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Germany’s leader under huge pressure as far-right AfD gains steam, but could he be forced out?

nglobix@gmail.com7 days ago07 mins

Berlin — German leader Friedrich Merz’s position is under threat as the far-right surges in popularity and support for his own center-right party tanks. The situation is so serious that he canceled a planned trip to New York next week to represent his country at the United Nations General Assembly. Merz, a conservative, is facing tremendous…

Afghanistan’s gold rush upends lives, landscapes in northeastern Badakhshan province – World

nglobix@gmail.com2 months ago06 mins

Dozens of excavators operate day and night to extract gold from the mountains where villagers and their livestock once roamed. In Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province, dozens of excavators operate day and night to extract gold from the mountains where villagers and their livestock once roamed. Thousands of miners are deployed across the Shiwa area, about…