Investigative Journalism
A new international survey paints a merciless picture of Donald Trump’s global reputation. In most countries surveyed, distrust clearly prevails - and yet there are regions ...
There are moments in history that burn themselves into the collective memory because they show how thin the veneer of civilization really is. August 11, 2025, was such a moment ...
Our work is not only an analysis of American domestic policy, but also an early warning system for democracy on this side of the Atlantic. When we document how in the United States academic freedom is being shut down ...
With a single post on his platform Truth Social on August 6, 2025, President Donald Trump made it clear that he is ready to intervene in the self-governance of the capital ...
It is a document that chillingly shows how normalized and at the same time grotesque life around Jeffrey Epstein was. A letter from director Woody Allen from 2016, ...
Donald Trump has once again shaken the foundations of world trade. Starting August 7, punitive tariffs will come into effect in the United States that are unprecedented in their ...
Russlands digitale Verwundbarkeit hat am Montag ein neues, dramatisches Ausmaß erreicht. Die staatliche Fluggesellschaft Aeroflot musste über hundert Flüge streichen, nachdem ein massiver Hackerangriff ihre IT-Systeme lahmgelegt hatte. Mehr als…
Donald Trump is back in Scotland – not as a mere businessman, but as President of the United States. For five days, he will stay at his two golf resorts in Turnberry and Aberdeen, accompanied by a massive entourage of security ...
On July 23, 2025, Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of the U.S. state of Delaware against right-wing U.S. commentator and podcaster Candace Owens. ...
It is an unprecedented interplay of power, justice, and media currently unfolding in the United States. Donald Trump, the 47th President of the United States, on Monday banned ...
The woman speaking sounds calm. Almost casual. But every word she utters is an explosive charge. Stacey Williams, once a model, then mistress to one ...
In the language of power, there is no hesitation. Donald Trump acted, and the world held its breath. In a night that is set to go down in history as "Operation Midnight Hammer," ...
Washington, mid-July 2025. Once again, Donald Trump is at the center of world politics. Amid global unrest and growing doubts about his course, Trump stands alongside NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte ...
It was a Saturday morning straight out of the textbook of American unpredictability. Without prior notice, without final talks, without regard for the fragile order of global trade, Donald Trump ...
It was only a sentence, but one that says everything about the new geopolitical thinking in Washington under Donald Trump: "We're sending weapons to NATO, ...
What was planned as a diplomatic meeting between President Trump and five West African heads of state at the White House turned into a linguistic and political flashpoint in seconds.
It was meant to be a lunch at the White House celebrating Africa’s economic potential – and ended, as so often, in a moment of unintended comedy likely ...
It is a sentence so brutal it leaves one speechless – and yet it was delivered in complete calm, at a fundraiser, with laughter and a glass in hand: "If you go into Ukraine, I'm gonna bomb the shit out of Moscow
According to our research, evidence has been mounting that in early June, during internal White House discussions, a phrase was used that later appeared in a modified form across Nigeria’s social networks ...
It was a Monday morning when the pace of the news suddenly intensified – first with a sober decree on the Kremlin’s website, then with a breaking report from a suburb of Moscow.
It is a milestone for China’s leisure industry – and a promise to millions of families: With the opening of Legoland Shanghai Resort, China received its very first Legoland on July 5, 2025.
It was more than just a concert. It was a moment of collective memory, a promise finally fulfilled. On July 4, 2025 – American Independence Day – the United Kingdom celebrated its very own reunion: that of Noel and Liam Gallagher. Oasis is back.
Donald Trump calls it a new "beautiful" trade agreement – but anyone who takes a closer look at the deal with Vietnam announced on Wednesday will see: this agreement is neither finalized nor beneficial, ...
Washington - Our investigation has now definitively confirmed it: The Trump administration has eased key sanctions against Russian banks, including Gazprombank, Sberbank, and the Central Bank of the Russian Federation ...
It was a scene of biblical cruelty, but it did not take place two thousand years ago in Jerusalem – it happened in the spring of 2025 in the Arizona desert. An elderly pastor, William "Bill" Schonemann, 76 years old, ...
It was a performance meant as cultural emancipation - and ended as a historical misstep. When Beyoncé wore a T-shirt at a Juneteenth concert in Paris that portrayed the Buffalo Soldiers as heroes against "the enemies of peace," ...
In Kabul, silence has fallen. Where once the desperate cries of malnourished children echoed off the walls of a therapeutic feeding center, all that remains now is the squeak of empty metal beds...
Wonsan, June 26, 2025 – It was a spectacle straight out of a postmodern dystopia: North Korea’s ruler Kim Jong-un, accompanied by his wife Ri Sol Ju and daughter Ju Ae, ceremoniously cut the red ribbon on Tuesday ...
It was a moment that, even in the era of Donald Trump, remained a rarity. On an open stage, under the full spotlight of the NATO summit in the Netherlands, political seriousness dissolved completely - with just one single, adoringly inappropriate word: "Daddy."
It was a nighttime strike of immense symbolic power - and yet its echo could not sound more hollow. On June 22, 2025, in a military operation titled "Operation Midnight Hammer," ...
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