Deadly floods overshadow Merkel's White House swan song
Washington (AFP) - Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel's diplomatic swan song Thursday at the White House was overshadowed by deadly flooding back home and an enduring disagreement with her US hosts over Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Despite the Biden administration's insistence that this was a "working visit," Merkel's one day stay at the White House had the hallmarks of a valedictory farewell for one of Europe's key political figures. "I want to take a moment to acknowledge the historic nature of her chancellorship: first woman chancellor in German history, the first chancellor from ...