Germany's Merkel turns down UN job offer

Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel has told UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres that she will not accept a UN job. -EPA

Former German chancellor Angela Merkel has turned down the offer of a job at the United Nations, her office says, a month after she stepped down as Europe's most powerful politician after 16 years at the helm.

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