Merkel hits back at Trump: Europe's fate is 'in our own hands'

REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke German Chancellor Angela Merkel has hit back at President-elect Donald Trump's recent criticism of her refugee policy and description of NATO as "obsolete," saying in a statement on Monday that Europe's destiny was "in our own hands." "We Europeans have our destiny in our own hands," Merkel told reporters in Berlin. "I will continue to work to ensure that the 27 member states work together effectively and, above all, in a forward-looking way," she said, adding that Trum...