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But the AfD’s leader, Alice Weidel, intends to become Germany’s chancellor in the election after that, which is due 2029. In ...

If “none of the above” were an option in Germany’s election on February 23rd, it might win. Only 40% of Germans say Friedrich ...

As well as too little privacy, characters in “The White Lotus”, like people in lockdown, have too much time on their hands, ...

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The attorneys-general of 14 states sued Elon Musk, the Department of Government Efficiency and Donald Trump. The suit notes ...

He would return to Israel every so often to see friends and family. According to people who know him, Maman was evasive when ...

China and America are also waging a bitter battle of ideas. China defends authoritarianism, whereas America, at least until ...

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In one of several affidavits filed on the night of February 11th, Joseph Gioeli, a Treasury official in charge of technology ...

Silicon Valley is doing so, too. In its early days in the mid-20th century it created reconnaissance equipment for spy planes ...

Republican islands in Democratic states are not the only places crying out for that. Mr Trump is testing the limits of ...