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Audi Plans $4 Billion Georgia SUV Plant, With Production Years Away

Audi plans a $4 billion Georgia factory with capacity for 200,000 vehicles annually and approximately 4,500 jobs. Company and state timelines place production in the early 2030s, making the announcement a long-term

October 25, 2026

by Amanda Graham

A woman looks at empty supermarket shelves in Naples, Italy, following truckers' protests over fuel prices

Euro Zone Growth Slows to Four-Month Low as France Slides Back Into Contraction

France slipped back into contraction in October and dragged the euro zone composite PMI to 51.9, a four-month low, as energy costs rose and French bond yields topped 5% for the first time since 2002.

October 24, 2026

by Amanda Graham

Delegates at the Christian Social Union party congress in Munich

Merz Tells CSU Germany Needs Economic Reforms ‘Now’, Not Someday

Chancellor Merz told the CSU congress in Munich that Germany's economy is under pressure and reforms

The plenary chamber of the German Bundestag in Berlin, with a speaker at the lectern and politicians seated in blue chairs

Migrant Groups Ask Merz for Minority Shield as AfD Eyes Saxony-Anhalt

Four migrant umbrella groups put an open letter to Chancellor Merz on Monday asking for a federal commission, a hardship clause and a protection fund before the AfD can share power in

October 19, 2026

Government and Politics·News

A white Antonov An-124-100M cargo aircraft with blue and yellow livery parked on the apron at Leipzig/Halle Airport beside a windsock

Police Find Breached Fence at Leipzig Airport, but No Car and No Driver

Police at Leipzig/Halle Airport say a car very probably drove through the perimeter fence on Saturday night, but the search found no vehicle and no one on the grounds. The north runway

October 18, 2026

Government and Politics·News

A French Rafale fighter on the apron at Pau-Pyrenees airport under a break in the clouds, with two armed soldiers walking past

France to Build Rafale Successor Alone, Racing a Nuclear Deadline

France will build the successor to its Rafale fighter as a national program, the head of its Air and Space Force told lawmakers on Wednesday, with a 2040 flying date set by

October 16, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

HypoVereinsbank headquarters tower in Munich at dusk, the German unit of UniCredit

ECB Clears UniCredit to Control Commerzbank, Leaving Berlin to Bargain

The European Central Bank has authorised UniCredit to exceed 30 percent of Commerzbank with no upper limit, UniCredit said on Thursday. The decision moves the fight with Berlin from whether UniCredit may

October 15, 2026

Economy·Government and Politics·News

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaking at a lectern in front of Warsaw Security Forum banners

Poland Blames Russia for Starlink Station Fire, but Names No Handler

Poland says two Turkish citizens detained in Germany set fire to a Starlink ground station near Warsaw, and its ministers blame Russian services. No handler, payment or contact with a Russian official

October 13, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·News

Frankfurt Airport terminal with aircraft on tarmac, site of Germany's deadliest airport malaria cluster

Mosquitoes Off Planes Are Killing Germans Who Never Left Home

Three deaths and eight infections at and near Frankfurt Airport have exposed a rarely-discussed pathway for tropical disease: mosquitoes boarding flights in endemic regions and surviving to non-endemic cities. The Schwanheim cluster

September 25, 2026

Health·News

UN Security Council session on Iran ceasefire with Germany abstaining from France and UK resolution

Germany Broke With France and the UK at the UN. It Is Not a Small Thing.

Germany abstained from the Western counter-resolution on Iran at the UN Security Council on September 24, breaking with France and the United Kingdom on a major Iran vote for the first time

September 25, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Europe Reopens the File on Nazi-Looted Art

Somewhere in a climate-controlled storage room in central Europe, a small oil landscape sits unclaimed, its provenance a puzzle of blank spaces and missing signatures. Paintings like it are at the center

September 23, 2026

Arts·Features·News

Berlin polling station Die Linke CDU Germany state election September 2026

Die Linke Seizes Berlin as CDU Falls Below Threshold: Merz Calls It a Disaster

Die Linke won 25.7 percent of the vote in Berlin on Sunday, its best result since reunification, as Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU fell below the five-percent threshold in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Merz called the

September 21, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Voters and AfD supporters in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ahead of Germany state election September 2026

AfD Eyes Second State Win in a Month as Germany Votes in Mecklenburg and Berlin

Germany's far-right AfD tests whether its historic Saxony-Anhalt win was a ceiling or a floor. Voters in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin vote Saturday in races that will determine whether Manuela Schwesig's SPD can

September 20, 2026

Government and Politics·News

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Audi Plans $4 Billion Georgia SUV Plant, With Production Years Away

Euro Zone Growth Slows to Four-Month Low as France Slides Back Into Contraction

Migrant Groups Ask Merz for Minority Shield as AfD Eyes Saxony-Anhalt

Police Find Breached Fence at Leipzig Airport, but No Car and No Driver

France to Build Rafale Successor Alone, Racing a Nuclear Deadline

ECB Clears UniCredit to Control Commerzbank, Leaving Berlin to Bargain

Poland Blames Russia for Starlink Station Fire, but Names No Handler

Mosquitoes Off Planes Are Killing Germans Who Never Left Home

Germany Broke With France and the UK at the UN. It Is Not a Small Thing.

Europe Reopens the File on Nazi-Looted Art

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