E UROPE IS facing a “geopolitical and geo-economic state of emergency”, declares Emmanuel Macron. If the continent does not ...

China has long been a counterfeiting hub. Shoppers do not have to look far to find fake Nestlé food seasoning or imitation ...

One is that it marks an intensification of Russia’s cyber campaign in Europe. Russian hackers have long breached European ...

He is the most senior figure in the party to call for Sir Keir Starmer to resign after a bruising few days during which ...

C hinese officials are at war with a fiendish little creature that stands about six inches tall and bears a striking ...

Germany has at least 45,000 choirs, about 60% of them linked to churches. A poll for the German Music Council found that 8% ...

F OR THE first time this century, Thailand’s conservatives have won a general election outright. On February 8th voters ...

John Thune, the Republicans’ leader in the Senate, may introduce a stop-gap bill to keep the Department of Homeland Security ...

Candela, based in Sweden, is at the forefront of an international array of startups making electric hydrofoiling boats (it has delivered around 100 leisure boats, and has orders for 83 ferries). Its ...

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