
European Council President António Costa’s office has held brief diplomatic contacts with Moscow. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia M…

Iran makes precisely two commitments in the reported memorandum of understanding between the country and the Trump administration …

AI is transforming policing and intelligence. Recent scandals in Britain show how easily the technology can generate false evidenc…

Canada’s proposed hate crimes bill relies on a vague definition of hate and would repeal a specific legal defense for opinions exp…

The UNHCR is reporting the first global decline in forced displacement in a decade. But returns remain difficult, protection often…

Baby Preston Davey was placed into the care of his tormentor and murderer by the British state. Red flags were missed. Were they m…

Elon Musk is challenging ZDF after it linked him to a supposed “hunt on migrants”. The dispute follows earlier controversies over …

Germany embraces black, red and gold whenever football makes patriotism safe. Beyond the stadium, however, the national flag still…

The European Union’s “trusted flagger” system sounds benign. In reality, it empowers a privileged class of digital enforcers to po…

Europe is moving toward social media bans for children. Polls show broad support, but Australia’s experience suggests the harder q…

Moves by major EU countries to impose tougher rule-of-law mechanisms and reduced voting rights on future member states threaten th…

The California governor has his work cut out for him to capture the White House. The odds currently favor him, and supporters poin…

While the European Central Bank tightened monetary policy and exposed Europe’s economy to fresh risks, US markets rallied on renew…

The G7 summit opens in France under tight security following riots in Geneva and a new agreement to end the war with Iran. For Eur…

Two bills before the US Congress seek to close gaps in surrogacy laws which leave women and children vulnerable to exploitation.

The United States emits roughly three times as much greenhouse gas per capita as the EU. Without its cooperation, the Union’s camp…

The United States and Iran have agreed on a framework to end the war, lift the US blockade of Iranian ports and reopen the Strait …

The president’s policies across three distinct areas – tariffs, war and interest rates – all have the same effect on the economy. …

AI was long sold as an efficiency machine: subscribe, prompt and cut headcount. Behind every request, however, lie real costs that…

Ireland has positioned itself as something of the opposite pole to Hungary and Poland in Europe in recent years, a characterizatio…

The EU court’s same-sex marriage ruling is only part of a broader problem. Academic studies have raised questions about judicial i…

The EU borrowed hundreds of billions to rebuild Europe after Covid. Now the European Court of Auditors says the public still canno…

The proposal had been expected to produce a close result. In the end, the “no” camp won more decisively than many analysts had for…

Switzerland votes today on whether to keep its population below ten million. The referendum has become a test case for a wider Wes…

Across the Western world, “consent” has become something of a magic word when it comes to sexual matters. Ironically, that same cu…

Rumors of a chancellor swap are spreading through Berlin. Friedrich Merz is deeply unpopular, the CDU is drifting behind the AfD, …