NATO’s warning signals a shift in how Europe must confront Russian cyber attacks, sabotage, and pressure on critical infrastructure, as Moscow turns sub-threshold conflict into a strategic weapon.
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After Assad fled to Russia, Moscow opened the door for asylum and humanitarian protection to many Syrians, including former military members. Yet their journeys north are very different.
Their brains are wired differently, and those living with a “High Intellectual Potential” individual can be a daily challenge. Sometimes, intellectual intensity is accompanied by a destabilizing emotional hypersensitivity.
The anti-Semitic attack on Bondi Beach has given rise to unnecessary controversy at a time when we should be united against this scourge and showing compassion for the victims. The resurgence of anti-Semitism around the world is too serious to be used as a political ploy, especially by the Israeli prime minister
In several Latin American countries, there is renewed interest and advocacy to reactivate bilateral ties with Taiwan, after years of broken political promises and economic contracts.
Investigators warn that low-cost manicures in Berlin and across German cities are often sustained by labor exploitation and human trafficking networks, particularly involving Vietnamese workers.
What explains why 51 years after Pinochet’s coup, Chile has elected someone who is nostalgically fond of dictatorship? The far-right candidate focused on immigration and insecurity, with rhetoric inspired by Trump and Milei.
From volatile volcanoes to fragile winter landscapes, Icelanders live between wonder and risk as scientists race to understand a land that both sustains and endangers them.
Women are urged to work more and aim higher, yet the share of female managers in Germany has barely moved in a decade. Structural barriers, family pressures, and workplace networks continue to hold them back.
UNESCO’s recognition highlights how migration, exchange, and diversity shaped Italian food, and why that legacy still matters today.
Germany and France once saw FCAS as the future of European defense, but political rifts and industrial rivalry now threaten the project itself.
👋 Salam!* Welcome to Friday, where Washington aims to intercept more Venezuelan-link ships, Gazans battle severe flooding, and today’s quiz question sees les jeux vidéo take center stage. Meanwhile, Esther Peñas in Ethic unpacks recent scientific claims that childhood may be ending increasingly early. [*Azeri – Azerbaijan] ✅ SIGN UP This is our daily newsletter […]
The United States has seized a Venezuelan oil tanker, attacking the country’s main source of income in an escalation of pressure aimed at bringing down the Maduro regime. Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who is in Oslo to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, supports the U.S.’s pressure tactics. But our Americans ready to revive imperialism?
It’s not that food delivery has changed our lives, but rather that everything in our lives has been validated by food delivery.
This 120-hectare islet with a notorious reputation, located between Bonifacio and Sardinia, is virtually off-limits to visitors by order of its private owners. While public authorities are seeking to regain control, the courts are now moving to put an end to the situation.
Ukrainian sea drones have been attacking Russian tankers in the open sea for the first time in recent weeks. The risky tactic is proving effective and has angered Putin. But even allies are issuing warnings.
👋 Allo!* Welcome to Thursday, where Volodymyr Zelensky is set to hold urgent talks with “Coalition of the Willing” leaders, dozens are killed after Myanmar’s military strikes a hospital and today’s quiz question is about one of the world’s most bootlegged recordings. Meanwhile, Guillem Pujol for Spanish media Catalunya Plural explains why the AI bubble […]
Amnesty International has published a report accusing Hamas of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The report is particularly significant given that the human rights organization had previously accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. It’s a timely reminder that the law applies to everyone.
👋 Ia Orana!* Welcome to Wednesday, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he’s “ready for elections” under certain conditions, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado will skip the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo due to security risks and today’s quiz question is about an Indian tradition. Meanwhile, France Inter’s analyst Pierre Haski examines Israel’s […]
Donald Trump has doubled down on his criticism of Europe, calling it “weak” and “ decaying,” and of Ukraine, which he said has no chance because Russia is “bigger.” Why so much hatred?
