Germany's conservative chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz explicitly distanced himself and his party from the far-right AfD, after sparking outrage over his cooperation with the AfD last week.

Angry protesters in Hamburg, Munich, Cologne and Leipzig said that Friedrich Merz and his Christian Democrats broke Germany's unwritten post-Nazi promise by all democratic parties to never pass ...

Speaking to CNN in Berlin following his Christian Democratic Party’s (CDU) convention, Friedrich Merz said he would “control [Germany’s] borders and return those who are coming without ...

BERLIN — Early signs suggest Germany’s conservatives may have lost their big bet. Chancellor candidate Friedrich Merz’s high-stakes gamble to align with the far right on tough immigration measures ...

Andrea Corr grew up in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland, where she and her siblings were raised in a musical household by their parents, Jean and Gerry Corr. Their father worked at the Irish ...

"She lead by example and we owe her so much," Ron Howard wrote of his late mother Jean's impact on his family Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Ron Howard is honoring his mother ...

Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor, is wagering that despite his country’s Nazi past, its voters aren’t all that different from other Europeans. As mainstream parties ...

Merz's exit from politics was followed by a rise in the private sector. From 2005 to 2021, he was part of an international law firm and took on top positions on supervisory and administrative boards.

An almost $50 million election pledge from WA Labor to extend free kindergarten and out-of-school care has been welcomed by social service groups as both a cost-of-living measure and an ...