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From ‘remigration’ to home-schooling: what does Germany’s AfD want?
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) was founded in response to the euro crisis, but its focus has shifted firmly to the far right.A stridently hardline anti-immigration stance, developed during the...
Somalis, roiled by famine and climate displacement, brace for El Niño
Thousands of people in Somalia have already left their villages to seek refuge in bigger cities in the Horn of Africa amid a hunger crisis.Many are desperate after months of...
Remains of 55 people recovered from Gaza rubble two years after strike
Civil defence officials in Gaza City said on Saturday that they have recovered the remains of 55 people from the rubble of a residential building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike...
Is Russia proving better at protecting friends than fighting enemies in West Africa?
When mutinous soldiers seized a strategic military base in Niger's capital last Saturday, the country's ruling junta turned to a foreign partner it has increasingly relied on since coming to...
German president calls for unity in democracy ahead of landmark vote
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Friday called for the country's democracy and rule of law be protected from those "who scorn and trample all over them," ahead of Sunday's state...
At least 37 killed by toxic fumes during alleged petrol theft in Nigeria, reports say
People watched on anxiously as locals organise a rescue effort [YEAC]At least 37 people have died after inhaling toxic fumes while allegedly stealing petrol from a pipeline in Nigeria's Rivers...
Looming far-right win in Germany sparks security worries
If the AfD wins key regional elections on Sunday and becomes the first far-right party in post-war Germany to form a state government, experts fear far-reaching consequences for security and...
Hicksville woman loses nearly $1M in alleged elder scam; Queens woman arrested
A Queens woman was arrested and charged with attempted grand larceny after a 70-year-old Hicksville woman was allegedly persuaded to send nearly $1 million as part of an elder scam,...
Vivian Wilson encourages queer people to ‘disobey’ as midterms approach
Vivian Jenna Wilson knows what's at stake for the LGBTQ+ community. With the fast-approaching midterms, the famous transgender model is using her platform to showcase her unapologetic queerness at a...
Embattled Spanish PM insists no prior warnings before Ceuta crisis
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has said no-one foresaw the influx of 72,000 migrants in the exclave of Ceuta, as pressure mounts over his handling of the crisis."It's absurd to...
