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  • Demonstrators gather around burning objects during a nationwide protest by the campaign group 'Gen Z regelt,', in Hamburg, Germany, Saturday.
    Jonas Walzberg/Reuters
    Germany blames infiltrators as Gen Z protests turn violent
  • People shout as they attend a demonstration organised by 'Gen Z has got this!' in Berlin on Saturday.
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    Protests spread to Germany as hundreds of thousands march again in France
  • Elizabeth Holmes in “You Can See Everything.”
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    ‘You Can’t See Anything’: the slow rollout of Nathan Fielder’s movie is agony for foreign filmgoers
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    ‘This can’t keep happening’: How divorced military spouses get trapped in foreign countries
  • Following a wolf's attack on a child, the entrance to the Johannesmuehle Wildlife Park has been cordoned off with barrier tape in Baruth north of Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, Oct. 28.
    Carsten Koall/dpa/AP
    Girl, 8, injured in wolf attack at German zoo
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    He set out to travel the world without flying. Things didn’t go to plan
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  • Germany’s AfD is so extreme it’s putting off other far-right parties
  • At UN, Russia and Germany’s top diplomats hold first talks since invasion of Ukraine
  • Outrage as East German town bans Holocaust ‘stumbling blocks’
  • Did Hitler kill his niece? Newly found records raise fresh questions over 95-year-old mystery
  • Clarks’ comfortable shoes are perfect for fall. These are the styles experts recommend
  • Is Germany’s leader Friedrich Merz doomed as far right wins again?
  • Chancellor Merz calls Germany state elections results a ‘disaster,’ as far-right surges again
  • The far right’s win in Germany is sending a chill through the establishment in Europe
  • Mass deportations and separate schools for refugees: The far-right AfD’s vision for Germany
  • Germany’s far-right AfD win historic victory, but fall short of majority in Saxony-Anhalt

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    Video Germany’s far-right set for historic win, short of majority 1:48
  • Trays of HARIBO Goldbears roll along the production line at the company's headquarters in Grafschaft, Germany.
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    Video At least one dead and several injured after vehicle drives into crowd at Berlin Pride 2:58
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    Video Germany’s Merz highlights importance of transatlantic relationship amid disagreements with Trump 1:03
  • <p>Fareed speaks with New America CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter and retired Admiral James Stavridis, the former NATO supreme allied commander, about the Pentagon’s announcement that the US will withdraw roughly 5,000 troops from Germany, and the possibility that bases in more European countries will be affected.</p>
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  • The Volkswagen plant in Osnabrück, Germany on August 26, 2026.
    David Ebener/dpa/picture-alliance/AP
    Volkswagen strikes deal with Israel investment firm to turn car plant into defense facility
  • New Porsches are ready for shipping next to the Volkswagen plant in Emden, Germany. Volkswagen Group, which includes Porsche, is planning to stop making about half of its models.
    Ina Fassbender/AFP/Getty Images
    Volkswagen to slash half its vehicle lineup and 50,000 jobs in cost-cutting effort
  • Trays of HARIBO Goldbears roll along the production line at the company's headquarters in Grafschaft, Germany.
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    Video Inside the gummy-filled world of HARIBO 4:59
  • A Volkswagen electric vehicle pictured on the production line at the company's factory in Hefei, Anhui province, China in February 2026.
    Florence Lo/Reuters/File
    Volkswagen profits drop 10% as embattled automaker considers massive job cuts
  • A Volkswagen ID.3 electric car on a production line at the Volkswagen electric car factory on October 13, 2025 in Zwickau, Germany.
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    Volkswagen reportedly planning to axe 100,000 jobs

Style

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  • Rosa Parks' house in an abandoned state.
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    Video How art has saved Rosa Parks’ home 3:38
  • Birkenstock sandals at a store in New York, US, on Thursday, October 12, 2023.
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    Can sandals be art? Birkenstock says yes, but a German court says no
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    Meet the designer redefining lace for the 21st century
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    Video This centuries-old technique is getting a new life in latex 1:22
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    102-year-old Holocaust survivor is Vogue Germany’s cover star

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