Former Salvadoran president, Mauricio Funes, died late on Tuesday in Nicaragua, where the leftist leader had been living since 2016 to avoid corruption charges in his home country. He was 65.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz offered only an indirect answer when asked about tech billionaire Elon Musk during an appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday. Musk, who had previously weighed in on German politics to endorse and promote the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD),

Elon Musk caused a stir on X by calling German Chancellor Olaf Scholz 'oaf Schitz' after Scholz criticized extreme right positions in Europe.

German and French leaders Olaf Scholz and Emmanual Macron will hold bilateral talks. Topics are likely to include the new Trump administration, war in Ukraine and the conflict in the Middle East.

French President Emmanuel Macron will meet German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on the anniversary of the Elysee Treaty, signed between the two nations on 1963. Meanwhile, Yoon Suk Yeol is likely to appear before South Korea’s parliamentary special committee.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday said Europe "will not duck and hide" from the incoming US administration, as he visited Paris for key talks with French President Emmanuel Macron. Ahead of the meeting,