The publicity was a potential boon for AfD, which has been frozen out of mainstream politics, in part, because its leaders have downplayed Nazi atrocities.

Elon Musk is being investigated in Europe amid concerns the billionaire's influence, for instance through his posts on X, constitutes an "interference" in upcoming elections. Newsweek has contacted Musk via the press office of X, the social media platform he owns, formerly known as Twitter, for comment via email.

BERLIN — Roughly 200,000 users logged onto the social media platform X on Thursday to listen to the world's richest man court Alice Weidel, the chancellor candidate for the far-right Alternative for Germany party. Elon Musk's recent endorsement of the ...

Billionaire Elon Musk hosted a live, English-language interview with Alice Weidel, the chancellor candidate for Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, ahead of the country’s ...

But not all of the leading conservative populist parties in the world are the same — in rhetoric or on policy.

Musk has been criticised for making two Nazi-like gestures at President Donald Trump's inauguration. His ex-partner, the singer Grimes, has distanced herself from him, while Musk has defended himself in a typically disgraceful way.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to reiterate Washington's support for its ally, and the two also discussed Iran and Israeli hostages in Gaza, the State Department said.

For those unversed, the trans-Atlantic tunnel is proposed to be built under the sea between New York and London.

The U.S. president-elect lays down a clear ideological marker with his unusual invitees from across the globe.

China said Friday that President Xi Jinping would send Vice President Han Zheng to attend the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump, vowing to 'enhance dialogue' with the new administration.

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