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UK could contribute to nuclear shield if Trump wins, suggests German minister

Comments draw Britain into debate about European security without US providing bulk of Nato’s nuclear deterrent

The Guardian - UK

Germany coalition government reaches consensus on cannabis legalization legislation

Germany is on the path to legalize cannabis for personal use after the Traffic Light Coalition reached an agreement on the proposed legislation.

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Even Olaf Scholz is admitting Germany’s govt is in trouble

Olaf Scholz is not known for expressions of self-doubt. So a nation took notice when the German chancellor voiced, for the first time, that things weren’t going to plan.

The Times of India

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AfD In Vote Setback After Huge Protest Wave In Germany

The far-right AfD party suffered a narrow electoral defeat on Sunday after huge protests swept across Germany against the anti-immigration group over revelations of debates about mass expulsions of immigrants.

International Business Times

Europe is marching to the right. Can Keir Starmer carry the centre-left torch?

If he wins the election, the Labour leader will find himself a beacon of hope for progressives

The Guardian - UK

Why is Germany’s economy struggling – and can the government fix it?

As railway staff, lorry drivers, farmers and others threaten to strike, we examine the challenges the country faces

The Guardian - UK

German Coalition Reaches Deal To End Budget Crisis

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's coalition has reached a last-minute deal to end a budget deadlock, an official source said Wednesday, after a constitutional court ruling upended its spending plans and plunged it into a crisis.

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‘Alone you are weak’: top German politician calls for closer links between UK and EU

Martin Schulz, former leader of Germany’s ruling SPD, says the Brexit divide is harming efforts to solve international crises

The Guardian - UK

Fear and anger rise in Germany over handling of budget crisis

Der Spiegel accuses Scholz of ‘leading country into chaos’ as MPs scramble to plug €60bn shortfall

The Guardian - UK

Calls grow in Europe for wealth tax to finance the green transition

Slowly but surely, calls for a wealth tax to finance the green transition are picking up in Europe, with a number of initiatives from different political movements put the issue (back) on the political agenda.

The Conversation

Far-right AfD makes unprecedented election gains in west Germany, worrying national government

Germany’s governing three-party coalition under Olaf Scholz has already had a difficult time this year. But things just got significantly worse with recent state elections in Hesse and Bavaria, two of the country’s most prosperous states.

The Conversation

Far-right AfD says it is now ‘major all-German party’ after state elections

Alternative für Deutschland comes second in Hesse and third in Bavaria as support spreads from east of country

The Guardian - UK

The man who played a key role in the first sounding rocket launch at Thumba

The Hindu

Seattle officer recorded joking about woman's death, saying 'she had limited value'

In bodycam footage, the officer is heard making callous remarks about a woman who died after being hit by a police cruiser. He reportedly told investigators he was mocking what city lawyers might say.

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Tribune News Service

Germans aren’t buying Scholz’s plan to keep them safe and rich

Chancellor Olaf Scholz is struggling to persuade Germans he can handle the litany of troubles looming over the country he has led since 2021.

The Conversation

Germany’s far-right AfD makes key political gains as Olaf Scholz's governing coalition wobbles

Opinion polls and local election results currently make unhappy reading for Germany’s government. In fact, the consistently strong performance of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in Europe’s largest member state (and arguably the member state with the best reasons to ward off a far-right challenge) is worrying for everyone.

Tribune News Service

Fatal shooting draws focus on Seattle's illegal market for stolen guns

SEATTLE — Two years and roughly 40 miles separate the theft of a Smith & Wesson handgun and its use in an unprovoked Belltown neighborhood shooting that killed a pregnant woman and injured her husband as they sat in their car, waiting for a red light to change.

Tribune News Service

Seattle police rated as 'fair' or 'poor' by most residents, poll finds

Fewer than 40% of Seattle residents believe the Seattle Police Department is doing a good or excellent job preventing crime and protecting citizens, with a majority concluding the SPD's performance should be rated "fair" or "poor," according to a new poll.

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Al Jazeera

What far-right AfD’s district election win means for Germany

Alternative for Germany’s victory leads to outpouring of despair and recrimination from other parties and civil groups.

The Guardian - UK

Why did it take a murderous war on Ukraine for Germany to wake up to the threat from Russia?

The invasion has plunged Germany into an agonised debate about its history – this process is only just beginning, writes historian Helene von Bismarck

Reason

Seattle Ordinance That Forbids, Among Other Things, Chalking Is Likely Unconstitutional

From Tucson v. City of Seattle, decided Tuesday by Judge Marsha Pechman (W.D. Wash.): On January 1, 2021, Plaintiffs wrote political messages, some of which were critical of the Seattle Police Department (SPD), in sidewalk chalk and charcoal on "eco-block" walls that were temporarily erected by the City outside of…

Tribune News Service

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All 5 of the Philadelphia Zoo’s meerkats have died from a mystery toxin

Tribune News Service

German far-right party overtakes Chancellor Scholz’s Social Democrats in poll

The far-right AfD leapfrogged Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats for the first time to rank as Germany’s no. 2 party in a poll for broadcaster RTL.

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Shimano Saint PD-M821 review – flagship trail SPD with gravity DNA

Divine gravity/enduro pedal from the original SPD benefactors

Reuters

Scholz's Social Democrats win Bremen state vote, Greens slump

Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democrats won an election on Sunday in Germany's smallest state, Bremen, in a vote that could give a modest lift to the centre-left party which has seen its popularity slide nationally.

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