EPA/Zoltan Fischer
A fractured opposition helped deliver a parliamentary super majority to Europe’s longest serving leader despite position on Ukraine.
EPA/Miguel A Lopes
Refugees must be given the chance to work and make a full life for themselves in host countries.
Ukrainian soldiers on the the streets of Kyiv in 1917.
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A historian looks back at a time when Ukrainians battled for control of the capital, but succumbed to a superior Soviet army.
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The French president continues to talk to Vladimir Putin but he doesn’t appear to have made much difference to the conflict so far.
Russian disinformation, amplified by China, is raising fears that the war in Ukraine could escalate.
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The Russian government used disinformation to fabricate a justification for invading Ukraine. A new campaign focused on biowarfare claims threatens to escalate the conflict.
French Marine Special Operation Forces trained Mali’s soldiers under the Task Force Takuba mission.
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Though its full impact is unpredictable, the withdrawal of France from Mali will have some likely effects.
A protestor waves a European flag during a pro-EU protest in Kyiv in 2013.
EPA/ Anatoly Maltsev
European integration is often touted as contributing to peace – but Moscow has other ideas.
Union demonstration in La Defense, Paris.
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A study shows that the ambition to strengthen social dialogue is yet to be realised in France.
The war in Ukraine will have major implications for energy and climate change, in Canada and the rest of the world, far into the future.
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New relationships between energy, geopolitical security and climate change policy flowing from the invasion of Ukraine are beginning to emerge, and the implications could be enormous.
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In the space of one week, some of the old certainties about Europe have been thrown out the window.
Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, center, attends a ceremony consecrating the Cathedral of Russian Armed Forces outside Moscow.
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To understand Russia’s war in Ukraine, look to the blend of religious and militaristic nationalism under Putin – on full display in the Church of the Russian Armed Forces.
Alamy/Reuters
The settled foundations of German foreign policy have been overturned in an instant following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
A pro-Russia demonstrator wears a vest bearing a depiction of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the words “Motherland! Freedom!” during a rally in Donetsk, Ukraine, in 2014.
AP Photo/Andrey Basevich
Everyone wants to feel a sense of significance and dignity. But those desires can motivate extremist behavior.
A woman reacts next to her house following a Russian rocket attack Feb. 25 in the Ukranian capital of the city of Kyiv.
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The reasons for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are complicated and based on centuries of history between the two countries. A Ukrainian scholar provides some background.
Russians in Moscow and elsewhere flocked to ATMs to withdraw cash, fearful that the ruble will plunge further due to Western sanctions.
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By working with allies, the Biden administration has been able to place severe sanctions on Russia – including targeting Putin’s inner circle and banning banks from SWIFT.
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Wolves killing livestock are seizing an opportunity for a meal in a landscape with little natural prey.
African Union leaders and their European Union counterparts held their 6th Summit meeting in Brussels. DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP via
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The cooperation should strengthen institutions and rally private entities to fund public projects.
A member of the Ukrainian Armed Forces carries out a drill exercise on the country’s eastern border.
EPA/Sergey Kozlov
Russian troops could enter Ukraine from multiple locations.
The new species Humbertium covidum .
Pierre Gros
A new species of flatworm is invading us. It is metallic black in color and its name is Humbertium covidum.
What he wants. What he really, really wants?
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A scholar of Russian history breaks down what Putin’s aim might be in threatening military invasion, and why that might backfire.