This is the first year that breast cancer survivors are competing in their own division at the World Dragon Boat Racing ...

Further downstream, in Germany's "other" Frankfurt (not to be mistaken with the financial capital on the River Main in the west) and to its north, level 3 flood warnings were in effect.

SPD squeaks by, while AfD makes gains Germany's center-left SPD staged a last minute comeback in Sunday's regional elections in the eastern state of Brandenburg.

Three state elections in eastern Germany this month told the same story: The far-right Alternative for Germany is growing in strength and disrupting the political landscape.

Germany and Britain will on July 17 sign a defence treaty that includes a mutual assistance clause in the event of a threat to either country, the Politico news outlet reported on Wednesday.

The vote in Brandenburg comes three weeks after the Russia-friendly AfD became the first far-right party to top a state election in Germany since World War II.

Brandenburg is a longstanding stronghold for the party. But it is located in Germany’s relatively impoverished east, where the anti-immigrant A f D performs far better than in the west.

The narrow win by Olaf Scholz’s party came in a state election, the third in a series that was seen as a reflection of the national mood and a snapshot of the government’s popularity.

Exit Polls Suggest Germany’s Ruling Social Democrats Fend Off Challenge From Right-Wing Alternative for Germany at Brandenburg The election is being watched closely for signs about the country’s ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s SPD narrowly beat the far-right Alternative for Germany in the Brandenburg election, seen as a referendum on his leadership.

Dr. Otto Gessler, German Minister of Defense, startled the Reichswehr by ordering that only the black, red & gold flag of the Republic shall be displayed on Reichswehr buildings and by officers ...