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  • Russias President Vladimir Putin (2ndL) walks past US President Barack Obama (C), Brazils President Dilma Rousseff (L) and Germanys Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) as he arrives to pose for the family photo during the G20 summit on September 6, 2013 in Saint Petersburg. World leaders at the G20 summit on Friday failed to bridge their bitter divisions over US plans for military action against the Syrian regime, with Washington signalling that it has given up on securing Russia's support at the UN on the crisis.    AFP PHOTO / JEWEL SAMAD        (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
    Russias President Vladimir Putin (2ndL) walks past US President Barack Obama (C), Brazils President Dilma Rousseff (L) and Germanys Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) as he arrives to pose for the family photo during the G20 summit on September 6, 2013 in Saint Petersburg. World leaders at the G20 summit on Friday failed to bridge their bitter divisions over US plans for military action against the Syrian regime, with Washington signalling that it has given up on securing Russia's support at the UN on the crisis. AFP PHOTO / JEWEL SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

    The Countries With the Worst Bad Habits

    Russia poisons its enemies, Germany’s obsessed with fiscal responsibility, and America’s addicted to spreading democracy. A list of policies governments ought to kick.

  • Participants protest against continued violence in Gaza at a demonstration organized by left-wing activists on July 24, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. At least 730 Palestinians and 34 Israelis have been killed since the offensive between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip began 17 days ago. One day prior to the demonstration, the United Nations Human Rights Council voted for the launching of an investigation into potential violations of human rights during the conflict.
    Participants protest against continued violence in Gaza at a demonstration organized by left-wing activists on July 24, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. At least 730 Palestinians and 34 Israelis have been killed since the offensive between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip began 17 days ago. One day prior to the demonstration, the United Nations Human Rights Council voted for the launching of an investigation into potential violations of human rights during the conflict.

    8 in 10 Germans Want to Ban Burqas From Public Spaces

    Germany is inching ever closer to France's ban on burqas.

  • LUNEBURG, GERMANY - JULY 26:  In this photo illustration, a shopping cart carries groceries inside a supermarket on July 26, 2005 in Luneburg, Germany. Sparked by the election manifesto of the opposition party CDU, Germany currently debates whether raising the Mehrwertsteuer (VAT) would in fact promote economic growth or if it would have the opposite effect by hurting families and low-income households.  (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)
    LUNEBURG, GERMANY - JULY 26: In this photo illustration, a shopping cart carries groceries inside a supermarket on July 26, 2005 in Luneburg, Germany. Sparked by the election manifesto of the opposition party CDU, Germany currently debates whether raising the Mehrwertsteuer (VAT) would in fact promote economic growth or if it would have the opposite effect by hurting families and low-income households. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

    German Government to Urge Stockpiling of Food and Water in Case of Attacks

    Germany will urge residents to stockpile food and water in case of nation-wide attacks.

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    Merkel Ally To Trump: Don’t Use ‘Lies’ About Refugees and Crime in Germany

    A Merkel surrogate hits at Trump for falsehoods about a refugee-fueled crime surge in Germany.

  • FREILASSING, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 16: Refugees wait at the German-Austrian border where they were stopped by the police on September 16, 2015 in Freilassing, Germany. (Photo by Lukas Barth/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
    FREILASSING, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 16: Refugees wait at the German-Austrian border where they were stopped by the police on September 16, 2015 in Freilassing, Germany. (Photo by Lukas Barth/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

    This Chinese Tourist Accidentally Applied for Asylum in Germany, Then Stayed in a Refugee Hostel.

    After a misunderstanding while trying to report a theft, a Chinese man spent 12 days accidentally applying for asylum.

  • Egypt's Nada Meawad (L) and Egypt's Doaa Elghobashy react during the women's beach volleyball qualifying match between Germany and Egypt at the Beach Volley Arena in Rio de Janeiro on August 7, 2016, for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. / AFP / Yasuyoshi Chiba        (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)
    Egypt's Nada Meawad (L) and Egypt's Doaa Elghobashy react during the women's beach volleyball qualifying match between Germany and Egypt at the Beach Volley Arena in Rio de Janeiro on August 7, 2016, for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. / AFP / Yasuyoshi Chiba (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)

    Relaxed Uniform Regulations Let Egyptian Volleyball Players Compete Against Bikini-Clad Germans

    Egypt sent their first-ever women's beach volleyball team to the Olympics this year, and they were allowed to compete fully clad.

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    Poland Takes Aim at Putin’s Pipe Dreams

    Warsaw may have finally thrown a wrench into the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Moscow's controversial plan to double down on its dominance of Europe’s energy supplies.

  • MALAGA, SPAIN - APRIL 24:  General view of "Solo Quimica" Flash Mob during the 18th Malaga Film Festival on April 24, 2015 in Malaga, Spain.  (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)
    MALAGA, SPAIN - APRIL 24: General view of "Solo Quimica" Flash Mob during the 18th Malaga Film Festival on April 24, 2015 in Malaga, Spain. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)

    Need Proof That Terrorists Are Winning? Witnesses Thought This Flash Mob in Spain Was a Brutal Attack.

    Five German were arrested for organizing a flash mob after witnesses thought it was a terrorist attack.

  • May 1947:  Modern Greek dancers interpreting traditional Grecian dancing with hoops which symbolise the Olympics.  (Photo by Chris Ware/Keystone Features/Getty Images)
    May 1947: Modern Greek dancers interpreting traditional Grecian dancing with hoops which symbolise the Olympics. (Photo by Chris Ware/Keystone Features/Getty Images)

    Everything Bad About the Rio Olympics Was Much Worse in Ancient Greece

    Hygiene was a disaster, patriotism was out of control — and doping involved animal testicles and black magic.

