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News compact: Nvidia CEO lobbies for AI in Germany October 20, 2026 The federal government and the world's largest chip company Nvidia have agreed on closer cooperation to massively advance the industrial use of Artificial Intelligence in Germany. According to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, the German economy has good prospects for the successful use of Artificial Intelligence. The companies possess excellent expertise and a valuable industrial data treasure, Huang said at the "Invest in Germany" conference on Monday in Berlin. Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed a similar view during the panel discussion with Huang. He appealed to the German Mittelstand (SMEs) to use AI. By combining existing company data and new technologies, Germany can become the leading nation in the field of industrial AI. VW plans to freeze salaries until 2030 VW employees face years of no pay raises, according to the Metall trade union. There are plans to freeze the salaries of more than 660,000 employees worldwide until 2030, according to the IG Metall in a statement on their website. The VW group criticized the IG Metall for breaking the previous practice of always making an inflationary adjustment and accounting for collective wage increases. Volkswagen did not want to comment on the union's statements. Negotiations for a new collective agreement are expected to begin at Volkswagen at the end of November. Tensions between Trump and Zelenskyy further intensify US President Donald Trump has blamed Ukraine for the lack of reciprocity for its support of the USA. "We have given Ukraine a lot - they have given us nothing. Don't forget that," he said in Washington. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses the USA of delays in weapons deliveries and restrictions on the exchange of intelligence. According to this, Defense Minister Pete Hegseth does not authorize the delivery of Patriot and other air defense missiles, even though NATO states have already paid for them. Zelenskyy said this is "difficult to explain among friends" during a meeting with a US Congressional delegation. Meanwhile, Trump has shown openness to a trilateral summit with the Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Chinese State Leader Xi Jinping. However, the meeting has not yet been agreed upon. According to Trump, such a summit would focus on nuclear weapons and denuclearization, and the Ukraine war could also be discussed. German tests for immigrants are to be tightened A ministry spokesperson in Berlin has confirmed a report from the "Bild" newspaper stating that there are increasing cases of fraud in German tests for immigrants. For this reason, Federal Minister Alexander Dobrindt wants to tighten the examination rules. The stricter new regulation is to apply in Germany starting in November, according to the ministry. Apparently, test-takers had illegally obtained the correct answers on the Internet and simply skipped the part of the test where the fraud would have been discovered. The ministry spokesperson could not state how many cases people cheated in the examinations. In the past year, a total of more than 300,000 immigrants took the German test. Mongolian leader visits Chinggis Khan exhibition in Berlin The President of Mongolia, Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, is visiting Germany for two days. He will be received by Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on this Tuesday. Afterwards, the two heads of state will open the exhibition "Genghis Khan and the World of the Mongols" at the Berlin Museum of Prehistory and Early History. The reason for the large-scale special exhibition is the 800th anniversary of the famous and notorious Mongolian ruler next year. In Europe, Genghis Khan is still considered a brutal conqueror, while in Mongolia he is revered as the founder of the state. Most of the Mongolian objects now shown in Berlin are seen for the first time outside the country. On the occasion of Khurelsukh's state visit, the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce also organizes a German-Mongolian economic forum on Wednesday. The East Asian country has significant raw material reserves. Japanese rocket sets Mars mission in motion An H3 carrier rocket was launched towards Mars from the spaceport Tanegashima in Japan early in the morning (local time). On board is the space probe "MMX". The abbreviation stands for Martian Moons eXploration. It is expected to reach Mars in the coming summer. Landing on the Moon Phobos is planned. A German-French rover is to explore the Martian surface. The vehicle is called "Idefix" and is named after the comic hero Obelix's little dog. The collected soil samples are to be brought back for further investigations on Earth. The return is planned for 2031. fab/AR/JJ (dpa, afp, rtr) This article was created at 9:00 a.m. (MESZ) and will not be further updated.