Controversial Chadian Law Risks Increased Rural Violence
A silent conflict between herders and farmers, competing for access to insufficient resources, has been plaguing Chad for decades.
Google says Polymarket bets showing up in News was an ‘error’
Polymarket bets started popping up in Google News alongside legitimate news articles. But now those results aren't showing, and Google says they were never supposed to.
“Not Guns for Hire”: Trump’s Failure to Trigger a Kurdish Uprising
SULEYMANIYAH, KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ—On April 5, during an interview with Fox News journalist Trey Yingst, President Donald Trump apparently confessed to trying to foment an armed uprising by dissidents inside Iran earlier this year, …
US state department revokes green cards of three Iranian nationals it links to regime
Three arrested by federal agents had family ties to Iranian military general, regime spokesperson or security chief
AfD-Parteitag in Sachsen-Anhalt: „Das täuscht die Wähler:innen“
In ihrem Wahlprogramm fordert die AfD viel zu Migration. Was davon ist eigentlich rechtlich machbar? Zwei Juristen haben sich das angeschaut.
Mamdani’s Approval Rating Is More Impressive Than It Looks
Unlike his predecessor, the mayor has withstood a barrage of attacks — and he’s still standing.
'African fashion is multifarious and cannot be defined': Interview with Christine Checinska, lead curator of 'Africa Fashion'
The Victoria and Albert Museum curator discusses how the traveling exhibition 'Africa Fashion,' currently hosted by Paris's Musée du Quai Branly until July, aims to 'showcase the magnificence of the continent.
“Nonsurvivable”: Today’s Heatwaves Have Surpassed Our Bodies’ Ability to Stay Cool
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
Between Two Catastrophes: The Lebanon We Have and the Lebanon We Deserve
What we have now is the possibility of a negotiation, and we must do everything to support the logic of a sovereign state in that process — even knowing we don't fully have one.
The Oldest Octopus Fossil Ever Isn’t An Octopus At All, Scientists Discover
A re-examination of a 300-million-year-old fossil that was long thought to be the earliest octopus revealed that the animal was actually part of the nautilus family.
Who’s Been Impersonating This ProPublica Reporter?
A mysterious impostor who claimed to be ProPublica reporter Robert Faturechi reached out to a Canadian official and a Latvian businessman working with Ukraine. So, the real Robert did some reporting of his own.
Arbeiterpartei AfD? Warum immer mehr Arbeiter*innen AfD wählen
Bei den Landtagswahlen in Rheinland-Pfalz und Baden-Württemberg Anfang des Jahres konnte die Alternative für Deutschland den größten Stimmenanteil unter Arbeiterinnen …
He Was ‘Trump Before Trump.’ Now He’s in Trouble.
An Orban defeat would have serious implications for the conservative movement worldwide.
Kazakhstan’s referendum reshapes its political system
On 15 March 2026, citizens of Kazakhstan went to the polls to vote in a constitutional referendum.
AfD: Sie müssen einfach nur dastehen - der Volkszorn kommt zu ihnen
Was ist das Erfolgsrezept der AfD? Warum laufen ihr die Menschen zu? Beobachtungen auf dem Marienplatz in Schwerin.
Gewalt und Opferschutz: Wie Spanien zum europäischen Vorbild wird
Der Fall Fernandes hat gezeigt, dass die Gesetzgebung in Spanien anderen Maßstäben folgt. Aber der Souveränität im Opferschutz gingen Gewalt und ein jahrelanger Kampf voraus. Welche Lehren kann man aus ihm ziehen?
Ben Lerner Hears Ghosts in the Wires
In a short story called “Wireless,” published in Scribner’s in 1901, Rudyard Kipling described “a glass tube” with “two tiny silver plugs, and between them an infinitesimal pinch of metallic dust.
