Kristallnacht’ 88th anniversary: Merz says Germany faces historic test over antisemitism

It has been 88 years since “Kristallnacht”, the “Night of Broken Glass” in Europe, a violent pogrom against the Jewish population across Nazi Germany and Austria, marking a critical escalation toward the Holocaust. Friedrich Merz, Federal Chancellor of Germany, said…

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French students vow to keep up protest pressure for better learning conditions

France has been buffeted for months by street protests. They began in September ​with students ‌demanding the renovation of school buildings, more teachers and ⁠university reforms but then turned into broader cost-of-living protests, drawing in trade unions and political activists,…

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