For much of their history, three Nordic countries, Finland, Sweden, and Norway, were one nation within the Swedish Empire. Now, after Finland and Sweden have ...

After three days of separate talks with the U.S., Ukraine and Russia say they have reached a deal to ensure safe navigation ...

According to the annual World Happiness Report 2025, Finland was named the happiest country in the ... The country's low ...

Western officials have accused Russia and its proxies of staging dozens of attacks and other incidents across Europe since the invasion of Ukraine three years ago, according to data collected by The A ...

Happiness is hard or maybe even impossible to truly measure. Yet every year, researchers try to do it anyway. The World ...

A body language expert has scrutinised the last public encounter between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, revealing insights into the US president's sentiments towards the autocrat. Trump has ...

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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Geneva/New York — New data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women reveal limited progress in achieving gender equality in political leadership at the start of 2025, the year which marks ...

A village council head from a village in Alwar district of Rajasthan in India attends a meeting organized by UN Women’s partner The Hunger Project, to develop her leadership skills. Women get together ...

LONDON/KYIV, March 7 (Reuters) - Thousands of Ukrainian troops who stormed into Russia's Kursk region last summer in a shock incursion are nearly surrounded by Russian forces there, in a major ...