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Magnus Carlsen hated homework and blossomed when he no longer had to go to school. Today, he plays chess according to a new set of rules and is engaged in an ongoing battle with the World Chess Federation. What is driving him?

My transgender daughter is getting the care she needs here in Berlin. But she is no longer able to travel to her second home in the U.S. to visit family and friends. In Donald Trump's America, the transgender community is under attack. And the consequences could be devastating.

Fifty years after the end of the war, a group of U.S. veterans spent two weeks traveling through Vietnam by bus. They once came as soldiers. Now, they are searching for forgiveness.

Germans in need of new kidneys are heading to Kenya to buy one. The donors are frequently suffering from bitter poverty. Behind the scheme is an Israeli whom the authorities have been after for years.

By the time Germany's next elections roll around, the right-wing Alternative for Germany party hopes to be the country's strongest political power. Voter frustration is helping, but does the party actually have a plan?