The talk with the Russian president is just one of five that Trump has scheduled Saturday. By the end of the day, Trump will have also spoken with leaders from Japan, Germany, France and Australia.

President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela stressed the importance of working toward political and economic unity Thursday, during a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin.

U.S. 'Hasn't Gone Too Fast' In Globalization, Obama Says In Berlin Visit

5:41pm November 17, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Acknowledging a "bumpy phase" in politics, President Obama says a majority of Americans are comfortable with the pace of globalization. But, he adds, "Democracy is hard work."

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (right), and British Prime Minister Theresa May (left), listen to translations during a joint news conference in Berlin on July 20. They are the two most important figures in the negotiations over Britain's departure from t

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The Two Women Leaders Who Have To Figure Out The Brexit

4:16pm July 24, 2016

by Esme Nicholson

Britain's new prime minister, Theresa May, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have a mammoth task ahead: overcoming their differences over how to handle Britain's departure from the EU.

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Comedian Jan Boehmermann, who performed a satirical poem about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, appeared at the German Television Awards in January in Duesseldorf, Germany.

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At Turkey's Request, Germany Allows Criminal Investigation Of Comedian

6:38pm April 15, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Comic Jan Boehmermann could face jail time for reading a satirical poem on TV that criticized Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. A German law makes it illegal to insult a foreign leader.

"I trust her, she is a very open person," Vladimir Putin said of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, seen here at last month's climate talks in Paris. But, he told the German daily Bild, "she is also subject to certain constraints and limitations."

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In Interview, A Confrontational Putin Takes On NATO

3:13pm January 11, 2016

by Corey Flintoff

"It is not borders and state territories that matter," Putin told the German tabloid Bild, "but people's fortunes."

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Bailout Makes Germans Just As Squeamish As Greeks, For Different Reasons

12:46pm July 18, 2015

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

The eurozone's third bailout program for Greece was largely the work of German leaders, but makes may Germans uncomfortable. They want a hard line taken with Greece, but fear being seen as bullies.

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