BEIJING — The message is the same to China‘s civil servants, party members, employees of state-owned enterprises: show more restraint. With Chinese national debt continuing to rise, the government ...
BARCELONA — In 1976, Barcelona’s General Metropolitan Plan (PGM) was approved as a framework for the city’s urban planning. But the city’s issues back then were different than what it faces today: ...
PARIS — There is a new bill before the French National Assembly that calls for “reinforcing the respect of the principles of the Republic,” and fight against Islamist “separatism.” We already know ...
ZURICH – In the small Pakistani community of Bhati Dilwan, a former village councilor says children are being sickened by filthy water. Who’s to blame? He says it’s bottled water-maker Nestlé, which ...
LAS VEGAS — Horse riding is all fine and well, but rodeos are definitely something else. Of course, seen from France, the cowboy is a very exotic character — a rugged stereotype smelling of beast and ...
When Hallows Eve was first introduced as a Celtic festival some 2,000 years ago, bonfires and costumes were seen as a legitimate way to ward off ghosts and evil spirits. Today of course, with science ...
MADRID — Nihilism is hardly new: people were embracing carpe diem long before Russian revolutionaries gave the idea fresh life in the 19th century. Its history stretches back millennia, but every so ...
VATICAN CITY — In the end, everything can be understood from the faces of two cardinals on St. Peter’s balcony waiting for Pope Leo XIV to step outside: there was the glum expression of the cardinal ...
During a large far-right demonstration through Ostkreuz and Friedrichshain in Berlin in March 2025, a participant wears a balaclava depicting the Imperial Eagle, a symbol associated with extremist ...
MUNICH — It all feels like regular partying: the bass is pounding, the dance floor is packed, but then the bartender suddenly shouts, “Cappuccino with oat milk?” and that’s when I remember where I am.
Public support for a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine is growing in Russia, with new polling showing record levels of backing for diplomacy. But the majority still insists on conditions that ...
The first batch of Ukrainian produced long-range Peklo missile drones, before the handover ceremony to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv. Credit: UkrainePresidency/ZUMA KYIV — In a vast ...