Peace Palace — even the name of the brick building in The Hague with its ornamental turrets, dormers and arcades leaves no doubt about its founding claim for settling international conflicts. But it took... Read more »
Ukraine has, seemingly, a surprise advocate in the White House: first lady Melania Trump. A flurry of laudatory posts shared across Ukrainian social media this week came after US President Donald Trump... Read more »
Heat training is the order of the day on the 2025 Tour de France. Partly because the sun is shining in France and an athlete’s body should be well adapted to the... Read more »
Germany’s so-called new high-voltage electricity highways are growing, but experts say their development is failing to keep up with the country’s rapid growth in renewable energy. As the wind-rich north of Germany produces ever-increasing... Read more »
India’s Home Minister Amit Shah recently said that those who speak English in the South Asian country would “soon feel ashamed.” He also urged people to speak their mother tongue with pride.... Read more »
Hungary has only just concluded a months-long campaign against Ukraine aimed at blocking it from joining the EU. The autocratic prime minister, Viktor Orban, and his political apparatus have been portraying their... Read more »
The European Union’s foreign affairs chief may be having something of an “I told you so” moment as US President Donald Trump reverses his past praise of Vladimir Putin and vows to... Read more »
Ask around various civil society organizations working in the Middle East and the answer is always the same. “Nobody really knows what’s happening,” one project manager running a Syria-based project told DW... Read more »
“Blackpink in your area”: This tag line is sending many K-pop fans wild with excitement. Blackpink is more than a girl group — they’re a real movement, a lifestyle, a cultural phenomenon. Since... Read more »
The odds of a breakthrough to resolve trade frictions at next week’s EU-China summit in Beijing appear slim after China cut the planned two-day talks to a single day. The summit, set to mark... Read more »