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Hungary's Turning Point: Orban Ousted After Historic Vote

The end of the Orban era began with a simple Facebook post on a blue background at 9:11 p.m. CET on Sunday evening. The message, posted by Hungary's opposition leader Peter Magyar, was concise and to the point: "Prime Minister Viktor Orban just congratulated me on the phone on our victory."

Buchenwald Memorial: Survivors, Politics and the Duty to Remember

At Sunday's memorial service, actor and author Hape Kerkeling spoke about his grandfather, Hermann Kerkeling, a survivor of the Holocaust. "He was not a man of many words, but a man of action. A carpenter from Recklinghausen who knew how to get things done," Kerkeling recalled.

Merz cuts fuel tax to curb rising pump prices

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How the Dutch 'Vote for a Woman' Campaign Worked

Fatuma Muhumed is glowing as she arrives for an interview with DW just hours before her inauguration as a local councilor in the Dutch municipality of Apeldoorn — her first political office, on top of her job as a lawyer.

Fertilizer Shortfall and How Farmers Are Adapting

Choked off shipping in the Strait of Hormuz isn't just grinding oil tankers to a halt. The Iran war is creating a one-two punch for the world's fertilizer supply, blocking both the export and one of its critical ingredients from leaving the Persian Gulf.

Home Solar and Batteries Cut Household Energy Costs

About $150 (€130) is what Brian McGowan says he spent on power last year in his home in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. And since installing additional solar panels in the fall, he expects his bill to be even lower this year.

Alien's Labor Lesson: Monopsony and Rising Inequality

This article first appeared in the Planet Money newsletter. You can sign up here . OK, hear me out. I'm about to get into a new book with a provocative argument about why income inequality has exploded in America and how to fight it.

Judge Pauses Nexstar-Tegna Merger Amid Antitrust Fight

Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr, right, shown in a photo with Acting U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division Omeed Assefi. Carr posted the photo just three days after both government agencies green-lit local TV giant Nexstar's $6.2 billion deal to acquire rival Tegna.