2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (312+ words) SD leader Jimmie Åkesson is using this springboard to demand half of all ministerial posts, including three of the four most important portfolios and the Migration Ministry; the coalition partners have promised him negotiations. Åkesson is leading the government bloc,…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (277+ words) The AfD has won the state election in Saxony-Anhalt by a clear margin. 43.8 per cent of voters cast their ballots for the party, more than twice as many as for the CDU. A result that would have seemed almost unimaginable…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (565+ words) The project seeks to turn a revered, environmentally sensitive stretch of coast – a nesting ground for flamingos – into a playground for the world’s wealthy. Every part of it rankles in a country where incomes are stagnant while a select few…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (482+ words) California could soon become the first US state to make billionaires pay a tax on their wealth. On 3 November, Californians will vote not only in the US midterm elections, but also on a one-time five per cent levy on the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (235+ words) It would be naïve to focus on what these systems can detect at the expense of what they may also discourage. Democratic policing should secure the conditions of public participation, not convert participation itself into grounds for suspicion or into…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (579+ words) One interpretation of the attack stands out in particular, namely that it stems from the same ideological evil that the political right also stands for: hostility towards queer people. Accordingly, following the attack, there was discussion of the right-wing camp’s…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (277+ words) Kabul, with over six million inhabitants, may become the first city to run out of water by 2030. Whether governments choose engagement or isolation, it is ordinary citizens who bear the consequences. A more effective approach should focus on three priorities…...