Briefing: European nations warn over Israel’s planned expansion of death penalty
Strategic angle: Britain, France, Germany, and Italy express deep concern over Israeli plans to expand the use of the death penalty.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
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Briefing: Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse paintings stolen in Italian job
Strategic angle: The paintings were taken from a museum in Parma by four masked men in the middle of the night, police say.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Briefing: The Manual Gearbox Didn’t Just Decline, It Nearly Halved In Five Years
Strategic angle: Even in the UK, stick-shifts are becoming a niche hobby as automatics quietly take over.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Briefing: Hundreds evacuated as fire rips through German nightclub
Strategic angle: Roughly 750 people were successfully evacuated as a fire ripped through a nightclub in southwest Germany.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Briefing: World Figure Skating Championships
Strategic angle: Highlights from the 2026 World Figure Skating Championships in Prague.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Briefing: France condemns Houthis for entering Middle East war
Strategic angle: French officials criticize the Iranian-backed group for escalating tensions in the region.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Briefing: The week in pictures: Massive daytime attack on Ukraine, 'No Kings' and France's adieu to Jospin
Strategic angle: France held a national tribute to former prime minister Lionel Jospin while Russia launched a significant daytime attack on Ukraine amidst global protests.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Briefing: Russia wants to legalize cars stolen in EU
Strategic angle: Vehicles stolen in the EU may soon be legally registered in Russia, raising concerns about increased car thefts in Europe.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Briefing: Tehran threatens to target US universities in the region
Strategic angle: Overnight, powerful explosions were reported in both eastern and western parts of Tehran, lighting up the capital’s skyline.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Briefing: Germany news: Rescuers launch fresh whale rescue effort
Strategic angle: Experts have launched a new effort to free a whale stranded for a second time after it spent days beached on the Baltic Sea coast.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Olympic Women's Sport Limited to Biological Females
The women's category of Olympic sports will be limited to biological females from 2028, says the International Olympic Committee.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Briefing: Is the DMA a chicken or a duck? Why the DMA predestines European companies and consumers to lose
Strategic angle: If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. The DMA looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck — yet many insist it is a chicken.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Briefing: How deepfake porn scandal surrounding TV star rocked Germany
Strategic angle: Collien Fernandes has accused her ex-husband of spreading images of her online, but he has categorically denied it.
Editorial Staff Mar 29
Briefing: Scandinavia's largest 'burial mound' may be a monument to catastrophe, not a king
Strategic angle: New LiDAR analysis suggests Raknehaugen may have been built in response to a devastating landslide, not to honor a high-status individual.
Editorial Staff Mar 28
Briefing: Substack, a digital refuge for writers, accelerates its growth in France
Strategic angle: Since 2017, the US platform has enabled users to publish content as monetizable newsletters, winning over many journalists and writers.
Editorial Staff Mar 28
Briefing: Will the war in Iran advance or hinder Europe's energy transition?
Strategic angle: European countries remain divided over how to respond to the surge in oil and gas prices.
Editorial Staff Mar 28
Briefing: Lab-based mini-atmosphere reveals how turbulence changes on different scales
Strategic angle: Researchers in the UK and France recreate atmospheric turbulence in a lab setting, shedding light on energy and angular momentum cascades.
Editorial Staff Mar 28
Briefing: France hosts ‘No Kings’ march as anti-Trump protests spread
Strategic angle: Hundreds rally in Paris’ Place de la Bastille for a “No Kings” protest against Donald Trump, denouncing authoritarianism and “endless wars”.
Editorial Staff Mar 28
Briefing: Britain's Muir wins historic World Cup ski titles
Strategic angle: Kirsty Muir becomes the first British woman to win both the slopestyle and overall World Cup titles.
Editorial Staff Mar 28
22 die off coast of Greece after six days at sea in migrant rubber boat
Greek coastguards rescue 26 survivors as tragedy unfolds in the Mediterranean.
Editorial Staff Mar 28