Why the Far-Right AfD Is Unlikely to Join Germany’s Next Government
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Why the Far-Right AfD Is Unlikely to Join Germany’s Next Government

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Germany’s next government will almost certainly be a coalition of multiple political parties, to form a majority in Parliament. But one party will almost certainly be excluded from that coalition, no matter how well it ultimately performs: the hard-right Alternative for Germany, or…

Her Brother Disappeared in War 80 Years Ago. She Finally Got to Say Goodbye.
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Her Brother Disappeared in War 80 Years Ago. She Finally Got to Say Goodbye.

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When Margery Hop Wong bade her older brother goodbye in 1943, she was just a 12-year-old girl who loved it when he took her for joy rides in his used convertible around the apple orchards their family worked. Yuen Hop left their home…

At Auschwitz, a Solemn Ceremony at a Time of Rising Nationalism
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At Auschwitz, a Solemn Ceremony at a Time of Rising Nationalism

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines More than 50 world leaders, including King Charles III, will join a dwindling group of Nazi death camp survivors on Monday in southern Poland to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Red Army’s liberation of Auschwitz, where more than 1.1 million people, mostly…

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, 104, Dies; Army Nurse Broke a Color Barrier
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Nancy Leftenant-Colon, 104, Dies; Army Nurse Broke a Color Barrier

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Nancy Leftenant-Colon, a granddaughter of enslaved people who in 1948 became the first Black nurse to serve in the regular U.S. armed forces, died on Jan. 8 in Amityville, N.Y., on Long Island. She was 104. Her great-niece Gilda Leftenant confirmed the death,…

Opinion | A Racist Purge Almost Destroyed My Family. Another One Is Coming.
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Opinion | A Racist Purge Almost Destroyed My Family. Another One Is Coming.

ByNews Polite

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Koji Kudo, ID badge #4441-G. His head is shaved, likely by one of my aunts, with the old manual hair clippers that he used to complain cut into his scalp. He’s barely 5-foot-3, according to the height chart behind him. The badge is…