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Merkel squeezed by populist rise in German election
The anti-immigration AfD party’s success at the ballot box was hard for some Germans to swallow. It also put Chancellor Angela Merkel in a delicate position as she explores her…
Merkel wins fourth term as far right enters parliament
German Chancellor Angela Merkel secured a fourth consecutive term on Sunday after her Christian Democrats (CDU) and the allied Christian Social Union (CSU) won the largest…
Half of Senate seats up for vote in test for Macron
France renews half of its Senate seats on Sunday in a vote that will prove crucial to President Emmanuel Macron's sweeping reform plans and poses another political test as he…
Merkel seeks fourth term as Germans head to polls in federal election
Germans head to polls in the federal election. Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union is expected to win a fourth term and beat her rival…
Merkel seeks fourth term as polls open in Germany
Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to cruise to victory in elections Sunday but also to face the breakthrough into parliament of hard-right populists for the first time in…
In Germany’s ‘Little Istanbul’, winning hearts is key to votes
Keupstrasse in Cologne, western Germany, is one of the country’s most famous Turkish shopping streets. Locals there have been keenly tuning in to the diplomatic crisis between…
British PM seeks two-year transition after Brexit
Prime Minister Theresa May called on Friday for Britain to stay in the European Union’s single market during a roughly two-year transition out of the EU while offering…
Suspect in London Tube bombing charged with attempted murder
British police said Friday they had charged an 18-year-old man with attempted murder following last week's bombing of a London Underground train, which injured 30 people.
Uber to lose licence to operate in London
London stripped Uber on Friday of its licence to operate from the end of September in a huge blow to the taxi app that will affect more than 40,000 drivers in one of the world's…
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Far-right AfD party appeals to Germany's forgotten
The anti-immigrant Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party is poised to become the first far-right group to enter the German parliament in the post-war era. A strong showing in…
EU nervous ahead of Catalan vote on independence
As Catalonia's independence referendum crisis deepens, EU officials are staying doggedly tight-lipped even as diplomats privately voice serious concern at a situation some regard…
German vote shifts to battle for third place in coalition
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is widely expected to secure a fourth term in office after Sunday’s general election. But with another round of coalition wrangling on the cards,…
L’Oréal heiress Liliane Bettencourt dies at 94
French tycoon Liliane Bettencourt, the world's richest woman, sat atop the L'Oreal empire and ran a philanthropic foundation, but faced an old age clouded by dementia and legal…
Teenager is sixth arrest in London Tube attack
British police have arrested a sixth person in connection with last week's attack on a London subway train.
