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Nigel Farage treibt jetzt in der nationalen Politik im Königreich sein Unwesen.

Feature | Großbritannien

August 5th, 2025

United Kingdom: Nigel Farage upsets Tories and Labour

Brexiteer Nigel Farage is ahead in the polls. He is promising British voters the moon.

By Henning Hoff

Die wenige Millimeter große Zikade saugt an den Blättern und überträgt gefährliche Bakterien.

Feature | Landwirtschaft

August 5th, 2025

New pest threatens potato cultivation: deregulation of plant protection required

The cicada Pentastiridius leporinus is on the Red List. The insect transmits serious plant diseases and is spreading unchecked in Germany. There is no effective antidote in sight. EU approval procedures are being criticized.

By Markus Grabitz and Cornelia Meyer

Feature

August 5th, 2025

Science fiction: How the genre is to boost technological advancement and soft power

In the 1980s, science fiction was still considered “spiritual pollution”. Today, the Chinese government uses the genre to promote the Chinese modernization model.

By Emily Kossak

Feature | USA

August 4th, 2025

Gas & oil from the USA: energy deal hardly achievable

The EU-US trade deal includes a promise by the European Commission to purchase USD 250 billion worth of energy per year from the US through the end of Trump’s term. According to experts, this is hardly realistic and harms climate action efforts.

By Manuel Berkel

An intangible cultural heritage inheritor teaches foreign students to make dough sculptures at Jiangsu Ocean University in Lianyungang, East China s Jiangsu province

Feature | China-Kompetenz

August 4th, 2025

Education: The potential information gap between Europe and China

The number of German students in China remains far below pre-pandemic levels. Overall, Western countries are playing an ever smaller role in China's international exchange. An even wider information gap could be the result.

By Leonardo Pape

Feature | Klimakrise

August 1st, 2025

Tropical diseases: How Germany prepares for new risks posed by mosquitoes

The WHO has issued a warning about a possible chikungunya epidemic. Infectious mosquito-borne diseases are on the rise in Germany due to the climate crisis. How prepared is the country?

By Lisa Kuner

Feature | Handel

August 1st, 2025

US LNG: Commission wants to broker gas purchases until 2050

The European Commission has published a detailed explanation of the energy deal with the United States. In it, the Commission announces its own participation and creates confusion about the duration of the contracts.

By Manuel Berkel

Feature | Russland

August 1st, 2025

Russia: Why support for the war is still high

Three and a half years after the invasion of Ukraine, support for the war remains strong in Russia. Despite mounting economic worries and personal hardships, the Kremlin has managed to paralyze society through fear and a sense of helplessness.

By Maria Mitrov

Feature | Kultur

August 1st, 2025

Book special: China book recommendations for summer and fall

The first half of the year saw some exciting new books about China hit the market. Our editorial team read, discussed, and selected them intensively. Find out which ones we recommend and which ones you might want to skip.

By Redaktion Table

Feature | Autoindustrie

August 1st, 2025

ZF: Why the German supplier's China strategy is dividing opinions

Declining sales, massive layoffs, and billions in debt: Even though ZF now only has a “speculative” rating, the company wants to turn things around in highly competitive China, of all places. This has led to criticism from the supervisory board.

By Christian Domke Seidel