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Did Elon Musk give a Nazi or Roman salute, and what’s the difference?

Historians say Musk clearly made Nazi salute – but supporter claims he was inspired by Roman greeting adopted by Benito Mussolini

The Guardian - UK

Radio Host Mocks Defenders of Elon Musk 'Nazi Salute': 'Go and Do It in Germany and See What Happens'

Radio host James O'Brien criticized Elon Musk's controversial rally gesture, likened by some to a Nazi salute.

Latin Times

Elon Musk’s gesture has drawn comparisons to Roman salutes by right-wing fans. But, what exactly is one?

The salute became popularized in the 18th and 19th centuries in artworks and theatre performances, showing Romans saluting as a way of greeting each other

The Independent UK

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Elon Musk at Trump’s inauguration: What’s the history of the Nazi salute?

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk comes under fire for making gesture at President Trump rally similar to Nazi salute.

Al Jazeera

Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson finishes 13th in fencing tournament, watch him compete

The Iron Maiden singer faced off against a three-time Olympic medallist and concluded, “He’s not bad.”

Metal Hammer

Germany Urges Trump To Reconsider WHO Withdrawal

Germany urges President Trump to reconsider US withdrawal from WHO, highlighting global health impact and potential risks to lives worldwide.

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Plunging German EV sales hampered Europe's shift to electric vehicles in 2024

EV sales fell by 27.4% in Germany last year as government incentives ended at the end of 2023.

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The Czech Republic's car giant Skoda is defying parent Volkswagen's downturn

Volkswagen-owned Skoda is defying a broader downturn for the German carmaker.

Fortune

Elon Musk believes he got Trump elected. Now he’s coming for Europe

Experts say the EU can wield its digital services rules against election interference – but even that won’t be easy.

Al Jazeera

Austria’s ‘firewall’ against the far right collapsed. Could the unthinkable happen in Germany too?

Events in Vienna are forcing Germany’s bickering mainstream parties to rally together. But the AfD could yet outflank the centre

The Guardian - UK

The Bauhaus School May Have Been Short-Lived, but Its Influence on Design Has Endured — Our Editor Explores Why

The Bauhaus design movement may have been a short lived period, but it is still informing how we think about architecture and décor today

Livingetc

From My 'Commonplace Book,' No. 9: Thomas Mann, Richard Wagner, and Adolf Hitler

There's nothing like a look back at Germany in the 1930s to help us appreciate that things are not as bad as they could be

Reason

Job Cuts Report Worries Employees At Germany's Commerzbank

Suggestions that German lender Commerzbank was considering cutting thousands of jobs as it fights off an unwanted advance from Italy's UniCredit had unsettled employees, a senior trade union official said Monday.

International Business Times

UK ‘second most attractive country for investment’, survey finds

The survey of chief executives, published ahead of the World Economic Forum, follows an upgraded growth forecast from the IMF

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Evening Standard

Global top bosses rank UK as second most attractive country for investment

PwC’s annual CEO survey cheers ‘vote of confidence in the UK’ as UK surpasses Germany, China and India.

The Independent UK

UK given business ‘vote of confidence’ after ranking second-most attractive nation to invest in

The wide-ranging survey revealed a ‘vote of confidence in the UK’ as it placed above China and India

LiveScience

Bad Dürrenberg headdress: An elaborate 9,000-year-old headpiece worn by a female shaman in Europe

A lavish 9,000-year-old grave in central Germany revealed the burial of a powerful female shaman.

The Guardian - UK

Germany is gripped by election fever … but Trump is pulling the strings

The machinations of Elon Musk and the incoming US president loom large in the minds of politicians and voters

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International Business Times

At VW Home Base, Germany's Scholz Vows To Revive Economy

Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday laid out his vision to secure the future of Germany's ailing economy at a campaign event in the historic home base of the crisis-hit auto titan Volkswagen.

The Independent UK

How an €83m inheritance feud with Germany’s playboy prince could tear apart Otto von Bismarck’s dynasty

A bitter inheritance feud is plunging the Bismarck dynasty into scandal, exposing decades of grudges and tarnishing a once-revered legacy

Advnture

Why did a decorated female ski jumper receive toiletries and towels as a prize while her male counterpart got thousands of euros?

Selina Freitag won a qualifying round at a ski jumping tour in Germany and received cosmetics as a prize

Evening Standard

Reeves receives rare boost as IMF upgrades UK growth forecasts

UK output now expected to advance by 1.6% in 2025, well ahead of France and Germany

The Independent UK

Germany's leader says Musk's support for European far-right is 'completely unacceptable'

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Elon Musk’s support for the far-right in Europe is “completely unacceptable.”

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk knows little about UK and Germany and should not interfere – poll

Exclusive: Majority polled by YouGov viewed billionaire negatively – except among Reform UK and AfD voters

InsideEVs

Volkswagen Is Closing Factories. China's EV Makers Want Them

German automakers are looking to the sky right now. But it's not drones over New Jersey that the Deutsch are worried about, it's Chinese electric vehicle makers circling over their European plants like vultures, ready to sink their teeth into idled plants while the machinery is still warm.

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