Europe
Denmark’s 2026 election marked a troubling shift as anti-Islam rhetoric moved to the political center. Mainstream parties failed to challenge exclusionary narratives, legitimizing them while minority representation remained critically low.…
science-technology
Last winter, as Christmas markets opened across Europe, social media was flooded with alarming videos. Posts claimed that radical Islamists were “invading” Christmas markets. One clip appeared to show people…
science-technology
What if training a robot to handle dirty, dangerous work on the factory floor was as simple as showing it how? Czech startup RoboTwin is doing exactly that, helping factory…
Europe
Racism and racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance occur on a daily basis, hindering progress for millions of people around the world. Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of…
science-technology
From his bedroom desk in the Belgian town of Dendermonde, Gert Everaert used to watch the river Scheldt flow past. Barges and small boats drifted by. Birds fished. But the river…
science-technology
On 4 June 2025, air traffic controllers in Spain’s Canary Islands held a clear, uninterrupted conversation with a commercial pilot flying high above the Atlantic.To most people, that might sound…
Europe
On a cold February night in 2026, the long-running shadow war between Israel and Iran ended in a flash of missiles and explosions across Tehran. Within hours, the strikes carried…
Asia
As the conflict between the US-Israel and Iran has widened around the region, with Iran attacking neighbours across the Gulf, Tehran has launched significantly less missile and drone strikes at Saudia Arabia, with the Kingdom falling into…
science-technology
Florian Borgwardt and Tibor Erős, ecologists and life-long freshwater enthusiasts, have set their sights on helping restore the mighty Danube. They are working within an international partnership of scientists, conservationists…
science-technology
Getting children ready and on time for school can be stressful. In Finnish Lapland, where winters are long and snowy and some students travel long distances by bus, the challenge…
