Ludovic Slimak.
Laure Metz
Meet the archeologist who is overhauling our understanding of early human history.
The breach of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine could have lasting ecological and health impacts.
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Russia and Ukraine have blamed each other for the attack on crucial civilian infrastructure. Experts explain what the incident means for future war plans, and for the safety of the affected region.
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Regional development isn’t just about measuring the difference between today’s haves and have-nots to determine whether that gap might narrow or widen. Our idea of what is fair changes over time.
People take part in a pro-European Union rally in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, on May 21, 2023.
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Lack of control over its borders and corruption are two of the issues that could complicate Moldova’s bid to join the EU.
Farmland birds like the corn bunting have seen their numbers plummet since 1980.
Aurélien Audevard
Insect-eating birds such as swifts and yellow wagtails are particularly vulnerable.
Pedro Sánchez announcing that next general elections in Spain will be held the 23rd of July, 2023.
La Moncloa
Regional elections in Spain and the success of the right has made Pedro Sánchez bring forward general elections to the 23rd of July.
Vinícius Júnior is making the point, but are soccer’s governing bosses getting it?
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Anti-racist programs and fines have failed to end racism in European soccer. Part of the problem is that Black players have little representation higher up the sport’s hierarchy.
The Booker Prizes.
Judges called it a profound novel that asks the contemporary question: what happens to us when our memories disappear?
The control of fire by humans probably developed gradually over thousands of years.
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Signs of controlled fire use from Spain are at least 50,000 years older than previous evidence.
EPA/Thibaud Moritz
Macron rose to power as an anti-establishment politician but has he now gone too far.
Mo design
Setting up AI-free ‘sanctuaries’ could allow us to reap the technology’s benefits while offering vital safeguards to our cognitive capacities and privacy.
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For the Italian president, the region is where his nation’s constitution was born.
Spectators wait in the rain for the start of King Charles III’s coronation ceremony.
EPA-EFE/Neil Hall
March 2023 was the wettest for 40 years in England and Wales.
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Let’s get one thing straight from the get-go: this contest is way older than the European Union.
A yarn of pomp and pageantry.
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The pageantry of the coronation will be broadcast around the world. Here’s what to expect over the three days of celebrations.
According to an investigation by a consortium of journalists, certain tax practices in banks have led to a loss of revenue of 150 billion euros over 15 years in Europe.
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Five major banks are now in the crosshairs of the French financial prosecutor’s office. Of what are they accused? Here’s the lowdown.
A bathing site in the Tjuvholmen neighbourhood of Oslo, Norway.
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The UK needs to clean its rivers and coastlines, and could look to Europe for how to do it.
EPA/Roni Rekomma
The former prime minister actually increased her party’s vote share but the collapse of her coalition partners has cost her the top job.
Finnish military personnel raise their country’s flag at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
A historian looks at the steps leading up to Finland joining the Western strategic alliance – and what that means for small nations elsewhere.
Ludovic Marin/AFP
In the midst of the pension reform crisis, the constant weakening of institutions and mediation bodies raises questions about Emmanuel Macron’s exercise of power.