HAMBURG (Reuters) - The Mosel river in western Germany could reopen to cargo shipping later this week as repairs to a damaged lock are making fast progress, navigation authorities said on Monday.

The country is focused on exports, but China is slowing imports and U.S. tariff threats are growing. Politicians are offering few alternatives.

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Tens of thousands of Germans have protested in Berlin and other cities against the rise of the far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party ahead of the Feb. 23 election.

German chancellor Olaf Scholz has welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's plans for more oil and gas exports, saying it was "good for Europe and Germany," German newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Sunday.

American tech billionaire Elon Musk made a virtual appearance at the campaign launch for the German far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. CNN’s Senior International Correspondent Frederik Pleitgen reports.

ProSiebenSat.1 Supervisory Board Chairman Andreas Wiele will not seek re-election and will leave the company after May 28, the German broadcaster said on Friday.

The chair of Yad Vashem, Israel’s official Holocaust memorial, said Sunday tech billionaire Elon Musk’s call for Germans to “move beyond” the crimes of Nazi Germany is dangerous for the country’s democratic future.

American Vanessa Wachtmeister has called Berlin, Germany home, and says that she has never been happier.

Far from home in Texas, German running back Justus got the surprise of his life when he saw who appeared next to him during an interview.

The world’s richest man set out on a quest to boost the European powerhouse’s far-right opposition.