Israel to close British consulate in Jerusalem - Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar

 

Israel also intends to evict British representatives from the headquarters in Kiryat Gat and halt British participation in training Palestinian Authority forces in Ramallah, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar announced.

Russia retaliates against Germany with closure of St. Petersburg Consulate and Goethe-Institut

In a tit-for-tat move, Russia on Monday announced retaliatory measures against the German Consulate General in St. Petersburg and Germany’s Goethe-Institut centers in Russia.

Merz acknowledges his party suffered 'dramatic defeat' in Saxony-Anhalt election results

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has acknowledged that the Christian Democrat Union (CDU) suffered a "dramatic defeat’ in the regional election in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, Bild reported.

Germany's far-right AfD set for record win 44.4% in Saxony-Anhalt vote

Germany’s far-right AfD is set to win Sunday’s state election in Saxony-Anhalt with a record 44.4% of the vote, early projections showed, as Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s conservative Christian Democrats slumped to a historic low of 18.4%.

For the first time in recorded history, in 2025 the global population of people over the age of 65 surpassed that of children aged 0 to 5

This milestone was reached sooner than many demographers had predicted, as declining birth rates accelerate population aging: