WorldPingGermany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) came out well ahead in Sunday’s regional elections in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, becoming the first far-right party to come close to gaining power at the regional level since World War II.
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WorldPingThe far-right party is trying to form a government in the state after falling three seats short of a majority.
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WorldPingThe far-right AfD's triumph in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt marks a defeat for German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and sends a warning to other European leaders battling the same mixture of slow growth and disillusion with mainstream politics.
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Nicaragua accuses Germany of violating the Genocide Convention by supporting Israel amid its onslaught on Gaza.
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WorldPingGermany's far-right AfD won a landslide victory in a key regional election Sunday in the ex-communist east, a result seen as a stinging rebuke for Chancellor Friedrich Merz, but looked set to miss out on an absolute majority to govern alone.
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A cargo plane crash at Miami International Airport has left five people dead and several others injured. And, Germany's far-right AfD party achieves an electoral victory in a key state election.
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Is the AfD’s Ulrich Siegmund Germany’s ‘most dangerous man’?
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