A New Trend in Global Elections: The Anti-Trump Bump
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A New Trend in Global Elections: The Anti-Trump Bump

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Trump factor is shaping global politics, one election at a time — just not necessarily to the president’s taste. In major votes in Canada and Australia over the past two weeks, centrists saw their fortunes revived, while parties that had borrowed from…

80 Years After Dachau Concentration Camp Liberation, Witnesses Remember
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80 Years After Dachau Concentration Camp Liberation, Witnesses Remember

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Lockered Gahs, known unofficially as Bud, was a 20-year-old soldier in the U.S. Army who had been fighting for a year when he and his unit first entered the Dachau concentration camp just outside Munich in 1945. His unit — the 42nd Infantry…

Far-Right AfD Is Labeled Extremist by Germany’s Intelligence Agency
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Far-Right AfD Is Labeled Extremist by Germany’s Intelligence Agency

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Germany’s domestic intelligence service has classified the far-right Alternative for Germany, which some polls show as the most popular in the country, as an extremist party, the German authorities announced on Friday. The classification, which allows the agency to use more powerful surveillance…

Trump’s Tariffs Expected to Grind Germany’s Growth to a Halt
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Trump’s Tariffs Expected to Grind Germany’s Growth to a Halt

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Germany’s economy will not grow for the third year in a row, the government said on Thursday, scaling back a previous prediction as President Trump’s tariffs bite into Europe’s largest economy, leaving it stagnant. In January, the German government had predicted 0.3 percent…

Auto Tariffs Take Effect, Putting Pressure on New Car Prices
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Auto Tariffs Take Effect, Putting Pressure on New Car Prices

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Tariffs on imported vehicles took effect Thursday, a policy that President Trump said would spur investments and jobs in the United States but that analysts say will raise new car prices by thousands of dollars. The 25 percent duty applies to all cars…

In Germany’s New Parliament, Women Are a Rarer Sight
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In Germany’s New Parliament, Women Are a Rarer Sight

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Two days after a coalition of conservatives won Germany’s federal election last month, the governor of Bavaria took to Instagram to say the party was “ready for political change” and posted a group picture of the likely future chancellor, Friedrich Merz, with five…

Germany, Orphaned by U.S., Shakes Off the Shock and Stirs to Action
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Germany, Orphaned by U.S., Shakes Off the Shock and Stirs to Action

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The United States gave Germany its democracy and its constitution. It supported German reunification when France and Britain had their doubts. It has some 35,000 troops in Germany, dedicated to the defense of Europe. But President Trump and his administration now see Europe…

Can Europe’s New Military Spending Help Its Economies?
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Can Europe’s New Military Spending Help Its Economies?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines From Brussels to Berlin, leaders across Europe are getting ready to spend hundreds of billions to rebuild their armies. The spending, they say, is necessary to prepare Europe for the dangers of a world where the United States no longer guarantees its security….

Germans Reach Deal to Spend Big on Defense, Climate and More
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Germans Reach Deal to Spend Big on Defense, Climate and More

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Friedrich Merz, the likely next chancellor of Germany, announced on Friday that he had secured the votes to allow for extensive new government spending, including for defense, clearing the way for a stunning turnabout in German strategic and fiscal policy before he even…

German Tourists Detained for Weeks, Then Deported From U.S.
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German Tourists Detained for Weeks, Then Deported From U.S.

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Chained, detained for weeks and eventually deported, two German tourists trying to enter the United States were recently tangled in a system responding to President Trump’s push to sharply restrict entry and deport people en masse. The cases of Jessica Brösche, held for…