With a welfare state that dominates their budgets, European governments are exceedingly vulnerable to a recession. When tax revenue declines and entitlements force governments to spend more, the inevitable result is larger budget deficits. What will the ECB do in response to that?

Russia’s history in the Pacific deserves to be remembered as much as any other country’s, regardless of its current government’s outrages.

The news is likely to precipitate political controversy in Serbia given that broad swaths of the population strongly support Russia.

Northern Ireland has experienced political instability over unionist objections to the post-Brexit Windsor Framework, which gives the EU influence over Northern Ireland.

Given the steps taken by the U.S. and its allies in ‘China-proofing’ the Asian-Pacific region, a scenario of open conflict with the regional behemoth edges ever closer.

Modernity, in its rebellion against Christianity, embarked on a path to ruin. Unless the spirit of modernity perceives itself as being in a place of need, hostility towards Christian values will continue.

Little had been said about the pipeline investigation for months, either by governments or the media, until Hersh’s report was published.

With fewer than 400,000 babies born last year, Italy has the third lowest fertility rate in the OECD.

Nuclear advocates have condemned the shutdown as counterproductive and is the latest in a self-destructive trend when it comes to German energy policy.

Punitive measures targeting the bank and its senior officials came as a part of a new sanctions package imposed by the U.S. against more than 120 organizations and individuals in more than 20 countries.

It’s time for a return to sanity: adults who protect children from the most foolish of notions, and teachers who educate rather than indoctrinate their students.