1 hour ago Podcast: Is Donald Trump Still a Contender for a Nobel Prize?

A Nobel of Two Worlds: Democracy in Caracas and Diplomacy in Washington When the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize announcement flashed across global newsfeeds, the reaction was immediate and uneven — jubilation in parts of Caracas, raised eyebrows in capitals from Oslo to Washington, and a hard, reflective silence in living rooms where exile communities gather […]

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27 h. ago Pope Leo Releases First Major Teaching Document of His Pontificate

A Pope Who Wrote the Poor into the Center When the Vatican released Dilexi Te — “I have loved you” — the pressroom hummed with the kind of quiet attention usually reserved for a rare, decisive pivot. At 104 pages and five chapters, the new apostolic exhortation from Pope Leo XIV is lean by Vatican […]

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33 h. ago Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai awarded Nobel Prize in Literature

A Quiet Man, an Electric Prize When the news arrived by telephone on a damp morning in Frankfurt, Laszlo Krasznahorkai answered like a man who had spent his life listening closely to the world and only just now heard it speak back. “I’m very happy, I’m calm and very nervous altogether,” he told Swedish broadcaster […]

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44 h. ago Irish lawmaker among five detained after Israeli interception of Gaza flotilla

Intercepted at Sea: Irish Citizens Detained as Gaza-Bound Flotilla Is Stopped The night air over the Mediterranean was electric with purpose — and then it snapped. Boats that had sailed with banners of aid and the soft thump of diesel engines, their holds packed with medicine, food and uncomfortable conviction, were intercepted in the dark […]

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3 d. ago German mayor stabbed in small town; Merz denounces barbaric attack

In the Quiet of Herdecke: A Town Stunned by Violence On an otherwise ordinary afternoon in Herdecke — a riverside town tucked into the green edges of Germany’s Ruhr region — a small community found itself shoved into the raw, unsettling glare of violence. Iris Stalzer, 57, who had just been elected mayor of the […]

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5 d. ago Georgian prime minister pledges sweeping crackdown after allegedly foiled coup

A City on Edge: Tbilisi’s Square Became a Mirror The air in Tbilisi on election day tasted metallic — not from the coffee or the sulfur baths, but from tear gas. It clung to clothes, to the crisp autumn sky, and to the conversations that had been building for a year. For a country that […]

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5 d. ago Populist leader Andrej Babis clinches victory in Czech election

After the Cheers: What Andrej Babiš’s Win Means for the Czech Republic — and for Europe On a cool Prague evening, the crowd outside the Forum Karlín swelled like a sea of navy caps. “Strong Czechia” baseball hats bobbed in the lights, a deliberately familiar echo of international populist branding. Inside, billionaire-turned-politician Andrej Babiš stepped […]

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6 d. ago Imminent elections could decide the fate of the UK prime minister

The hall smells of coffee and caution: inside Labour’s conference crossroads Walking into the exhibition hall at the Labour conference last Sunday felt like stepping into a living, breathing organism—one that had swollen with triumph in 2024 and now breathed a little faster, unsure if it was still on the mend. There was a certain […]

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1 week ago Moldova’s decisive election: democracy under siege from disinformation

On the Eve of Decision: Moldova’s Tightrope Between Europe and Moscow There is a crispness to the air in Chisinau that feels like expectation: flags flutter, campaign posters peel at the edges, and the city’s cafés—where students sip black coffee under chestnut trees—are full of hushed debates. For a nation of roughly 2.4 million people, […]

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1 week ago Ireland to block Israeli ministers’ entry, Taoiseach announces

A Small Nation, a Big Moral Line In a packed United Nations General Assembly, Ireland’s Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, stood and made a decision that felt deliberately personal: to bar members of the Israeli government implicated in what he called the “unfolding disaster in Gaza” from setting foot on Irish soil. “We will act to prevent […]

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2 w. ago Doctors Without Borders halts Gaza City operations amid Israeli military offensive

When hospitals become islands: Gaza City’s medicine sits under siege The hum of generators and the small, precise language of triage have been replaced by a different vocabulary in Gaza City: encircled, suspended, evacuated. Across neighborhoods where clinics once pulsed with the quiet rhythm of life-saving routines, silence — heavy and bureaucratic — has settled […]

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2 w. ago Electoral Showdown in Somalia: Averting Another Round of Turmoil

Political tensions are rising in Somalia. With elections due in 2026, politicians are arguing over the terms for the polls. The government and its opponents urgently need to compromise in order to stave off the possibility of violence and implement improvements to the voting process.

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2 w. ago Global Leaders Converge in New York for the UN General Assembly

New York in a Tangle of Flags: The UN’s 80th Session Begins The United Nations headquarters—its façade a mosaic of flags and a century of promises—has the electric hum of a city bracing for a storm. It is High-Level Week in New York, and diplomats pour into the glinting towers around the East River like […]

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3 w. ago Portugal poised to formally recognise the State of Palestine

A Quiet Morning in Lisbon, a Loud Shift on the World Stage In the mist-softened light of a Lisbon morning, the decision landed like a bell: Portugal will formally recognise a Palestinian state. For a city used to the gentle rhythms of trams and seagulls, the announcement felt jarringly consequential — a small country with […]

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3 w. ago Luxembourg regulator to face questioning over decision on Israel

When finance meets conscience: Luxembourg at the center of a small country’s big decision On a grey morning in Kirchberg — Luxembourg’s hilltop corridor of glass towers and manicured roundabouts — a cluster of people huddled beneath fluttering flags and homemade placards. Their breath fogged the air. A woman offered hot coffee from a thermos. […]

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