A lone gunman killed nine people and injured several others at an Austrian high school in the city of Graz, the country's ...

The 69-year-old Merz has long been shooting for the top job in German politics. He joined the CDU when he was still in school, eventually leading the local branch of the party's youth organization.

New chancellor, old constraints: Germany’s Friedrich Merz will have a hard time freeing the country from its self-imposed shackles By Mark I. Vail , Wake Forest University Updated May 18, 2025 ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has caused a stir at home after suggesting that Israel, which launched large-scale attacks on Iran last week, was doing "the dirty work" for the West. The remarks ...

Sitting in the Oval Office, Merz and Trump were discussing the death toll from Russia’s three-year-old war against Ukraine, the bloodiest conflict in Europe since the end of World War II, when the ...

CINCINNATI — A Cleves man has been indicted after allegedly leaving a 2-year-old child with special needs home alone for hours. Joshua Merz, 35, is facing two counts of child endangerment for ...

Merz's conservative views on immigration, his links to U.S. businesses — the chancellor is a former BlackRock executive — "and a profile as an old-school outsider who was underestimated but ...

CLEVES, Ohio (WKRC) — A 35-year-old man from Cleves has been indicted on charges of child endangerment after allegedly locking a 2-year-old special needs child in a bedroom and leaving the child ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Mark I. Vail, Wake Forest University (THE CONVERSATION) Friedrich Merz received a ...