CHRISTIAN LINDNER

Germany’s biggest governing party says it aims for a final decision by the end of March on the introduction of a universal vaccine mandate against COVID-19.

The German government has approved 60 billion euros in funding to be used for combating climate change and modernizing the country.

Olaf Scholz is expected to become Germany’s new chancellor on Wednesday at the head of a three-party coalition government, ending the 16-year era of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Olaf Scholz has become Germany's ninth post-World War II chancellor, opening a new era for the European Union’s most populous nation and largest economy after Angela Merkel’s 16-year tenure.

Scholz succeeds Angela Merkel facing plague at home and talk of war to the east. Will he rise to the occasion?

A three-party deal to form a new German government under center-left leader Olaf Scholz has cleared its final hurdle.

Next week will see a handover of power from the Merkel era and this is what to expect.

Olaf Scholz is set to become post-World War II Germany’s ninth chancellor, crowning a career that has seen him serve in a string of top government posts, after leading his party to an election comeback that appeared hugely unlikely just a few months ago.

The two parties that are expected to determine who will become Germany’s next chancellor have started talks to bridge their differences and declared that they got off to a good start.

It will likely take three parties to form a government. Two smaller parties — an environmentalist, progressive party and a libertarian party — appear to be banding together to call the shots.

After Sunday's election, the parliamentary jockeying and horse-trading is just getting started.

CNBC takes a look at the main political figures that could shape the future of Europe's largest economy.

A young woman, who was popular on social media, was murdered in Utica, New York in 2019. Her killer posted the images of her body online -- where they soon went viral -- and sent them to the victim's family. Jericka Duncan for 48 Hours joined CBSN to discuss the disturbing case and why what happened in the aftermath has behavioral scientists and the intelligence community concerned.