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Alice Weidel, co-leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, gives her speech during the AfD party congress in Erfurt, Germany, on July 5.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 2, 2026
As Europe’s right advances, Germany’s AfD rethinks its anti-euro roots
The party’s popularity is prompting debate over how to balance an anti-establishment identity with the need to appear as a credible partner to allies.
Demonstrators protest against the high cost of living in Nantes, France, on Oct. 17. Similar demonstrations have spread across other parts of Europe as households grapple with rising prices and economic uncertainty.
EDITORIALS
Oct 23, 2026
France burns as the political center fiddles
The political center in Europe is struggling to offer convincing answers to voters’ economic concerns.
Marine Le Pen (center), the National Rally candidate for France's 2027 presidential election, attends a news conference with party president Jordan Bardella (right) and lawmaker Jean-Philippe Tanguy in Paris on Oct. 6.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 11, 2026
The French far right embraces austerity
Marine Le Pen is pairing nationalist politics with fiscal austerity, betting that voters will support spending cuts.
Members of a local electoral commission empty a ballot box before counting votes in Russia’s parliamentary election in Podolsk, near Moscow, on Sept. 20.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 25, 2026
Why Russia’s Potemkin election actually matters
There’s little purpose to parsing who won the vote; the point is that opponents of Putin and his war were jailed, exiled or banned from running.
AfD co-leader Alice Weidel (third from left), along with (from left) AfD co-leader Tino Chrupalla, AfD candidate for state premier Leif-Erik Holm, and AfD top candidate Ulrich Siegmund, react on stage during a campaign event ahead of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state election in Neubrandenburg, Germany, on Sept. 18.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 21, 2026
Five takeaways from Germany’s regional elections
Polls in two German states on Sunday resulted in severe losses for the country’s leading Christian Democratic Union party.
German Chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz speaks during a CDU election campaign rally for his party's top candidate Stefan Evers before state elections in Berlin on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 20, 2026
Germans vote in elections threatening fresh blow to Merz
The far-right, pro-Trump and Moscow-friendly AfD party dealt the German leader a defeat two weeks ago, fueling speculation his support is wobbling.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz holds a press conference in Berlin on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 17, 2026
After far-right win, Germany’s Merz nervously faces new state polls
Amid speculation about a potential change at the top, eight CDU state premiers declared jointly that Germany needs “stability now more than ever.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner before talks in Moscow on Sept. 5.
COMMENTARY
Sep 11, 2026
The far right’s political victory in Germany is great news for Putin
No one in NATO has any interest in attacking Russia, but these fabrications make for powerful messages and they’re paying dividends for the Kremlin.
Sohei Kamiya, leader of the right-wing Sanseito Party, speaks at an election event in Tokyo on Jan. 27, ahead of February's snap election.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 11, 2026
Why the far right isn’t winning elections in Japan
At the very least, there is little sense of crisis that such a phenomenon might occur in Japan anytime soon.
Alternative for Germany Party leaders and members celebrate in Magdeburg on Sunday after decisively winning the Saxony-Anhalt state election, though the party is still expected to fall short of an outright majority to form a government.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2026
Germany is in a very dark place — and time’s running out
The far-right party’s electoral win will further normalize its anti-immigrant agenda and policy of drawing closer to Moscow.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attends the 2027 budget debate at the German lower house of parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 9, 2026
Far right’s victory clouds Merz’s reform agenda as ally seeks changes
The rise of the Alternative for Germany has forced Germany’s mainstream parties to work together in coalition to exclude the far right from power.
An Alternative for Germany (AfD) party flag and the German national flag on a flagpole in Bellingen, Germany, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 8, 2026
Putin’s shadow across Europe grows as German far right wins
Germany’s AfD party has openly sympathized with Russia’s attempt to batter Ukraine into submission, even as he stepped up his aggression toward the EU.
Ulrich Siegmund, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)'s main candidate in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, addresses supporters next to his wife, Julia Siegmund, at the AfD's election party in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 7, 2026
Far-right AfD wins historic victory in German state election
The agenda of the AfD includes heavy restrictions on immigration, restoring ties with Russia, cutting support to Ukraine and quitting the euro.
Top candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) Ulrich Siegmund gestures as he attends AfD's final rally before the upcoming Saxony-Anhalt state elections in Magdeburg, Germany, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 6, 2026
‘We can only win’: The rise of the far right in eastern Germany
Helped by Merz’s deepening slide in the polls — plumbing record lows for a postwar chancellor — the AfD is approaching 30% across the country.
Ulrich Siegmund, far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)'s main candidate in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, speaks to delegates during the federal congress of Generation Germany, the youth organization of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, in Magdeburg, eastern Germany, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 30, 2026
Some migrants ready to pack bags fearing far-right win in east German state
The anti-immigration, Islamophobic and Russia-friendly AfD party is poised to win in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, with hopes of taking its first-ever governing majority.
Hans-Thomas Tillschneider, a member of the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt and cultural policy spokesman for the regional parliamentary group of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, speaks during a convention in Magdeburg on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 15, 2026
Schools become battleground as Germany’s far-right AfD eyes regional election
The AfD sees Saxony-Anhalt, where ?it hopes to form a regional government for the first time, as a stepping stone to winning a federal election.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Hungary's Viktor Orban during an election campaign rally in Budapest on April 7
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 15, 2026
Trump seen as a risk by Europe’s far right after Orban loss
At a critical time for the nationalist movement in Europe, parties are struggling to land on a clear policy of how to deal with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz waits to welcome Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten at the Chancellery in Berlin on March 16.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2026
Germany’s leader is failing his ‘last shot’ mission
But it turns out timid and noncommittal politics don’t win elections either. Recent surveys all point the same way: Germans want change.
Oliver Hilburger, founder of the self-styled union Zentrum, hands out flyers before the early morning shift at the Mercedes car plant in Stuttgart on Feb. 11. His group is affiliated with the far-right Alternative for Germany party and is aiming to challenge mainstream unions.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 16, 2026
Germany’s far right woos unhappy auto workers
Far-right political forces, including the Alternative for Germany party, are hoping to harness anxieties among the struggling auto industry’s workers to gain influence and support.
A rally for the far-right Alternative for Germany party in Halle in January
WORLD / Politics
Dec 20, 2025
Cozying up to MAGA pays dividends for Germany’s far-right AfD
Though the party is a virtual pariah among the German political elite due to its xenophobic bent, it is gaining traction among ideological allies who hold power in Washington.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
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‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
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Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
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The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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