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Germany's anti-immigration AfD party is eyeing another election triumph on Sunday in a northeastern coastal state where the popular premier is campaigning on a promise to hold back a rising far-right tide.
BERLIN
GEOPOLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen raised the prospect on Wednesday of Canada becoming the 27-nation bloc's first "associate member', as she pitched closer cooperation on tech, defence and energy to Canadian leader Mark Carney.
UKRAINE
DIGITAL COMMUNITIES AND ONLINE PLATFORMS
The European Union will ban social media for children under 13 and allow only limited, supervised access until the age of 15 under plans unveiled Wednesday by EU chief Ursula von der Leyen.
FRANCEDENMARK
CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
A new nationwide education ranking has once again put Saxony top of the class and Bremen at the bottom. The study also warns that educational standards are slipping across all 16 German states.
SAXONYBREMEN
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz plans an executive committee meeting of his centre-right CDU on Sunday, straight after two state elections are held, to seek assurances he has his party's continued support.
BERLINRUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM