Friedrich Merz, the 69-year-old veteran German politician with a hardline stance on migration and an expensive aviation hobby ...

Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU), introduced a nonbinding motion in the ...

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

The standout essays in Megan Marshall’s “After Lives” recall her troubled father and the fate of a high school classmate.

As the two frontrunners in Germany’s general election prepare to go head to head in the first televised debate, the former chancellor’s intervention is a sign of the concern within the political ...

If anything unites the parties in Germany’s election campaign, it is running away from the former chancellor, whose legacy ...

Michelle Obama was celebrated, for her impressively affordable fashion as a first lady but she's donned some eye-wateringly ...

As he prepares to turn 70 later this year, Microsoft founder Bill Gates' new memoir explores how his childhood quirks, upbringing, friendships and experiences coalesced into shaping his internal ...

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has agreed to allow massive above-inflation council tax hikes for local authorities across the country. Most councils will be allowed to increase the tax paid ...

Alan Titchmarsh was joined by a star-studded cast on Sunday's Love Your Weekend, with Angela Rippon and Gary Kemp among the guests. In the episode, 75 year old Alan had the opportunity to chat ...