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Ten years after the earthquake, Kathmandu’s temples are shining again, but mountain villages are emptying out
The April 2015 earthquake severely damaged the unique cultural treasures of the Kathmandu Valley. Reconstruction of the ...
In Srebrenica, horrific war crimes are remembered every July. Otherwise, life continues side by side
Bosniaks and Serbs are living side by side again in Srebrenica. They play football together, and their children go to the ...
Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov’s hand-picked successor? His underage son
The Russian republic of Chechnya in the North Caucasus lives according to its own rules. An undisclosed illness appears to be ...
German defense startup Helsing is bringing artificial intelligence to the battlefield
Munich-based defense tech firm Helsing is just over 4 years old, but is already one of the highest-valued startups in Europe.
The Communist Politburo once ruled the Soviet Union with an iron fist. Its last member has now died
The death of Vadim Medvedev marks the quiet end of an era when Communist apparatchiks ruled the Soviet Union from behind closed doors. A look back at the Politburo – an opaque, feared body that ran an ...
The ideologue and the agitator: Who are the two far-right politicians shaping Israel’s policy?
Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir represent only a small minority of Israelis. Yet these far-right politicians have helped ...
The Kremlin’s high-stakes gamble
As Russia ramps up pressure near Kharkiv and Sumy, Ukraine’s top commander warns of a full-scale offensive. With allies ...
Los Alamos and the controversial legacy of the atomic bomb
Eighty years after the U.S. used the atomic bomb on Japan, debates on nuclear weapons remain fraught. In Los Alamos, the ...
Weniger Polizeikräfte als bei einem Derby, gut ausgelastete Hotels, Freude allenthalben: Zürich liebt die Euro
Polizei und Gewerbe ziehen eine positive Zwischenbilanz. Wenn es gut läuft, gibt es nächste Woche sogar eine Freinacht.
Deutschland braucht endlich eine unideologische Bevölkerungspolitik
Die Geburtenrate in der grössten europäischen Volkswirtschaft ist seit Jahrzehnten zu niedrig. Statt aber über Lösungen ...
Rauchschwaden über Syrien: Wer steckt hinter den Waldbränden im Norden?
Die Brände in Syriens Küstenregion ereignen sich vor dem Hintergrund anhaltender Gewalt, gesellschaftlicher Spannungen und ...
Swatch Group verkauft weniger Uhren und verdient deutlich weniger
Die schwache Nachfrage nach Uhren in China hat die Verkäufe der Swatch Group erneut einbrechen lassen. Aber auch ausserhalb ...