Madness has a strange, bad rap. There’s nothing saner than a madman, often just a guy who wants to escape this planet, overrun with cold hearts, slumbering lives, and events that disgust still ...

Two years ago, crews began demolishing the bulk of the industrial Friedrich complex looming over San Antonio’s East Side. It was a tangible sign that what had become a symbol of neglect was ...

Today marks the birthday of the great economist Friedrich Hayek. Born on this date in 1899 in Vienna, Hayek devoted his life to economic education. Perhaps his best known work is “The Road to ...

Germany’s conservative leader Friedrich Merz won a nail-biter second vote in parliament on Tuesday (May 6, 2025) to become chancellor after he lost the first round in a stunning early setback.

Friedrich Merz, 69, a conservative stalwart and longtime rival of Angela Merkel, was elected Germany’s 10th postwar chancellor on Tuesday after a dramatic two-round parliamentary vote. His ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called for a renewed partnership with France to help Europe confront its “enormous” security and economic challenges. At a joint news conference with ...

Euronews takes a look through the top 10 photos of the day, during which CDU leader Friedrich Merz both lost and then won enough votes to be elected as German chancellor. It has been a roller ...

Friedrich Merz has become Germany's new chancellor after winning a second vote in the country's parliament. He unexpectedly failed in the first parliamentary ballot on Tuesday morning - the first ...

Jim Tankersley Christopher F. Schuetze Melissa Eddy and Clay Risen Friedrich Merz won a second-chance vote to become Germany’s chancellor on Tuesday afternoon, rebounding from a morning defeat ...

Friedrich Merz was meant to be riding to Europe’s rescue. Instead, he has fallen flat on his face. The chancellor-in-waiting was forced to stay in waiting, after a humiliating defeat on Tuesday ...

Flushed with near-failure, Friedrich Merz was sworn in as Germany‘s 10th federal chancellor on Tuesday afternoon. Seven hours late, the short ceremony in the Bundestag parliament chamber ended a ...