What it was like witnessing the fall of the Berlin Wall
When word of crowds gathering at the Berlin Wall reached Europe correspondent Ian Henderson on a cold November day in 1989, ...
The Iron Curtain Casts a Long Shadow Over Germany’s Election
The former East Germany still votes virtually as a separate country — and increasingly for a party that has been linked to ...
How a Demographic ‘Doom Loop’ Helped Germany’s Far Right
“That feeds into this whole far-right populist narrative that the mainstream parties are abandoning those areas,” Lueders ...
West Bank Palestinians fear Gaza-style clearance as Israel squeezes Jenin camp
Israeli bulldozers have demolished large areas of the now virtually empty Jenin refugee camp and appear to be carving wide ...
German election winner seeks ‘independence’ from U.S. What does that mean?
Friedrich Merz said that Europe needed to “achieve independence from the United States, step by step.” That won’t be easy, ...
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Call for military ‘independence’ from US puts spotlight on Europe’s vulnerabilities
The man poised to be Germany’s next leader delivered a jolt this week when he warned that the demise of NATO in its current ...
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There are all types of gutter guards. Good ones keep your gutters clean and can eliminate flooding and damage to your home. But Consumer Reports' tests find some don’t work well.
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All things surf, all in one place.
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