Twenty years ago, Ahmed al-Sharaa was laying bombs to target Americans. Today, he is received in the White House. But where ...

Louisiana is home to a higher concentration of migrant detention centers than almost anywhere else in the country. Many in ...

Preparing for a Changing Climate Copenhagen's Far-Reaching Transformation into a "Sponge City" As the climate warms, Copenhagen is likely to see more torrential rain storms like the one that inundated ...

Heading for the Margins Why Is Britain Running Away from Europe? Great Britain used to play a key role in leading Europe, and the benefits have been substantial. But now, the UK is turning its back on ...

Last summer's mix of sun, beer and excitement during the football World Cup appears to have produced a massive hormone rush in German bedrooms, gardens and back alleys. Nine months on, birth clinics ...

The Price of Unity Was the Deutsche Mark Sacrificed for Reunification? As the German people celebrated the fall of the Berlin Wall, the governments in Bonn and Paris were secretly haggling over ...

Donald Trump's return to the White House shows that liberal democracy has failed. It proved unable to provide a coherent structure to the post postwar era. One era is coming to an end and a new one is ...

Beijing long allowed Mongols in China to live out their cultural identity. That, though, is now over. Xi Jinping has decided that they must assimilate into the culture of the Chinese majority. His job ...

Visiting the works of Ilsenburger Grobblech GmbH is like taking a trip back in time. Way back in the 16th century, copper used to be produced at this site in the northern Harz Mountains, not far from ...

Many countries in the Sahel have descended into chaos and violence. But one country on the western edge of the region has proven remarkably stable. In Mauritania, soldiers on camelback protect a ...

It’s a Thursday on the German island of Rügen, a popular tourist destination on the northeastern coast. The location: an everyday supermarket. On the checkout conveyor belt: bread for toast, two ...