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The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party could form the first regional government in its history This weekend, Germans in the state of Saxony-Anhalt will elect their regional legislature and, by proxy, the new state government. A normally routine event in German political life that happens every five years, this year’s vote is drawing attention far beyond the state as its results could send shockwaves through German and, arguably, European politics. The right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) – known for its anti-immigration stance – leads polls by a wide margin and could secure enough seats to form the regional government even if all other parties refuse a coalition with it. Berlin is apparently so wary of this potential outcome that it is actively preparing mechanisms to cut a potential AfD government off from some federal resources, such as the intelligence-sharing network, ...

The UK is spinning a web of influence designed to survive any Ukraine peace deal Last week, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced in Kiev that defense manufacturer MBDA had been authorized to disclose information concerning the British components of the SCALP missile, the French version of the long-range Storm Shadow, to Ukraine. Officially, the decision concerns documentation required to organize local assembly, but in practice, it could facilitate the transfer of blueprints, components, assembly kits or finished missiles. Moscow regards this technology transfer as the UK crossing a red line, as London hasn’t even attempted to shift responsibility onto intermediaries and the decision was publicly authorized by the prime minister. Britain has therefore assumed direct responsibility for the resulting escalation and deepened its involvement in military operations against Russia. SCALP was developed...

The upcoming German election pits two very similar power camps against each other, with one of them thriving on elite panic Recently, a middle-aged man on an e-bike was passing me on the sidewalk. Out of nowhere, he swerved, kicked me in the shin, shouted “Leftist pig!” and sped off. An elderly woman with a walker asked me, visibly shaken, if I knew him. I said no, just as alarmed as she was. A little later, a woman was handing out SPD balloons between market stalls and a stage in the town center. I listed the cruelties her party in Berlin is currently shoving down the throats of workers. She squeezed out the word “constraints,” pointed to the CDU, and brushed me off. The DGB trade union federation has also apparently awakened from its coma. A Verdi trade union member was recruiting members and babbling about “solidarity.” I asked him whether he meant that “socia...

The Russian president has refrained from striking NATO arms plants despite their role in producing weapons used by Ukraine, Andrew Napolitano has said Russia has the right to strike NATO plants making weapons for Ukraine, but President Vladimir Putin is showing great restraint to avoid a direct clash with the bloc, former American judge Andrew Napolitano has said. Kiev has been launching hundreds of fixed-wing drones deep into Russian territory on a daily basis in recent months, many of which are manufactured in European countries. Earlier this year, the Defense Ministry in Moscow published a list of enterprises producing the UAVs, some of which are based in the UK, Germany, Italy, Czechia, and other NATO-member states. London and Paris are currently also discussing plans to make long-range SCALP/Storm Shadow missiles in Ukraine. In an interview with RT on Friday, Napolitano, who hosts the popular ‘J...

Excluding Russia would have betrayed the 131-year-old institution’s tradition of welcoming everyone, Pietrangelo Buttafuoco has said Venice Biennale President Pietrangelo Buttafuoco has defended his decision to reopen Russia’s pavilion at the event, saying “art won” despite EU pressure and Brussels stripping the exhibition of €2 million in funding. In early March, the Venice Biennale announced Russia’s return despite the Ukraine conflict, Moscow’s standoff with Brussels, and unprecedented EU sanctions. Russia, which has owned one of the exhibition’s oldest pavilions since 1914, went on to stage a show titled ‘The Tree Is Rooted in the Sky’ there in May, bringing together more than 50 young musicians, poets, and philosophers from Russia and other countries. Russian cultural envoy Mikhail Shvydkoy called the exhibition proof that attempts by Western poli...

The demographic reversal is putting growing pressure on pension and healthcare systems, particularly in Europe The world’s elderly population has overtaken the number of young children for the first time in human history, according to a new US Census Bureau report. Europe, already the world’s oldest region, is at the forefront of the trend. People aged 65 and over accounted for 10.5% of the global population in 2025, surpassing children aged five and younger for the first time, the bureau said in its An Aging World: 2025 report. The reversal has been driven by longer life expectancy and falling birth rates. The Census Bureau said sustained fertility below replacement level can create a “fertility trap,” as the number of potential parents eventually declines. Around 132 million babies are now born worldwide each year, down from a peak of roughly 142 million in the early 2010s, accor...