ZURICH – In the small Pakistani community of Bhati Dilwan, a former village councilor says children are being sickened by filthy water. Who’s to blame? He says it’s bottled water-maker Nestlé, which ...

PARIS — There is a new bill before the French National Assembly that calls for “reinforcing the respect of the principles of the Republic,” and fight against Islamist “separatism.” We already know ...

BARCELONA — In 1976, Barcelona’s General Metropolitan Plan (PGM) was approved as a framework for the city’s urban planning. But the city’s issues back then were different than what it faces today: ...

In Zurich, Addicts can use drugs they have brought with them in the pressure room under controlled conditions. Boris Roessler/DPA/ZUMA ZURICH — What makes this room remarkable is not what’s present ...

BUENOS AIRES — The “crystal generation,” or young people born since 2000, is often described as fragile and intolerant of setbacks. Also termed Generation Z or Gen Z, the group is also perceived, more ...

KYIV — An article recently appeared on Ria Novosti, Russia’s main state online news agency with the headline: “Russia is restoring its historical fullness, bringing together the Russian land and the ...

Lady Amazona, 29, a lucha libre wrestler for 10 years, recently competed against five other luchadoras in the Furia de Titanes women’s championship. MAR GARCÍA / GPJ MEXICO MEXICO CITY — Huge lamps ...

CAIRO — He might as well already be president. His photo is on every wall in Cairo. His constant television appearances, broadcasts of his speeches and video clips glorifying the army eclipse the ...

When Hallows Eve was first introduced as a Celtic festival some 2,000 years ago, bonfires and costumes were seen as a legitimate way to ward off ghosts and evil spirits. Today of course, with science ...

BUENOS AIRES — There has been much talk recently of the crisis of the liberal international order that emerged after World War II. After its consolidation and even a brief apogee following the Cold ...

A Palestinian girl views an artwork at a World Mental Health Day exhibition in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Oct. 10, 2024. Rizek Abdeljawad/ZUMA The hardship of war does not end ...

Eva Illouz is a sociologist born in 1961 in Fez, Morocco. She is a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Faculty Director at Paris School of Advanced Studies in Social Sciences. Illouz’s ...