German state leaders are backing Friedrich Merz despite uncertainty about his future.
Powerful state leaders from Friedrich Merz’s party have rallied behind him as speculation grows that his time in office may…
At least 20 people were killed when a building in Gaza City collapsed after being hit by an Israeli strike.
A building sheltering about 100 displaced Palestinian families collapsed in Gaza City on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people. Rescuers…
'We weren't shy. We were queers in leather!' Sunil Gupta on his powerful photographs of gay life
“I’ve been very promiscuous,” Sunil Gupta says, looking back on his experiments with photography since the 1970s. Born in India,…
The European Union has invited Canada to become its first-ever associate member.
The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, has invited Canada to become the EU’s first “associate member.” In an…
The girl who wanted to live: the love, hope, and pain of raising Elsie, my one-in-163-million daughter
My daughter Elsie has beautiful blond curls, like a little Botticelli cherub’s—hair that someone dark like me could only dream…
'I thought I would lose my career': Orville Peck on addiction and making his best album yet
Orville Peck was in the middle of a soundcheck when he learned that his idol, Dolly Parton, had died. It…
'My future is in the EU': the Ukrainian children who don't want to return home
When 15-year-old Denys first arrived in his new home in a small village in the Italian Alps in March 2022,…
Letting AI companies collude to 'pace the frontier' is a dangerous idea.
Dario Amodei of Anthropic is not the first CEO to argue that excessive competition is pushing the world toward a…
To understand the threat to our real democracy, watch Putin's fake one | Rafael Behr
Millions of people will vote in Russia this weekend to choose a new parliament, though the order of events doesn’t…