German chancellor Angela Merkel has won a fourth term in office after her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won the largest percentage of seats once again in elections held Sunday.
The CDU finished with 33% of seats in Parliament, enough to ensure they remain the majority party in the legislature.
A majority vote in the German parliament has led to the revision of the country’s marriage laws to include a partnership between two people of the same s*x.
The vote ended with 393 MP’s voting for, 226 voting against and four MP’s abstaining.
Fortune Magazine have released their annual list of the 50 greatest leaders in the world, with Chicago Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein finishing top of the list.
Epstein, who led the Major league Baseball side to their first World Series win in 108 years last year, has been recognised for his magnificent efforts in turning the also-rans into winners within his short spell in charge.
US President Donald Trump is new to the diplomacy gig, no question, but he’s gotta do it far better than he’s started so far.
In his first few weeks in office, Trump had an explosive phone call with US ally Australia, which exposed his lousy diplomatic skills – but things have cooled down a little since.
The conspiracy theorists are at it again and this time, a weird hand gesture by Prime Minister Theresa May and German Chancellor Angela Merkel is fuelling the conversation that the two leaders are members of the secret society-ILLUMINATI.
Theresa May used the hand signal which is already frequently used by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker while speaking on on July 11 at Westminster before her elevation to 10 Downing Street—and the theorists say, that’s it, she is deep in there too.
The hand signal is listed on the illuminati hand signs conspiracy theory website illuminatiRex and described as a ‘Merkel-Raute’.
Forbes has published their list of the most powerful people on the planet, and Russian President Vladimir Putin is cruising at the top.
For the third year running, the iron willed man who runs the Kremlin takes the top spot. Second is German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whilst US President Barack Obama drops to third.
