Experts reveal that merchants brought domestic cats to China via the Silk Road, supported by new DNA research on ancient cat ...

In this spirit, CERN submitted a proposal to the Commission of the European Union under the ESPRIT programme: “WebCore”. The goal of the project was to form an international consortium, in ...

President Donald Trump’s use of tariffs in his second term defies many historical norms, say economists and historians.

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It’s no longer a joke. After initially provoking disbelief, U.S President Donald Trump’s audacious plan to acquire Greenland — potentially by force — has triggered frantic talks among European leaders ...

Extreme temperatures — mostly heat — are projected to kill as many as 2.3 million people in Europe by the end of the century unless countries get better at reducing carbon pollution and ...

For 40 years, the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data - Convention 108 – has been the only international legally binding ...

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European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Monday that Europe is “not negotiating” with the United States over control of Greenland, as President Trump continues to insist that ...

The two exceptions are Martin Bormann – who was sentenced in absentia (and was already dead) – and Hermann Göring, who committed suicide in his cell the night before. Roger Moorhouse is a historian ...