Since the mid-19th century, Paris’ bottle green newspaper kiosks have been a distinctive part of the city’s streetscape. They were originally commissioned by urban planner Baron Haussmann during his sweeping renovation of the city that began in the 1850s.
Not only do Germans have the most powerful passports in the world, they also have the highest quality of citizenship, according to a new report. The consultancy Henley & Partners’ first Quality of Nationality Index (QNI) ranks the value of 161 nations’ citizenship on a scale of 0 to 100%.
“If it’s in our wheelhouse, great.”
Will migration to the UK really spiral out of control if the country stays in the European Union? That’s the argument put forward by campaigners who want Britain to leave when the country goes to the polls on June 23.
It’s been nearly three years since Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary promised that the budget airline would “stop unnecessarily pissing people off.”
This week marked the start of a nationwide rail strike in France with no end date. Over the past few months, and especially the past few weeks, nuclear plant staff, oil refinery workers, air-traffic controllers, and others have downed tools in the hope that the government will reverse controversial labor reforms.
Ten million status updates from tens of thousands of Facebook users seem to confirm it: men and women do speak a different language.
Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, Google, and the European Commission have created and agreed upon a code of conduct that outlines how they should combat illegal hate speech on their platforms.
Open-access advocates have long called for scientific research—often trapped behind expensive science-journal paywalls—to be more freely available to the public. Now, European Union science chiefs have proposed making all publicly funded science research papers published in Europe free to access by 2020.
Does “scone” rhyme with the word “gone” or “cone”? Is “last” pronounced with a long a, as if an r follows it?
The tradition of shaking a teacher’s hand at the beginning and end of each lesson is a long-standing one in the classroom in Switzerland. But it has now sparked a broader narrative on the country’s identity.
“A disaster.”
Europe had a tumultuous 2015: two terror attacks hit France, Greece’s economy dropped into a deep depression, and a record number of refugees arrived on the continent’s shores. And with the prospect of a British exit from the EU next month, no one’s quite sure what 2016 has in store.
Japanese research company ALE is bidding to create an artificial meteor shower for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020. The project, Sky Canvas, goes beyond your average fireworks display: It involves launching a satellite into space “loaded with about 500 to 1,000 ’source particles’ that become ingredients for a shooting star,” the company explains.
Why is it that for some adults learning a second language is a breeze, while for others it feels like an insurmountable task?
According to Godwin’s Law, if an online discussion goes on long enough, sooner or later someone will bring up Hitler.
“You are not born with a fixed amount of resilience. Like a muscle, you can build it up, draw on it when you need it. In that process you will figure out who you really are—and you just might become the very best version of yourself.”
“Most people have a very hard time remembering exactly how a bike is made.”
After tantalizing fans with cryptic, elaborate marketing stunts last week, Radiohead have released their much anticipated ninth album, A Moon Shaped Pool.
Iran’s new parliament will have more women than clerics for the first time since before the 1979 Islamic revolution when it is sworn in later this month.
A crowdfunding site has added a new category to its roster of fundraising options: divorce.
Starting today (May 1) landlords in Berlin hoping to rent their apartments out to short-term visitors may have to rethink their options.
Using your fingers to count has long been the scourge of math teachers. But a new research paper published online by Stanford University’s mathematics education research initiative, youcubed, dispels the notion that finger-counting isn’t for smart kids.
The musical legacy left behind by Prince, who died on Thursday (Apr. 21), might be even richer than previously imagined.
