the election campaign.A government led by her conservative alliance with Laschet as chancellor would

Christian Democratic Union party and candidate for Chancellery Armin Laschet, left, visit the fire station

Armin Laschet, the Christian Democratic chancellor candidate in Germany's recent election, took

valid.... Laschet’s paper went into the ballot box. ———BERLIN — The environmentalist Greens

ratings two months before a federal election.... In a direct vote for chancellor, Laschet would only

appeared evasive in some interviews. With the pace of campaigning picking up, Merkel will join Laschet

Armin Laschet was chosen by the CDU in January this year to replace outgoing Angela Merkel who

But the world’s third largest economy was already stagnating before the pandemic hit. Under the government’s “ state of emergency, ” some restaurants closed or limited their hours, and events and theaters restricted crowd size for social distancing.... It has so far approved vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca. Kishida, who has promised “ a new capitalism ” for Japan, took office in October.... His predecessor Yoshihide Suga stepped down after just a year in office, largely because o

Under Germany's complex electoral system, every voter gets two votes--one for a directly elected lawmaker and the other for a party list. The Federal Election Commission said on Twitter that the vote" is valid". German election 2021: Who's who in the race to replace Angela Merkel as chancellor?... The electoral board must reject voters who have folded the ballot paper in such a way that the vote can be seen.... This is to ensure that other voters are not influenced," it explained on Twitter."

BERLIN( Reuters)-German conservative leader Armin Laschet offered to make way for a successor after