
Angela Merkel’s long innings as German Chancellor | See pics
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Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel, dubbed as Germany's "eternal" chancellor, is all prepared to leave the stage after staying in power for 16 years.
Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel has steered Europe's largest economy through the global financial crisis, the refugee crisis and the coronavirus pandemic in her 16 years in office.
In office so long she was dubbed Germany's "eternal chancellor", Merkel, 67, leaves with her popularity so resilient she would likely have won a record fifth term had she sought it.

Women are treated in the new penal code as being on the same level as "slaves", with provisions allowing either "slave masters" or husbands to administer discretionary punishment, including beatings, to their wives or subordinates. This aspect of the code has drawn particular alarm from rights groups.

Andrew Windsor Mountbatten, who was stripped of his prince title over his links with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, was arrested in the UK on Thursday. Andrew is the grand-nephew of Lord Mountbatten, the last British viceroy in India. Lord Mountbatten was accused of being involved in a child sex ring, involving an orphanage in Belfast. Here's what we know about the Kincora Boys' Home scandal.











