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Friedrich Merz’s centre‑right CDU approaches a regional ballot on Sunday, the first of several contests this year in which it seeks to curb the advance of the far‑right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD). Electors will cast their votes in Baden‑Württemberg, a wealthy centre of Germany’s automobile

The season has only just started, yet Ayia Napa is already feeling the rhythm. Visitors are slowly returning, taking in the island resort’s sunsets, restaurants and sea‑view promenades. Along the waterfront, Vassilis Georgiou is supervising the erection of a new ramp for the jet‑ski fleet that forms

Since 1918, the clocks in Creston, a community in eastern British Columbia, have run an hour ahead of neighboring towns for half the year. For the remaining six months they fell back into alignment—not because the town altered them, but because its neighbours switched back and forth with daylight‑

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that he had spoken with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman about developments in Iran and the broader Middle East, and reiterated Kyiv’s willingness to assist with Iranian drones. “Ukraine has been confronting Iranian‑designed ‘Shaheds’ for years, and it is widely

On Sunday, relatives of the passengers and crew of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 appealed to the Malaysian authorities to prolong the agreement with deep‑sea contractor Ocean Infinity, allowing the hunt for the missing aircraft to go on. The Boeing 777, transporting 227 passengers and 12 crew members, disappeared on

In a concealed and undisclosed site in western Ukraine, British and Ukrainian engineers work together to repair damaged military equipment, crawling beneath the chassis of artillery pieces and dismantling the interiors of British‑donated howitzers. Until now, the existence of this workshop, along with three comparable locations inside Ukraine, has