BERLIN -- The organization that handles claims on behalf of Jews who suffered under the Nazis said Wednesday that Germany has agreed to extend another $1.076 billion (923.9 million euros) for Holocaust survivors ' home care around the globe for the coming year.

The US will exempt the German unit of Rosneft PJSC from sanctions against the Russian oil major for six months, easing short-term supply risks while putting the onus on Berlin to sort out ownership issues.

Russian oil producer Rosneft have rekindled discussions in Germany about nationalising the company's business there, including a refinery that Berlin depends on for most of its fuel, two sources familiar with the talks told Reuters.

The hourly minimum wage for workers in Germany, Europe's biggest economy, will rise in two stages to 14.60 euros ($17) by 2027 from 12.82 euros, the cabinet agreed on Wednesday. The change, which will initially include a rise to 13.

More than 22,000 German citizens have officially changed their gender since a new law facilitating such a step came into effect last year, according to preliminary figures released on Wednesday. Since November 2024,

Four Bulgarian men went on trial in a Paris court on Wednesday, accused of participating in tagging the museum and dozens of other Parisian buildings with red hand impressions. The prosecution suspects the May 2024 raid was part of Moscow’s undeclared but multi-faceted hybrid war on the continent.

A Baltimore man can be extradited to Germany to face charges of killing a construction site’s foreman while working at a military base, a federal judge ruled.

Human rights activists on Wednesday pressed German Chancellor Friedrich Merz not to turn a blind eye to the crackdown on opposition politicians and other rights violations during his trip to Turkey. Merz has departed for an inaugural visit to Ankara where he is scheduled to meet President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday.