Mapping the World Essentials

A crucial dilemma for Greenland: Mine their rich natural resources or concentrate on agriculture?

China uses the threat of a deadly drug to force America’s hand in international diplomacy.

How did the United Arab Emirates become influential on the world stage and a key player in the  the Middle East?

Could strengthened ties between France, Gemany and Poland be key for Europe's future defence?

On Sunday 8 December 2024, Syrians woke up to the news that Bashar Al Assad had fled the country.

Hundreds invested their savings into Swiss gold and were disappointed. Were did the gold go?

Report on a forgotten conflict between the M23 militia and DRC government troops.

Railway workers are worried as large-scale privatisation is planned by new president Javier Milei.

The US and Israel’s war is inevitably also Europe’s war. But Europe is divided on how to act.

Lech Wałęsa, former Polish trade unionist and co-founder of the Solidarność movement became President of Poland after the fall of communism. He talks to Yves Kugelmann about the current state of Europe.

How can the EU better organise its energy policy to be less vulnerable to external shocks such as war in the Middle East?

The future fighter jet project is threatened by disagreements between France and Germany.

A look back at the Jeffrey Epstein's life and how the Epstein Files are exposing corruption at the highest level.

With elections on the horizon in Hungary, Victor Orban’s party produced a deepfake of a rival candidate who is ahead in the polls

The Donut Daddy makes a doughnut on TikTok. Is this pornography or a cooking lesson?

In February 2026 the US supreme court ruled that the president cannot unilaterally decide tariffs,Trump’s favourite economic lever.

Apart from Africa, all nations on all continents are facing an aging population over the next few decades.

How can we have more fulfilling sex? Ronja von Rönne meets couples and singles who have reinvented their sexuality.

From queer cake sitting to sex positive tasting evenings, Tracks finds out about food and sexuality.

How can we age well? Ronja von Rönne trys to find out by talking to chimney sweep Norbert Skrobek, who is close to retirement and Monika Gutte who defies age with a zest for life

In Brussels, the Commission is hoping for a fresh start in relations with Hungary.

They are reclaiming their bodies and freely expressing their sexuality: A focus on sex positive popstars in contemporary culture.

Paris city hall is pursuing a green traffic policy: Less cars, more bicycles. But not everybody is pleased.

When Lolo's father is diagnosed with cancer, everything goes off the rails in this darkly funny story of family infighting.

A performance of Khatchaturian’s virtuosic violin concerto and Stravinsky’s ground-breaking The Rite of Spring.

A trip to Naples to discover the centuries’ old Feminielli; a unique queer identity.