Russia retaliates against Germany with closure of St. Petersburg Consulate and Goethe-Institut

In a tit-for-tat move, Russia on Monday announced retaliatory measures against the German Consulate General in St. Petersburg and Germany’s Goethe-Institut centers in Russia.

Merz acknowledges his party suffered 'dramatic defeat' in Saxony-Anhalt election results

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has acknowledged that the Christian Democrat Union (CDU) suffered a "dramatic defeat’ in the regional election in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, Bild reported.

Germany's far-right AfD set for record win 44.4% in Saxony-Anhalt vote

Germany’s far-right AfD is set to win Sunday’s state election in Saxony-Anhalt with a record 44.4% of the vote, early projections showed, as Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative Christian Democrats slumped to a historic low of 18.4%.

For the first time in recorded history, in 2025 the global population of people over the age of 65 surpassed that of children aged 0 to 5

This milestone was reached sooner than many demographers had predicted, as declining birth rates accelerate population aging: 

Israel must protect West Bank’s Palestinians amid settler pogroms: US envoy

 

United States ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has met with several local officials and residents in the occupied West Bank, including Palestinian Americans attacked in violent Israeli settler pogroms.