The country’s likely next chancellor wanted to focus on the economy—before suddenly betting everything on culture war.

A gesture associated with the Nazis has a surprising history. But in Germany, there was little doubt about its meaning.

Flags at the U.S. Capitol and in multiple states, including Ohio, will now be flown at full-staff on Inauguration Day, despite a nationwide mandate for flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of ...

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom will temporarily raise the American Flag at the state Capitol to full height on Inauguration Day next week, joining a handful of GOP governors and ...

(AP) — Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom will join Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and some GOP governors around the country in directing U.S. flags be raised to full height on ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Olaf Scholz became German chancellor with a pledge to modernise and jolt Europe’s largest economy from ...

Several Republican governors across the U.S. are ordering state flags, which are currently being flown at half-staff following President Jimmy Carter’s death, to be raised to acknowledge Preside ...

GOP governors of at least eight states ordered flags to be flown at full-staff on President-elect Trump’s Inauguration Day, bucking tradition by raising flags before the end of a customary 30 ...

Germany’s economy, the largest in Europe, contracted for the second year in a row in 2024, official data showed Wednesday, underscoring the challenges facing the region as it tries to get ...

Photo: Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters House Speaker Mike Johnson ordered flags at the U.S. Capitol to fly at full-staff during Donald Trump’s inauguration after the president-elect complained about ...

Flags at federal and state government agencies across the nation are flying at half-staff, and were set to return to full on Jan. 29. This may not be the case in some states. After the death of a ...

Following the death of former President Jimmy Carter, President Joe Biden issued an order to fly American flags at half-staff for 30 days. But those 30 days include Inauguration Day, when ...