Jens Spahn, a top leader of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s party, resigned his post after announcing having had a baby by surrogate, which is illegal in Germany.

Sunday’s World Cup final will highlight the transition at the pinnacle of soccer from Argentine veteran Lionel Messi to Spanish prodigy Lamine Yamal.

Andy Burnham has pledged to run a Labour government without infighting and factional politics as he preps to become prime minister Monday.

Israeli strikes in Gaza City on Saturday killed at least nine Palestinians, including three children, hospital officials said.

Opponents of the rapid buildout of data centers plan to ​hold protests on Saturday in at least 125 locations across the United States, the first coordinated national effort to channel anger at ‌the AI infrastructure expansion that has ramped up over the past year and roiled local politics.

Ukrainian prosecutors have released video of a bombing in Monaco that seriously injured tycoon Vadym Yermolaiev and his family. The attack on June 30 shocked the wealthy principality. The

Hungarian President Tamas Sulyok signed a constitutional amendment ending his presidency, capping Prime Minister Péter Magyar’s rapid effort to dismantle key pillars of the Viktor Orban era.

Police said activist Sonam Wangchuk was taken to hospital after his health worsened during the hunger strike, and that a brief commotion occurred when some protesters tried to block the move.