Steel is the backbone of German industry — but it’s also a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for nearly 7% of Germany’s CO2 emissions. As Germany has pledged to become carbon-neutral... Read more »
Conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday defended Constitutional Court nominee Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf against fierce criticism from the political right. A dispute over the nomination has deepened discord within Merz’s coalition, with center-left Social... Read more »
Jemima Goldsmith, the former wife of Pakistan’s ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan, has accused the Pakistani government of obstructing her children from communicating with their father. The 72-year-old cricketer-turned-politician Khan has been behind... Read more »
The European Union has adopted a new set of sanctions against Russia in the hopes of restricting its ability to wage war in Ukraine. The EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said... Read more »
In 1476, a young Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was investigated by the Florentine moral authorities. Someone had anonymously accused him of fornicating with a 17-year-old sex worker. But the charges were dropped because... Read more »
Whenever there’s talk of a crisis of democracy in Germany, leading politicians proudly point to the well-established independence of the “judges from Karlsruhe” — that is, the judges who sit on the... Read more »
What happened in Torre Pacheco Several days of unrest in the town of Torre Pacheco, near Murcia, have highlighted rising tensions over migration in Spain. Sixty-eight-year-old pensioner Domingo Tomas Martinez had said he was... Read more »
How long does it take to start a divorce in your country? In Estonia, the first step of the uncomfortable undertaking can be made in less than a minute — and that even without the undesired spouse being present,... Read more »
Rumors of a government reshuffle had been circulating in Ukraine for the past three years and now they have become reality. On Thursday, the Ukrainian parliament approved the nomination of Yulia Svyrydenko as... Read more »
On July 14, US President Donald Trump gave his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin another 50 days to reach a peace deal with Ukraine. He also threatened to impose secondary tariffs on Russia’s... Read more »