
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, …

Germany, France and several other EU member states want to radically reshape the European External Action Service. The bloc’s dipl…

A viral post by a supposedly French AI researcher turned out to be fiction. The episode highlights a growing challenge of the AI e…

Henry Nowak died in police handcuffs after his killer falsely accused him of racism. His case exposes a deeper crisis in British p…

Summits and failed policy plans are all the German government currently manages to produce. It can deliver only miniature reforms …

Jared Kushner’s planned Albanian resort has turned the flamingo into the symbol of a revolt that has shaken the country since late…

Can aging be reversed? A new human trial will test whether gene therapy can renew damaged cells and restore lost function.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif says Washington and Tehran are close to finalizing a deal. Peace between the two countries…

Be it a railway station, an airport or an opera house, Germany can no longer keep major projects on budget or on schedule. Costs s…

A new German study finds that family background still determines educational success, with poorer children and boys falling furthe…

The 2026 World Cup cannot be more controversial than the 1978 competition held in Argentina under the military junta. But anyone f…

Gold has lost more than 26% of its value since March. This week brings the largest initial public offering (IPO) in history: Elon …

Denby Pottery survived wars and recessions, but not soaring costs and shifting tastes. Its closure points to deeper troubles in Br…

The EU has amassed extensive data on violence against women, from abuse in childhood to sexual violence in adulthood. Yet despite …

New extraction methods turned the US into a net exporter of natural gas. They also lowered the costs of heating and cooking.

As Britain reduces compulsory psychiatric treatment, a growing debate asks whether public safety is paying the price.

The British government wants to delete online content more quickly during “crisis situations" following anti-immigration riots in …

Katie Wilson is a staunch opponent of ICE. “Credible threats” convinced her to cooperate with law enforcement with the whole world…

A New York bill would replace the legal language of motherhood and fatherhood with the terminology of “gestating” and “non-gestati…

A German domestic intelligence report cited a call to remember children killed in migrant attacks as evidence against the AfD. Aft…

A pan-African draft charter on family and religious values warns that foreign ideologies are being imposed through international a…

Global energy demand is soaring, driven by the technologies of the future. Germany, meanwhile, is blowing up power plants and regu…

Britain's Chagos deal was meant to end a colonial dispute. Instead, it has exposed a growing struggle between the West and China.

Zero-knowledge technology is widely regarded as highly secure because the website receives only a yes or no answer. But if Google …