Germany has the world's third-largest economy, but is struggling to kickstart growth. It's one of the issues facing voters in Sunday's elections.

One float in the Düsseldorf Shrove Monday parade showed the US president making a ‘Hitler-Stalin-Pact 2.0’ with Putin while crushing Ukraine.

Vladimir Solovyov, a Russian state TV host and key ally to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Moscow could "erase" Germany "off the face of the earth" during a recent broadcast. Newsweek reached out to the German embassy for comment via email on Thursday.

Ukraine marks three years since Russia's invasion began while U.S. President Donald Trump, in between tariff threats, pushes for a ceasefire, Germany faces coalition talks after an election, and investor faith in AI poster-child Nvidia gets a reality check.

In initial exit polls, the conservative right party in Germany has taken the lead in the country’s election. Former Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes shares his concerns as the far-right German party looks to have achieved significant backing and comments on President Trump’s rare earth mineral deal with Ukraine.

And despite decades of integration under the European Union, who speaks for Europe – or what the bloc desires to be – is perhaps less clear now than at any point in recent years. Internal cleavages over immigration,

The leadup to the election saw malicious attempts to sway the vote in favor of the far-right party AfD, including online disinformation campaigns. There was some use of AI to amplify messaging too. Though the party did gain significantly,

A carnival float depicts Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hitting a love hammer on Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at the presentation of this year’s satirical carnival floats for the Rose Monday Parade in Cologne,

President Donald Trump, right, meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 7, 2017, at the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany.

Sunday's election comes as Germany and the rest of Europe grapple with the new Trump administration, the Russia-Ukraine war and security across the continent. Election workers in Munich are preparing to count postal votes by spreading pink envelopes on a big table.

Germany's energy independence from Moscow is crucial and it is not in talks with Russia over a "possible pipeline-based supply of Russian gas" via the partly damaged Nord Stream 2 pipeline, the economy ministry said on Monday.

Protesters marched through Berlin on Monday to demand Germany stand by Ukraine on the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion, a day after Germans voted in elections in which support