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This Day in History 1942: Gestapo Arrest American Mildred Fish-Harnack
33+ min ago (273+ words) On this day, as we watch Elon Musk celebrate his work to push the AfD party into restoring Nazi power over Germany, we remember eighty-four years ago the Gestapo arrived in Preil, an Prussian fishing village, and arrested Mildred Fish-Harnack…...
German far-right party scores regional victory | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (648+ words) MAGDEBURG, Germany -- The far-right Alternative for Germany party surged to a resounding victory in a regional election Sunday, but fell a little short of winning a majority in its quest to form the country's first far-right state government since World…...
Germany's far-right achieves an electoral breakthrough in key state election
22+ min ago (758+ words) AfD supporters celebrate with a sign featuring top candidate Ulrich Siegmund after the first results of the Saxony-Anhalt state election at the party's election night gathering in Magdeburg, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. Matthias Schrader/AP hide caption BERLIN — Germany's populist, far-right…...
German far-right AfD wins by a landslide in Saxony-Anhalt but falls short of majority
6+ hour, 45+ min ago (537+ words) The German far-right party AfD has taken a commanding lead in Sunday's Saxony-Anhalt vote, but could not secure enough seats to form a majority. Final results showed AfD receiving 43.8% of the vote, more than double its showing five years ago…...
Serbia Ratko Mladic Funeral
3+ hour ago (141+ words) Goshen News People line up to pay their respects as Serbian war veterans stand around the coffin of the former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, who died last week while serving a life sentence for genocide and other atrocities…...
Thousands of citizens in front of the church where the coffin with the body of Ratko Mladić is on display
7+ hour, 19+ min ago (358+ words) The young man will be buried today at the Topčider Cemetery, after a service in the Church of the Holy Apostle Luke in Košutnjak. Thousands of citizens gathered this morning in front of the Church of Saint Luke in the…...
Germany Election 2026: Elon Musk Congratulates Germany’s Far-Right AfD on Saxony-Anhalt Election Victory, Draws Offer of Cooperation
47+ min ago (454+ words) US tech billionaire Elon Musk congratulated Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, on its record-breaking win in Sunday’s Saxony-Anhalt state election, and was swiftly offered a direct cooperation deal by the party’s lead candidate in response. “Well done!” Musk…...
Today in History: September 7, Panama Canal Treaty signed by President Carter
1+ hour, 26+ min ago (325+ words) Today is Monday, Sept. 7, the 250th day of 2026. There are 115 days left in the year. On Sept. 7, 1977, the Panama Canal Treaty, which called for the U.S. to turn over control of the waterway to Panama at the end of 1999, was signed in…...
Andrew Scott on playing the unsung hero of D-Day | BBC News
1+ hour, 9+ min ago (62+ words) NPP clears 47 aspirants for national executives election Forestry Commission grabs 12 illegal miners in Atewa Forest NPP sets September 9 for balloting ahead of 2026 national executives elections I’ll choose Ghana over $100,000 monthly salary in US – Abeiku Santana Ablakwa inspects Accra Airport VIP…...
'Hero' or 'Butcher of Bosnia': Crowds gather for war criminal Ratko Mladic's funeral in Belgrade
1+ hour, 9+ min ago (703+ words) Crowds began gathering in Belgrade on Monday morning for the funeral of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladic, as Brussels accused some in the country of "glorification" of a man convicted of genocide during the 1990s war in Bosnia. Mladic died in…...