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A train carrying US Army military vehicles travels east through Magdeburg-Sudenburg station in the evening. Peter Gercke/dpaThe US has approved a $95-million arms sale of equipment and services to Taiwan to help maintain the islands US-made missile defense system.
The potential sale was confirmed b...

What’s a poison frog without its poison?

What’s a poison frog without its poison?

Lumber mania is sweeping North America Vox.com 5/3/2021 Emily Stewart © Peter Gercke/picture alliance/Getty Images Contrary to what the memes might have you think, the driver of the truck in the above picture is not a billionaire. For some people, the journey into America’s lumber crunch starts with the decision to build a new home, or at Home Depot, where the pandemic-driven home renovation craze has contributed to making basic materials pricey and hard to come by. For o...

Police said 28 people were injured on icy roads. Authorities took homeless people into warm shelters amid the sub-zero temperatures. National train operator Deutsche Bahn said main rail services between Hamburg and Hanover, Berlin and the west were cancelled as snowdrifts piled up on the tracks and power lines. Some train connections in the east were also cancelled, though most of the snow fell in the north-west. A Deutsche Bahn employee clears snow from a platform at the main station in Magdeb...

2021/02/07 18:18 A man walks across a snow-covered road in the early morning with snowdrifts in Bielefeld, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. (Marcel Kusch/dpa via AP) A man walks across a snow-covered road in the early morning with snowdrifts in Bielefeld, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021. (Marcel Kusch/dpa via AP) Passers-by walk through the snow in the morning on the banks of the Elbe river against the backdrop of the old town in Dresden, Germany, Sunday,...