Kirsten Grieshaber, Author at Valley News

In this Tuesday, May 21, 2019 photo, Annekathrin Fiesinger talks about her motivation to use a food sharing app to reduce food waste during an interview with the Associated Press in Berlin. In Germany, growing numbers of people use modern technology such as phone apps to help reduce food waste. In an effort to cut down on climate-wrecking carbon dioxide emissions created by food waste, they build online communities to share food before throwing it away. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Food-sharing app reduces waste

by Kirsten Grieshaber Associated PressJune 22, 2019

BERLIN — After a long day at work, Annekathrin Fiesinger is too tired to consider making dinner at home. So the 34-year-old uses her smart phone to check nearby restaurants, hotels or bakeries in Berlin for food being sold for a discount at the end…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel casts her vote in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017. Merkel is widely expected to win a fourth term in office as Germans go to the polls to elect a new parliament. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Germany’s Merkel Wins 4th Term

by Geir Moulson Associated Press, and Kirsten Grieshaber Associated PressSeptember 24, 2017

Refugees, some of whom come from Syria, and their supporters demonstrate with posters written with 'we love peace' in downtown Wuerzburg, Germany, Wednesday July 20, 2016. They are responding to the attack by a suspected Afghan refugee who attacked and critically injured passengers with an axe and knife in a regional train near Wuerzburg, Monday. (Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa via AP)

German Train Attacker Seemed to be Adjusting

by Kirsten Grieshaber Associated Press, and David Rising And David McHugh Associated PressJuly 21, 2016

Police officers stand at the crime scene near the river Main, background, where a 17-year-old man from Afghanistan was shot the night before, in Wuerzburg, Germany, Tuesday, July 19, 2016. On Monday evening, the man wielding an axe and knife attacked travelers on a regional train near Wuerzburg. Four people were seriously injured. He was shot and killed by police as he fled. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

German Train Attacker Vowed to Get Revenge on the ‘Infidels’

by Kirsten Grieshaber Associated Press, and David Rising And Christoph Noelting Associated PressJuly 19, 2016