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It can seem like a strange coincidence to see children parade through the streets of Germany with lanterns to mark St. Martin's Day on November 11 while, at the same time, colorfully dressed carnival revelers shout "Alaaf" or "Helau." Do these things really go together? In fact, Carnival and St. Martin's Day are two customs that share

British-Hungarian writer David Szalay has been awarded the Booker Prize for fiction for his novel "Flesh," a tortured story of a Hungarian emigre who makes and loses a fortune. The 51-year-old writer beat five other finalists to take the high-profile annual literary award, which honors the best English-language novel published in the United Kingdom or

The United States Supreme Court on Monday refused to revisit its precedent recognizing the constitutional right to same-sex marriage. The court, without comment, rejected a bid by a former Kentucky county official Kim Davis to overturn its 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling, which allows same-sex couples to marry. Davis sought to have the Supreme Court

Last year's UN climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, opened with the country's president, Ilham Aliyev, calling oil — the fossil fuel that, alongside gas and coal, drives global warming — a "gift of God." The opening statements at this year's COP30 climate gathering, held on the edge of the Amazon rainforest in Belem, struck a very

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa met US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, capping an extraordinary period for the 42-year-old rebel-turned-ruler. Little under a year ago, al-Sharaa led Islamist fighters from Syria's northwest in a lightning offensive that toppled Bashar Assad after 14 years of civil war. He was the first Syrian head of state to

US President Donald Trump's team has sent a letter to the BBC threatening to sue the UK-based public broadcaster for $1 billion (€865 million). His lawyers said the broadcaster must retract a controversial documentary by Friday or face a lawsuit for "no less" than $1 billion. The letter follows the resignation of BBC Director General Tim Davie

Skip next section Conflicting reports over Myrnohrad in Ukraine's east in Russia's push for Pokrovsk November 11, 2025 Conflicting reports over Myrnohrad in Ukraine's east in Russia's push for Pokrovsk Ukraine and Russia have given conflicting accounts of fighting around Myrnohrad.  The embattled city is just 6km to the east of Pokrovsk, a key target

The man accused of killing six people by ramming a car into a crowd at a Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg last December said on Monday that he was the one behind the wheel during the incident. Shortly before his trial on 6 counts of murder and 338 counts of attempted murder broke for

"I've been mobilized, I'm heading to Chasiv Yar," says what appears to be a young Ukrainian soldier through floods of tears in the back of a military vehicle. "Help me, I don't want to die. I'm only 23. Please help me." A reverse image search using screenshots reveals that the video has been posted hundreds of times

A Paris appeals court on Monday decided to release former French President Nicolas Sarkozy from prison three weeks into a five-year sentence, and place him under judicial supervision. He left La Sante prison in Paris later Monday afternoon.  Earlier in the day, Sarkozy had described how his imprisonment was a "nightmare" as the appeal court examined his request for his release pending an