Musk tested the boundaries of foreign election interference, hosting AfD co-leader Alice Weidel for a livestream interview on ...

U.S. tech billionaire Elon Musk livestreamed a chat with German far-right leader Alice Weidel on his social media platform X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday. On a livestream that peaked at over ...

Alice Weidel, co-leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany. Photo: JENS SCHLUETE/AFP. As someone born in West Germany who is openly gay and has a non-German partner, Alice Weidel is in ...

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The far-right was left unimpressed by Elon Musk’s much-hyped conversation with the leader of the Alternative for Germany party (AfD), viewing the disorganized and awkward chat as a missed ...

Tino Chrupalla, AfD's (Alternative for Germany) national chairman and parliamentary group leader, and Alice Weidel, AfD national chairwoman, stand on stage at the AfD's national party conference ...

The meandering conversation may not have helped Alice Weidel as much as she hoped, say pundits. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the conversation between Elon Musk and Alternative for Germany (AfD ...

Elon Musk defied a chorus of international criticism and jumped into Germany’s election with both boots, telling an online audience that far-right leader Alice Weidel was “the leading candidate” to ...

Musk, who worked last year to help reelect Donald Trump in the United States, told Alice Weidel, a co-leader of the Alternative for Germany party and its candidate for chancellor, that he was ...

Riesa (Germany) (AFP) – As someone born in West Germany who is openly gay and has a non-German partner, Alice Weidel is in some ways a surprising choice as the far-right AfD's candidate for ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Alice Weidel could not have hoped for a better backdrop to her coronation as the candidate for chancellor ...