FotostreckePhoto Gallery: Bayer's Elephant in the RoomFoto: Photothek / Getty ImagesIn Werner Baumann's world, the truth is one-dimensional, as he likes to put it, based on facts and scientific findings, studies and expert opinions. That's why the head of Germany's Bayer Group has no doubts about the safety of glyphosate. He says he would acquire Monsanto, the American manufacturer of the controversial crop herbicide at any time, "without any ifs, ands or buts."But the world outside Bayer Group views things differently. A large segment of the public considers glyphosate to be toxic and...…FotostreckePhoto Gallery: Bayer's Elephant in the RoomFoto: Photothek / Getty ImagesIn Werner Baumann's world, the truth is one-dimensional, as he likes to put it, based on facts and scientific findings, studies and expert opinions. That's why the head of Germany's Bayer Group has no doubts about the safety of glyphosate. He says he would acquire Monsanto, the American manufacturer of the controversial crop herbicide at any time, "without any ifs, ands or buts."But the world outside Bayer Group views things differently. A large segment of the public considers glyphosate to be toxic and...WW…

It's not easy to agitate Germany's usually serene Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, but it happened last Wednesday afternoon. The European Affairs Committee of the Bundestag, Germany’s federal parliament, was meeting to discuss the crisis in Belarus and what Germany's stance should be toward Russia, given his protection of Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko. Maas was fiercely attacked from several sides.Maas, a member of the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), the junior coalition partner to Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU), first had to listen to a speech by far-left...…It's not easy to agitate Germany's usually serene Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, but it happened last Wednesday afternoon. The European Affairs Committee of the Bundestag, Germany’s federal parliament, was meeting to discuss the crisis in Belarus and what Germany's stance should be toward Russia, given his protection of Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko. Maas was fiercely attacked from several sides.Maas, a member of the center-left Social Democrats (SPD), the junior coalition partner to Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU), first had to listen to a speech by far-left...WW…