Germany updates: Climate change doubled extreme heat days
Climate change doubled extreme heat days in Germany in the past year, according to a new report Inflation in May expected to remain around 2% Volkswagen has offered to invest in the US, in direct negotiations with the US government
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Coming up, we are expecting positive news on the German inflation rate which the German central bank, the Bundesbank, has predicted will fluctuate around the 2% mark in the next few months.
A climate protest is also planned to take place in Berlin. Following the dissolution of the Letzte Generation ("last generation") protest group, a new climate activist movement — the Neue Generation ("new generation") — is kicking off a week of protest in the German capital.
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