At 27, Verena Bahlsen entered the leadership of the family company that had produced biscuits for generations. Two years later, she was gone. The departure marked the end of an unusually public
Europe’s industrial strategy is entering a decisive phase as China’s rapidly expanding manufacturing capacity places mounting pressure on some of the continent’s most important industries. As explored in an in-depth analysis by
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Israel’s approaching parliamentary elections are emerging as a defining moment not only for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future but also for the ideological direction of the country. As explored in an
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As competition between the United States and China accelerates in the race to develop advanced artificial intelligence, Meta chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has entered one of Washington’s most contentious technology debates with
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Beauty is not simply a matter of symmetry, proportion or artistic taste. For Spanish philosopher Ricardo Piñero, it is a transformative encounter capable of changing the course of a person’s life. That
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A rapidly growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has once again placed scientists in a race against time. While the world now possesses approved Ebola treatments and vaccines
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Seventy-five years after the adoption of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, the international system designed to protect people fleeing war, persecution and violence is facing one of the
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A symposium in Shanghai has revisited the celebrated eight-hour meeting between Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw and Chinese literary pioneer Lu Xun in 1933, using historical reenactments, scholarly discussion and cultural exchange
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A U.S. federal appeals court on Saturday ruled that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot implement major parts of an executive order aimed at tightening mail-in voting procedures in 23 states, leaving in
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A relationship that began with hopes of commerce and mutual opportunity has evolved into one of the defining geopolitical rivalries of the 21st century. Historians say the United States’ long-held ambitions to
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A massive cyberattack on Tata Electronics, Apple’s manufacturing partner in India, has exposed sensitive product information and prompted renewed scrutiny of the country’s ambitions to become a global manufacturing powerhouse. While analysts
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A ruling by Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has revived the case of an Afghan woman promised protection under a German admission programme, delivering a legal setback for Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt. As
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The race to lead the United Nations has moved into a critical stage after months of preliminary manoeuvring gave way to the first public debate between the six official candidates seeking to
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The United States has accumulated the world’s largest national debt, reaching $39 trillion, yet its debt burden relative to the size of its economy remains below that of Japan and Singapore, according
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The United States has imposed new tariffs of 10% and 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners, including several South Asian economies, in the latest overhaul of its trade policy under President
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The United States has released a State Department report alleging decades of Cuban espionage and political influence operations inside the United States, a move that has prompted renewed scrutiny of Washington’s increasingly
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