Friedrich Merz, Germany’s chancellor, said “there will have to be consequences” after Alternative for Germany ( AfD) secured 44% of the vote in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt.

The numbers speak for themselves: Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), a party that dabbles in Nazi imagery, distinguishes between “biological” and “passport” Germans, and is too extreme even for France...

Protesters carried banners with slogans including 'Fascism is not an alternative' and 'Stop AfD Nazis! End racism and social cuts', while crowds chanted: "All together against fascism".

Team USA survived a scare against Italy at the FIBA Women’s World Cup, but the road to winning their fifth straight gold won't get easier vs. Czechia.

Jackie Young scored 10 points and the U.S. survived its toughest test in the women's basketball World Cup in two decades with a 55-52 victory over Italy on Sunday.

Caitlin Clark and Rhyne Howard had 14 points each in the United States' 33-point win over China to open women's basketball World Cup play.