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The trio of octogenarian nuns gained global fame after fleeing their care home and breaking into their former convent. Now their superior has asked the Vatican to intercede in the dispute.

Octogenarian Sisters Rita, Regina and Bernadette went back to their old convent with local support, and an Instagram following. "People are calling us the rebellious sisters!" Rita says.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

President Trump's 39% tariff on goods from Switzerland is among the world's steepest import taxes. For the European nation, the announcement comes at an unwelcome time.

The head of parliament banned the rainbow flag from the legislative building. Far-right groups have rallied against the LGBTQ+ community and attacks are on the rise. It all casts a shadow over Pride.

With Germany's election in six weeks, Elon Musk was full of praise for his livestream guest on X: Alice Weidel, the far-right Alternative for Germany party's candidate for chancellor.

German intelligence chiefs believe Russia will be in a position to launch a direct attack on NATO by the end of this decade. Germany is already dealing with cyber attacks on infrastructure.

The German state of Saxony has a thriving tech manufacturing sector, but business leaders worry that the German far-right party is keeping highly skilled immigrant workers away.

A series of crime novels now adapted for TV imagines former German Chancellor Angela Merkel as a crime-solving detective.

Progress is on the horizon in Germany's parliament, where lawmakers have been instructed to throw out their fax machines by the end of June.