It began with the cold shoulder — from both sides. It wasn't always that way. Many Germans rejoiced when Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, but Angela Merkel snubbed him in the summer ...

Here’s a look at the life of Angela Merkel, former chancellor of Germany. Personal Birth date: July 17, 1954 Birth place: Hamburg, Germany Birth name: Angela Dorothea Kasner Father: Horst Kasner, a ...

Former President Barack Obama, left, is welcomed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel prior to a meeting in the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016.

Then-President Barack Obama (left) is welcomed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel (right) prior to a meeting in the chancellery in Berlin on Nov. 17, 2016.

Angela Merkel and Barack Obama were close political allies when in office. In front of a sold-out crowd in Washington D.C., the former German Chancellor and former US President discussed many of ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel presented her memoir, 'Freedom: Memoirs 1954–2021', in the United States on Monday (December 2) at a Washington event with former U.S. President Barack ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former U.S. President Barack Obama, close political allies when they were both in office, reunited in Washington on Monday for an event to launch her ...

Barack Obama praised Angela Merkel for being "all about the facts" as the two former leaders reunited in Washington on Monday at an event centered around the former German chancellor's new memoir.

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel recalls Vladimir Putin’s “power games” over the years, remembers contrasting meetings with Barack Obama and Donald Trump and says she asked herself ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel recalls Vladimir Putin’s “power games” over the years, remembers contrasting meetings with Barack Obama and Donald Trump and says she asked herself ...

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel recalls Vladimir Putin’s “power games” over the years, remembers contrasting meetings with Barack Obama and Donald Trump and says she asked herself ...