French Third Republic

The surprising reality of political violence.

April 9's partial pause for deal negotiations brought some relief, but unease lingers.

The U.S. government spends over $160 billion annually on scientific research. This massive expense is marketed to taxpayers as an investment in groundbreaking research that fuels innovation and discovery. In truth, much of the federal science budget is expended on questionable and even fraudulent research. It's time we eliminate it.

"If it is not possible to end the war in Ukraine, we need to move on," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said as he departed meetings in Paris.

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 18 (IPS) - France, a veto-wielding permanent member of the Security Council, the most powerful political body at the UN, is planning to break ranks with the other two Western members, the US and UK-- and recognize Palestine as a nation state.French president Emmanuel Macron was quoted as saying that France would recognize a Palestinian state within months, and suggested he could do it alongside…

President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has found a spot on the global stage by opening the doors of his prison system to President Trump. Zolan Kanno-Youngs, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, explains how Bukele, a self-proclaimed dictator, has gone from a pariah to a partner of Trump.

The State Department is expected propose the elimination of entire embassies and consulates around the world as the U.S. government looks to shrink its diplomatic footprint.Punchbowl News obtained a document showing the department will file a fiscal year 2026 budget proposal due to the Office of Man...

Diplomats and aid officials from around the world are meeting Tuesday in London to try to ease the suffering from the 2-year-old war in Sudan, a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced 14 million and pushed large parts of the country into famine.

Protests in Serbia are often interpreted as a fight for democratization, against corruption, and for the defense of European values. But the reality of the political scene in the country is...

The European Research Council says it would double the relocation budget for funding researchers moving to the EU to 2 million euros ($2.16 million) per applicant.

Nayib Bukele visits US amid questions over return of man wrongly deported to El Salvador; US deported 10 more people to the country at the weekend

President Trump's post on social media caused the stock market to respond in an unusual way. Rob Copeland, a finance reporter for The New York Times, explains whether this could be considered market manipulation by the president.

She wanted to live life to the fullest; he wanted to live forever.

How companies and countries are scrambling to control the supply chains for chips, data centers, and subsea cables.

A new progressivism, one that embraces construction over obstruction, must find new allegories to think about technology and the future

US President Donald Trump's widest-ranging tariffs to date took effect Saturday, in a move which could trigger retaliation and escalating trade tensions that could upset the global economy.A 10 percent "baseline" tariff came into place past midnight, hitting most US imports except goods from Mexico ...

To protect democracy and counteract the allure of authoritarianism, reduce people's sense of fear and insecurity, psychology research says

Some wealthy Europeans have death rates 35 percent lower than the richest Americans.

Trump's tariffs drag down stocks, oil, dollar