👋 Halo!* Welcome to Tuesday, where Ukraine prepares a revised peace plan as President Volodymyr Zelensky rules out ceding territory to Russia, Israel launches new strikes on Lebanon and today’s quiz question is about a record gathering in Buenos Aires. Meanwhile, Tom Kroll for German weekly Die Zeit reports on the tensions over Hamburg’s growing […]
The Israeli army chief of staff has described the separation between the two areas of Gaza as a “new border,” raising fears that the situation will become permanent when it was only supposed to be temporary pending the second phase of the “Trump plan.” But that plan may be destined to go nowhere.
Residents in Hamburg report a wave of tire slashings targeting campervans, exposing growing tensions over parking, public space and the city’s lack of solutions.
As well-to-do refugees settle in Kampala’s suburbs, Ugandans say they’re being priced out.
👋 Ushé-ushé!* Welcome to Monday, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is in London for talks with EU leaders, Thailand launches airstrikes on Cambodia amid renewed tensions along disputed border, and today’s quiz question comes from Hollywood. Meanwhile, Gabriele Segre for Italian daily La Stampa unpacks what it would take for Europe to lead the world […]
The National Security Strategy, an official document released Friday in Washington, delivers a sharp attack on Europe while echoing far-right themes. It signals a break with the Europe we know, one that threatens support for Ukraine and the continent’s security.
Former German government ministers and lobbyists have been meeting Putin associates in the Gulf, preparing reciprocal visits that could undermine Berlin’s official Russia policy.
From Ukraine to global power shifts, the certainties that once shaped our world have collapsed, forcing Europe to rethink what is still achievable in a rapidly changing reality.
Who owns a work of art that was looted or sold under duress during the Nazi era? This question has remained unresolved in many cases since the end of World War II. A new arbitration panel will now decide on ownership.
👋 Grüss Gott!* Welcome to Friday, where Germany votes to bring back voluntary military service amid Russian threat, the leader of an anti-Hamas militia is killed in Gaza, and today’s quiz question comes from the Motor City. Meanwhile, Annelot Huijgen in Le Figaro whisks us away to the Maldives, where Dutch experts are helping unveil […]
The Russian president’s visit to India is significant, indicative of the major moves aimed at redefining the world order — just like Emmanuel Macron’s trip to China.
In a small Valencian town shaped by migration and memory, everyday places like lunch bars have become unexpected points of arrival for people displaced by war and economic upheaval. Alberic (Valencia, Spain) is one such place, where new lives quietly take root amid sandwiches, shared routines, and informal networks of support.
Plovdiv and the surrounding region have become a second home to nearly 12,000 Ukrainians who fled the war, around 4,000 of them children. This places the city among the leading Bulgarian communities in terms of the number of refugees received and turns it into a model of social solidarity and successful integration on a European scale.
The Nepali government bars working abroad in Iraq for safety reasons. But more Nepali women are ending up there in abusive domestic work — including some who were trafficked.
👋 Ko na mauri!* Welcome to Thursday, where U.S.-Russia talks on the Ukraine war are set to resume in Miami, Macron meets with Xi Jinping and Australia’s youth social-media ban starts to kick in. Meanwhile, Argentine daily Clarín explores how fiction can recapture suspense and longing in our instantaneous internet age. [*Gilbertese, Kiribati] ✅ SIGN […]
Christophe Gleizes’s sentencing on appeal by an Algerian court has sent shockwaves just as all signs pointed to a thaw in relations between Paris and Algiers. The apparent, perhaps temporary, failure of diplomacy has put Paris in an awkward position and reignited the campaign to support the journalist.
👋 Mhoroi!* Welcome to Wednesday, where talks between Russia and the U.S. on ending the war in Ukraine produce no breakthrough, Israel says it will start letting Palestinians leave Gaza through a reopened border crossing and today’s quiz question is about an unusual theft in New Zealand. Meanwhile, in our latest Paris Calling podcast episode, […]
French President Emmanuel Macron has multiple and perhaps conflicting priorities as he lands in China to meet President Xi Jinping.
A string of political defeats, legal setbacks and economic backlash is eroding Trump’s grip on power, raising cautious hopes that America’s democratic resilience is finally reasserting itself.
Alia Ibrahim is one of the Arab world’s most respected journalists and co-founder of the independent media platform Daraj. She reflects on truth, freedom, and the resilience of Beirut — a city she calls her chosen home.