Comment: Christian Democratic Union leader Friedrich Merz risking a joint parliamentary vote with the far-right AfD was not a move to enable them. Indeed, his actions were designed to avoid further ...

Cirque du Soleil “Crystal” members practice Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, at PPL Center in Allentown. Performances continue through Sunday, Feb. 2.

The role of a student-athlete takes on many forms. Few know this better than Palmerton brother and sister pair Josh and ...

He held the ceremonial post of German president after a finance-focused career. Shortly into his second term, he became the ...

Angela Merkel has praised Horst Koehler for his ... the IMF before becoming Germany’s president in 2004 Credit: Getty Images North America But in May the following year he stunned the country ...

(Sharon Merkel/Special to The Morning Call) The former Brass Rail Restaurant on Lehigh Street in Allentown is demolished Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. The restaurant, which closed in 2022 after 91 ...

Frontrunner in bid to become chancellor criticised for relying on AfD to pass parliamentary motion on migration laws ...

Alternative for Germany appears to be heading for its strongest national election result yet this month and is fielding its ...

Merkel has revealed in her new memoirs the sexism she faced during her time as Germany 's chancellor - including how a photographer once lay on the floor under a table trying to take photos of her ...

Merkel, a longtime CDU party rival of Merz who ... said he had no choice. “The pictures that we may see of cheering AfD members will be unbearable,” he said to jeers and shouts from other ...

Omar El Akkad sees a future in which western intelligentsias will whitewash their past complaisance, but Pankaj Mishra is in ...