German carmakers to resume production as lockdowns ease

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German carmakers including Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz will restart production at some German factories next week after the country eased restrictions designed to contain the coronavirus outbreak.Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday said that Germany has achieved a "fragile intermediate success" in its the fight against the coronavirus and that its emergence from lockdown would begin with the partial reopening of shops next week and schools from May 4.Unlike Italy and..