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Daughter suspected in an attack on a newly elected mayor in Germany

Cs news10 months ago03 mins

BERLIN (AP) — Investigators said Wednesday that the newly elected mayor of a German town who was found at her home with stab wounds apparently was attacked by her teenage daughter, and that her life is no longer in danger. Iris Stalzer, 57, was elected as the mayor of Herdecke in western Germany on Sept….

A German town hoped migration could turn its fortunes around. It was no panacea

Cs news11 months ago013 mins

By Riham Alkousaa ALTENA, Germany (Reuters) -A decade ago, as Germany was grappling with an influx of more than a million migrants, the small town of Altena saw an opportunity to reverse years of population and economic decline. The industrial town in Western Germany made national headlines in 2015 when it volunteered to take in…