Elon Musk speaks out again in favor of the far-right in the UK

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Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and a close advisor to President-elect Donald Trump.

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I spent 3 days in Germany's famous Black Forest. Here are 4 things I did right — and 2 I wish I'd known before I went.

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Author Timothy Moore and his husband smiling on hike in Germany
Germany's Black Forest is famous for supposedly inspiring many famous fairy-tales.

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Elon Musk sparks backlash in Germany after calling the chancellor an 'incompetent fool' and backing the far-right AfD party

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I rented a castle in Europe with my family. Our trip cost $151 a person per night, which felt affordable for what we got.

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My family stayed in a castle during our epic multigenerational trip.

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Leaked memo: Amazon says staff in Germany can apply to work from home 2 days a week amid RTO push

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Amazon has a global return-to-office mandate that takes effect from January.

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Germany banned Russian gas from its ports, the latest move to isolate Putin's energy industry: report

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A view of ships coming into Deutsche Energy Terminal's Brunsbüttel port in Germany.
Germany is believed to have ordered its state-controlled gas terminals to reject Russian gas shipments.

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Ford is slashing hours for some German factory employees amid lower EV demand

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The logo of US car manufacturer Ford is pictured on the facade of the Ford plant in Cologne, western Germany.
The logo of US car manufacturer Ford is pictured on the facade of the Ford plant in Cologne, western Germany.

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Volkswagen mulls closing factories in Germany for the first time and cutting thousands of jobs to reduce costs

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Volkswagen is under intense pressure to cut costs.
Volkswagen issued its second profit warning in three months in September.

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My family moved from California to Germany. I expected we'd travel throughout Europe with the kids, but I realized no one was enjoying it.

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The author moved from California to Germany with her family.

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America is entering a new 'economic supercycle'

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No one's going to sound an alarm, blast out a text message, or shoot you an email about it, but the US economy is undergoing a historic shift. We are leaving one long period of expansion — what economists refer to as a "supercycle" — and entering a very different one.

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