Did Éamon de Valera's 'Spanish father' actually exist, and how did this belief influence his identity?
Éamon de Valera fought in Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising and later, as both taoiseach and president, left a deep personal…
Kim Jong-un has pledged full support to Moscow following his meeting with Putin.
During a lengthy meeting in Beijing at China’s major military parade, Vladimir Putin invited Kim Jong-un to visit Russia. Kim…
Welcome aboard this flight. Please return your seat to the upright position—permanently. | Arwa Mahdawi
Enough with airplane seats that recline! Or, to be more precise, enough with people who recline them thoughtlessly. Please sit…
Meet the revenge quitters: why people are leaving their jobs—and making sure their exit is noticed
In 2011, after nearly four years of working in room service at a luxury hotel in Providence, Rhode Island, Joey…
A moment that changed me: I ran into my ex-boyfriend at the same bar where we’d met twelve years earlier.
Adults often dismiss young love, seeing it as all-consuming for teenagers and almost certain to fail. But a holiday romance…
Europe's population crisis: see how your country stacks up – in charts
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Jair Bolsonaro is facing legal proceedings for allegedly trying to undermine Brazilian democracy.
Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro and seven of his allies, including four high-ranking military officials, are now on trial for…
'Clearly the worst film ever made': inside John Boorman's disastrous Exorcist sequel
“It doesn’t inspire terror, it inspires laughter.” “A movie for idiots, a completely cheesy rip-off that makes no sense at…
"What reconciliation? What forgiveness?": Syria's deadly reckoning
On the night of March 6th, Munir, his wife, and their two sons—both in their twenties—couldn’t sleep. They gathered in…
France is facing a major debt crisis. So why is it spending billions each year to subsidize businesses? | Alexander Hurst
As someone who has always opposed austerity, I find France’s situation puzzling. The country has a national debt of 114%…