These are just a few of the sentiments expressed by right-wing commentators in the West, who have bought in to a candy-colored vision of Poland, looking at the country with a mixture of admiration and ...

Jenna Talackova’s selection to compete for Miss Universe Canada in 2012 was a watershed moment for both beauty pageants and transgender rights. Believed to be one of the first trans women to ...

Syrian airline “Sham Wings” owned by Syrian businessman Mohammad Issam Shamout, who is listed on the U.S. and European sanctions lists. Credit: Fly Cham/Facebook BEIRUT — On June 5, it was officially ...

BERLIN — The holidays are over. The New Year has begun. It is a time when many of us roll off the couch, pull on the trainers we were given for Christmas and head to the gym or out for a run in the ...

MOSCOW – A recently opened exhibition in Moscow’s State Historical Museum is shedding some light on a long-guarded Russian secret: the origins of Soviet founding father Vladimir Lenin. Lenin’s ...

The city of Râmnicu Vâlcea in Romania, a.k.a. "Hackerville" Facebook page RAMNICU VALCEA – To the tourist eye, Râmnicu Vâlcea is a quiet, leafy city. Located at the bottom of the Carpathian mountain ...

THERA — Nikos Zorzos may not look it, but he’s fuming. Affable and smiley, the mayor of Santorini suddenly spreads his arms in a sign of helplessness on this Sunday in June. “I feel like a prisoner. I ...

But the stance towards what is happening in Gaza, whether at the level of the Arab League or individual countries, peoples or rulers, is still quite timid in the face of Israel’s unrestrained efforts ...

WANSEKO — Seeing elephants in the small fishing village of Wanseko, Uganda, used to be extremely rare. But in recent months, incursions have multiplied, and with them, the damage of crops and attacks ...

VATICAN CITY — As of 2024, there are precisely 764 people living in Vatican City. A small group indeed, as just a few of the employees of the Holy See have a right to live “behind the walls.” Among ...

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PARIS — For a man of my generation, construction of the European Union was above all defined by the Franco-German duo: a model of successful reconciliation that was the envy and admiration of the ...