Humans Had Dogs Before They Had Farming, Ancient DNA Confirms
New research pushes the first genetic evidence of dogs back by 5,000 years and suggests that hunter-gatherer groups may have acquired dogs from one another.
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Skeleton of Three Musketeers hero d’Artagnan may have been found
Archaeologists believe remains found in Maastricht, Netherlands, may be of soldier who inspired novel characterMore than three-and-a-half centuries after a musket ball to the throat put an end to decades of exemplary swashbuckling, the French soldier w…
Could the continent’s far right be suffering from a Trumplash?
France’s National Rally missed key targets in local elections ahead of next year’s seismic presidential vote – and the mainstream is doing OK elsewhere, too• Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereThe Rassemblement National is no…
Lars Løkke Rasmussen: Denmark’s pipe-smoking kingmaker who cleans his teeth with soap
Man credited with cooling Greenland tensions with Donald Trump is poised to play central role in any coalition dealEurope live – latest updatesAt the end of a long, gruelling night for the biggest parties on the right and left, there was one veteran of…
NATO’s ‘Trump Whisperer’ Faces Blowback Over Support for Iran War
Critics say Mark Rutte, the alliance’s secretary general, has gone beyond his remit by openly supporting a war that does not directly involve Europe’s collective defense.
Pope Leo XIV picks Australian church lawyer as Vatican’s top legal expert
Pope Leo XIV has filled one of the most important Vatican vacancies by tapping an Australian church lawyer to serve as the Holy See’s chief legal expert
Denmark braces for lengthy and challenging coalition talks
Neither Mette Frederiksen’s leftwing bloc nor rightwing parties won a majority in Tuesday’s electionEurope live – latest updatesDenmark is braced for lengthy and challenging coalition talks after neither Mette Frederiksen’s leftwing bloc nor the rightw…
Sexual Misconduct Report Leaves I.C.C.’s Path Ahead Unclear
In a report obtained by The New York Times, a panel of judges found that evidence of sexual misconduct by the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court left room for “reasonable doubt.”
Urgent warning in Canaries after ‘worst storm in a decade’ causes havoc with flooding and evacuations
‘We are facing historic circumstances’ said local officials of the unprecedented weather
Putin ally receives white horse welcome in North Korea for Kim Jong Un talks
The president paid his respects at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun