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A protester walks past the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021.

‘The death of American exceptionalism’: Views from abroad on US Capitol attack 

Global Politics

Outside observers watched with disbelief as a violent mob of Trump supporters stormed Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, the seat of US power.

Syrian refugee Anas Modamani takes a selfie with German Chancellor Angela Merkel outside a refugee camp near the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees after registration at Berlin's Spandau district, Germany, on September 10, 2015.

Five years after migrant crisis, integration in Germany is succeeding, policy analyst says

Global Politics
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache and Interior Minister Herbert Kickl attend a news conference in Vienna.

Austria ready to act at borders if Germany moves on migrants

Immigration
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the top candidate of the Christian Democratic Union Party (CDU) for the upcoming general elections, greets supporters during a campaign rally.

Angela Merkel is at the top, but progress is slow for German women

Culture
A supporter of the anti-Muslim group PEGIDA in Dresden, Germany.

One simple word defines Germans, but Germans don’t agree on what it means

Global Politics
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Merkel drops opposition, clearing way for same-sex marriage in Germany

Global Politics

Her shift comes as polls show that large majorities of German voters, and all other mainstream parties, are in favor of allowing same-sex marriage.

Meeting of the G7 Summit in Taormina, Sicily, Italy, May 26, 2017.

No, Trump isn’t isolating America, says popular conservative blogger

Global Politics

Jim Hoft thinks the Trump presidency will be a win for the US and for the world. And he’s also not worried about Russia.

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign rally at the Coliseum on August 8, 2016 in St. Petersburg, Florida. A new national poll shows Clinton's lead expanding over Republican rival Donald Trump.

This is the only photo of Hillary Clinton one newspaper has ever run

Culture

“If we write about Clinton and Trump, it’s much easier to run a picture of Trump.”

Participants in a grassroots anti-Muslim movement hold German flags during a demonstration in Berlin. The rise of the group, Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West, has shaken Germany's political establishment.

Germany’s anti-immigrant movement spooks the country’s leaders

Conflict

The debate over immigration to Europe is a divisive topic, and thousands of Germans have taken to the streets in weekly protests against asylum seekers. But while citizens have come out in counter-protests, can the government of Angela Merkel also respond effectively?

Ukrainian servicemen march away from the Belbek Sevastopol International Airport in the Crimea region on March 4, 2014. A column of unarmed Ukrainian servicemen arrived at the base for negotiations with Russian troops on Tuesday, local media reported. The

Europe is completely divided over how to respond to Russia’s grab of Crimea

Global Politics

Angela Merkel is a pivotal figure as the European Union attempts to defuse the crisis in Crimea and get Vladimir Putin to back down. The German Chancellor grew up in former Communist East Germany and her country is Russia’s most important trading partner. But first, Europe needs a plan.Angela Merkel is a pivotal figure as the European Union attempts to defuse the crisis in Crimea and get Vladimir Putin to back down. The German Chancellor grew up in former Communist East Germany and her country is Russia’s most important trading partner. But first, Europe needs a plan.

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