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Ulrich Siegmund, has harnessed his online popularity to come closer to power than any other far-right politician in Germany since the Nazi era ended in 1945.

Kevin Reddington, a veteran trial lawyer, kicked off the defence of his client with an audacious assertion, given his client is Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts nurse who admitted to strangling her children.

The United States and Iran each said on Saturday they had attacked the other’s ships in the region, setting off a new round of retaliatory attacks days after some of the most intense fighting in weeks.

In 77 years of postwar German democracy, no far-right political party has ever won a state election. That streak could end Sunday in the small eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.

THE WASHINGTON POST: Clancy admitted to killing her children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, by strangling them at home in 2023.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The judge in the Lindsay Clancy trial will hold an inquiry regarding what appears to be a single holdout preventing the Massachusetts jury from reaching a unanimous decision.

Hidden passageways and secret rooms — this is how clandestine schools in Afghanistan are defying the Taliban’s rule to continue educating girls beyond primary school.

She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: With Coyote Vs. Acme, a soft-spoken reporter and humorist, has finally gone Hollywood.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Microsoft co-founder said his industry was downplaying the risks, which he believes include mass unemployment and bioterrorism.

Rising interest rates on government bonds influence consumer rates on mortgages, student loans, credit cards and more.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The language we use may change how we cope with real trauma.

Europe’s largest alumina refinery has come under scrutiny after an investigation reported that a large quantity of its products were possibly sold to a company that supplies Russian weapons manufacturers.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The school was destroyed in seconds, and at least one teacher remained missing as of Monday.

At the first Daisy Chain Fields festival, the 23-year-old pop star presented a cross-generational vision of female empowerment.

The mind-bending Apple TV series pushes quantum physics into new world.

After a glacial flood last year, Chinese officials strengthened defences at a border crossing with Nepal. But last week’s ‘cascade of hazards’ overwhelmed them.

Donors, politicians and Jewish leaders questioned the Met’s decision to honor Galliano, a fashion designer who was found guilty of a hate crime for his anti-Semitic outbursts.