Jim Tankersley

Few problems have been reported so far as voters cast their ballots for president and determine which party will control the House and Senate. Nearly every poll in the seven battleground states says the presidential race is a tossup.

Millions of voters poured into polling stations around the United States on Tuesday as a divisive and chaotic campaign came to an end, and election workers began tabulating the ballots that would decide the 47th president.

America’s economic growth is the envy of its global counterparts. But voters wanted more from the Biden administration — specifically, lower prices.

AMSTERDAM — Amsterdam banned demonstrations under an emergency order over the weekend and mobilized additional police officers after what city officials described as antisemitic attacks on Israeli soccer fans during the week.

BERLIN — Donald Trump's return to the presidency could spell a lonely and dangerous stretch for Europe, which is already mired in economic stagnation and rattled by war on its eastern doorstep.

BERLIN — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Vladimir Putin of Russia spoke by phone for an hour Friday, the first discussion between Putin and a sitting leader of a large Western country since late 2022.

Berlin | The German government collapsed on Monday (Tuesday AEDT) as Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in parliament, deepening a crisis

BERLIN — The German government collapsed Monday as Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in parliament, deepening a crisis of leadership across Europe at a time of mounting economic and security challenges.

Political leaders have shunned the Alternative for Germany. But on his social media platform X, Mr. Musk is pitching the party as mainstream.

Political leaders have shunned the Alternative for Germany. But on his social media platform X, Elon Musk is pitching the party as mainstream.