How Germany and Europe see Donald Trump, the U.S., and global crises through the lens of independent journalism.
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In an interview, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado speaks about her escape from Venezuela, her more recent efforts to return and why she remains grateful to US President Trump.
Brussels is concerned about the rising number of migrants reaching Crete - and is allowing itself to be blackmailed by the notorious Haftar family in eastern Libya, as DER SPIEGEL reporting has found.
Yosemite, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon: These places of unsurpassed beauty are known around the world. The US President, though, has slashed staff, boosted visitors and turned them into a "Disneyland."
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump hoped to build a multi-billion-dollar resort on an Albanian island. The effort has triggered protests that have long since refocused on the country's government.
This summer has clearly demonstrated that climate change is here to stay - and Europe isn't ready. Plus, it is by now safe to say that the US has lost the war with Iran.
The right-wing Alternative for Germany has never managed to gain control of a state government. But that might change this fall. Despite extremist baggage, Ulrich Siegmund looks primed to win.
The detonator failed. That malfunction is all that stood in the way of a vital cargo plane going up in flames at Leipzig Airport earlier this month. It highlighted Germany's inadequate defenses.
Pornographic material is strictly forbidden in China. Yet demand is high nonetheless. Many of the films are produced in Taiwan - but performers do their best to conceal that fact.
Russia took control of the Chernobyl exclusion zone in the first days of the invasion in 2022, but withdrew a short time later. Since then, Ukraine has been preparing for a renewed attack.
The Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari believes that US tech companies pose a grave danger to humanity. If Europe doesn't develop its own artificial intelligence, he says, it will become a US vassal.
Even beyond the attack in July, violence against Berlin's queer community has been on the rise in recent years. Plus, why does Infantino still have a job? And is Europe's migration system broken?
The AI revolution is here - and it isn't pretty. The middle class is facing unprecedented threats as the super-wealthy are raking in more than ever. Is it the end of capitalism as Marx predicted?
