BERLIN (AP) — Conservative leader Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in becoming Germany’s next chancellor, drawing applause ...

Friedrich Merz clinches German chancellorship in a second-round vote, overcoming a historic first-ballot setback.

Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours ...

The win — on his second try — paves the way for him to take charge of Europe’s biggest economy but with his authority ...

President Xi Jinping congratulated Friedrich Merz on Tuesday after he was elected chancellor by the German parliament. Xinhua ...

Merz had been working to project strength and purpose but instead became mired in political intrigue and division.

Across Europe, in forests, fields and beneath old farmland, the remains of German soldiers are still being found, exhumed and ...