It can spot its prey from up to 200 metres away — but unlike many other species, it does not lie in wait in the grass for a victim to come closer. Instead, it runs after it, chasing animals and humans alike.The Hyalomma tick, often called “the great hunting tick”, was previously found mainly in
Only 1.6 million eligible voters are called to choose a new state parliament in Saxony-Anhalt on Sunday. The region between the Elbe River and the Harz Mountains in eastern Germany is outnumbered in population by 10 of Germany’s 16 federal states. Nevertheless, the vote has become a major challenge for the federal government coalition of
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron’s international space summit is not going according to plan. On Friday, the French leader’s office downplayed the last-minute decision by American space giants, including Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin, to skip the event, made under pressure from the White House. The U.S. boycott is only one
Lise Klaveness was calling out Gianni Infantino before it was fashionable. The president of Norway’s football federation has long been a thorn in the side of FIFA’s president, pressing loudly for more transparent governance at the top of world football. Her concerns, which date back to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and the questions
Freddie Mercury’s private life, Oasis 2027 rumours and Måneskin’s return Mary Austin has spoken publicly about her life with Freddie Mercury as the Queen singer would have turned 80 on Saturday 5 September. In the lead-up to what would have been Mercury’s 80th birthday, Austin emerged from her long silence on the publication of Freddie
The Alternative for Germany (AfD) could bring sweeping changes if it were to form a government in Saxony-Anhalt. The far-right party, which is currently well ahead in opinion polls, is hoping to form a single-party government and see its lead candidate, Ulrich Siegmund, become state premier. The Saxony-Anhalt branch of the AfD is classified by
The final stretch of the election campaign in Saxony-Anhalt: among the post-war housing blocks of Halle-Neustadt, the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) has far more at stake than simply winning seats in the state parliament, the Landtag. Sahra Wagenknecht outlines a climate of extreme polarisation in which her party is under attack from both sides. Will
With three state elections taking place in Germany this September, and the AfD’s Saxony-Anhalt branch, which has been classified by the domestic intelligence agency as a “confirmed right-wing” could make history by winning an outright majority.
