Day: February 22, 2025

Polls have opened in Germany’s parliamentary election that was brought forward by the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’ ruling coalition in November. The conservative CDU/CSU leads in opinion polls. DW has the latest.

Kash Patel was on Friday sworn in as the ninth director of the federal bureau of investigation, after the US Senate confirmed his status with a close vote.

In a haphazard mass email, Musk and DOGE asked federal employees to tell them what they did last week. It’s another big mess.

Kash Patel, sworn in as FBI director, is the first Indian-American in this role. He has instructed his team to ignore Elon Musk’s inquiries, asserting the FBI’s independence in conducting internal reviews

The seventh hostage-prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas has been delayed due to the terrorists’ “humiliating” treatment of hostages, according to Prime Minister Netanyahu.

The Vatican announces Saturday that Pope Francis, already hospitalized, was in critical condition following additional health complications.