Sweden Democrats Jimmie Akesson celebrates on election night.
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The Sweden Democrats have become the second largest party nationally, making it harder to argue against including them in government.
Managed blackouts or rationing or power could be required to address the energy crisis this winter.
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Why UK energy rationing is increasingly likely this winter, whether Truss likes it or not.
In this 2016 photo, Syrian refugees and migrants walk along a path near the Greek border used by thousands to walk to central Europe.
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Could Europe embrace a multicultural model like Canada’s? It’s unlikely unless a new form of multi-ethnicity, in the shape of countries or empires, makes a comeback.
A still from the film version of Hugo Bettauer’s prophetic 1922 novel ‘The City Without Jews.’
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Writers seem to be especially vulnerable in polarized times, when the nuances of works are more likely to be overlooked.
Inflation rates are currently rising, reflecting the increasing cost of goods and services.
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Central banks are trying to strike a balance between curbing inflation and enabling economic growth.
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Rising temperatures are having an impact on every aspect of people’s lives. Business is not immune to the volatile weather.
Indonesian fire fighters extinguish a fire in a land next to residence in Pekanbaru, Riau province on September 13, 2019. The blazes spread smog across Southeast Asia and adding to concerns about the impact on global warming.
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Wildfires are intensifying, yet they’re one of the most poorly understood phenomena on Earth. New research shows that they can disturb both regional and global climate.
Mario Draghi has resigned after his unity party lost its unity.
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The latest political chaos in Italy is the result of a series of political manoeuvres by varying parties.
Mario Draghi: prime minister of a unity government in disunity.
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The Italian parliament has been dissolved following the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi. What happens next, and why is Italy’s politics so fragmented?
Could UK wildfires become more like those of southern Europe?
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Hotter, drier summers risk making widlfires more like those of southern Europe.
When speaking, Emmanual Macron is the champion of “en même temps” (at the same time), putting ideas that are normally opposed directly together.
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Freshly re-elected in April, France’s president lost his parliamentary majority in June. So who is Emmanuel Macron and what defines his paradoxical politics?
Fellow travellers: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese greets his Swedish Social Democrat counterpart, Magdalena Andersson, at the NATO summit last month.
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The pandemic has helped fuel a resurgence of social democratic parties
Fast-moving floodwater obliterated sections of major roads through Yellowstone National Park in 2022.
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Extreme downpours brought deadly flooding to the Appalachian region, just a few weeks after the destructive Yellowstone River flood.
The 2019 Tour, marked by the victory of Colombian Egan Bernal, can be classified as a “hard fought” edition.
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Technology is often blamed for “locking down” major bike races and making them predictable. Yet data analysis shows that Tours in the “classic era” weren’t always thrill rides.
The ill-fated nineteen: the only known photo of the Croatian Revolutionary Brotherhood members who went to Yugoslavia in 1972.
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A largely forgotten incursion behind the Iron Curtain had reverberations in both countries
French Education and Youth Minister Pap Ndiaye speaks during a press conference following a weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysée Palace in Paris on June 14, 2022.
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Considered a pioneer of “Black Studies à la française”, Ndiaye’s appointment comes at a time when issues in race and gender have divided the French political class and public opinion.
The results of the first round of the legislative elections on 12 June from the headquarters of Ensemble! (presidential coalition) in Paris show the close finish with the left-wing coalition Nupes.
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Amid record abstention, the left-wing NUPES coalition performed well against the presidential coalition.
A contemporary work of art? No, a protected one. Taken in Kiev, on 18 April.
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The experience of war also inspires non-violent forms of resistance.
Danes will vote in the referendum to end the EU defence opt-out on June 1.
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EU member states are increasingly turning towards single-issue referendums to decide major constitutional issues.
Pox virus illustration.
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Nigeria must step up its preparedness for monkeypox.