  • German Chancellor Angela Merkel is mobbed by media as she arrives for a press conference in Berlin on 28 July,2016
Chancellor Merkel has interupted her holiday to hold her annual wide-ranging press conference on domestic and foreign policy following a spate of attacks that have reignited criticism of her liberal stance on asylum / AFP / John MACDOUGALL        (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)
    German Chancellor Angela Merkel is mobbed by media as she arrives for a press conference in Berlin on 28 July,2016 Chancellor Merkel has interupted her holiday to hold her annual wide-ranging press conference on domestic and foreign policy following a spate of attacks that have reignited criticism of her liberal stance on asylum / AFP / John MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)

    Merkel: Recent Attacks Do Not Make Me Regret Accepting Refugees

    Angela Merkel reassured Germans and the world that she does not regret taking refugees.

  • BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 17:  German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends debates after she addressed the Bundestag in a government statement ahead of tomorrow's European Union summit in Brussels on February 17, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. The two biggest issues at the summit will be the EU's refugee policy and the future of Great Britain's EU membership. Merkel has pursued a very liberal policy towards admitting refugees and migrants into Germany that has also sparked divisions between EU member states, especially those in Eastern Europe, whose leaders have vehemently refused to admit refugees. Merkel has also taken a firm stance in trying to pursuade Britain to remain in the EU.  (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
    BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 17: German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends debates after she addressed the Bundestag in a government statement ahead of tomorrow's European Union summit in Brussels on February 17, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. The two biggest issues at the summit will be the EU's refugee policy and the future of Great Britain's EU membership. Merkel has pursued a very liberal policy towards admitting refugees and migrants into Germany that has also sparked divisions between EU member states, especially those in Eastern Europe, whose leaders have vehemently refused to admit refugees. Merkel has also taken a firm stance in trying to pursuade Britain to remain in the EU. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

    The End of German Exceptionalism

    Amid Europe’s cascading crises, the continent’s only stable country was its most powerful. It was too good to last.

  • Russia's President Vladimir Putin caresses a Persian leopard cub as he visits the Persian leopard breeding and rehabilitation centre in the National Park in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, on February 4, 2014. A leopard was announced  in 2011 to be one of the official mascots of the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. Perhaps the most important vote in Russia's public selection of a new Olympic mascot was cast when Vladimir Putin said he wanted a funky leopard to represent the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. AFP PHOTO/ RIA-NOVOSTI/ POOL / ALEXEI NIKOLSKY        (Photo credit should read ALEXEI NIKOLSKY/AFP/Getty Images)
    Russia's President Vladimir Putin caresses a Persian leopard cub as he visits the Persian leopard breeding and rehabilitation centre in the National Park in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, on February 4, 2014. A leopard was announced in 2011 to be one of the official mascots of the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. Perhaps the most important vote in Russia's public selection of a new Olympic mascot was cast when Vladimir Putin said he wanted a funky leopard to represent the 2014 Sochi Winter Games. AFP PHOTO/ RIA-NOVOSTI/ POOL / ALEXEI NIKOLSKY (Photo credit should read ALEXEI NIKOLSKY/AFP/Getty Images)

    Moscow Brings Its Propaganda War to the United States

    From Ukraine to Germany, Russia has been meddling with elections for years. Now it’s trying to destroy Hillary.

  • US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel address the press after a meeting at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, on April 14, 2011. Clinton is in Berlin to attend the two-day NATO Foreign Ministers meetings. AFP PHOTO / MICHAEL KAPPELER    GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/Getty Images)
    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel address the press after a meeting at the Federal Chancellery in Berlin, on April 14, 2011. Clinton is in Berlin to attend the two-day NATO Foreign Ministers meetings. AFP PHOTO / MICHAEL KAPPELER GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/Getty Images)

    The Women on Top Theory

    Studies show that when women comprise around 25 percent of a group, their influence dramatically reshapes culture. Is 2016 the year women change the world?

  • Candles and flowers lie in front of the Olympia-Einkaufszentrum shopping centre on July 23, 2016 in Munich, southern Germany, one day after a teenage German-Iranian gunman killed nine people and wounded 16.
German police said there was an "obvious" link between the actions of a teen gunman who killed nine people in a rampage in Munich, and those of Norwegian far-right mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik. / AFP / dpa / Sven Hoppe        (Photo credit should read SVEN HOPPE/AFP/Getty Images)
    Candles and flowers lie in front of the Olympia-Einkaufszentrum shopping centre on July 23, 2016 in Munich, southern Germany, one day after a teenage German-Iranian gunman killed nine people and wounded 16. German police said there was an "obvious" link between the actions of a teen gunman who killed nine people in a rampage in Munich, and those of Norwegian far-right mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik. / AFP / dpa / Sven Hoppe (Photo credit should read SVEN HOPPE/AFP/Getty Images)

    German Police See No ISIS Connection in Munich Massacre

    The German-born shooter was obsessed with mass killings

  • PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 6: French police are seen as thousands of refugees living in the tents are evacuated at the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France on June 6, 2016. Refugees have been sent to a temporary shelter.  (Photo by )
    PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 6: French police are seen as thousands of refugees living in the tents are evacuated at the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France on June 6, 2016. Refugees have been sent to a temporary shelter. (Photo by )

    The Immigration Crisis Is Tearing Europe Apart

    Fear of terrorism, Muslims, and refugees is driving the parties of the right and left further apart than ever before.

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