Donald Trump has often cast himself as Israel’s best friend ever in the White House. But his own revival of America-first politics has prompted many in his movement to question the commitment to the Jewish state https://t.co/qiccfguBltIllustration: David Simonds https://t.co/d2ss1RGidP ...

It has moved from honky-tonks to urban bars https://t.co/QduZfboPD2 ...

The biggest worry for any country relying on foreign carmakers is that big global businesses invest where returns are greatest. Slovakia is still in the running, but competition is revving up https://t.co/B2hxiSWX89 ...

Serbia’s president could be in trouble. In areas that once staunchly backed him, local elections last November gave his coalition much lower majorities. But he may weather the storm yet https://t.co/mayNnDVh2L ...

The Supreme Court may be unpopular today, but its lowest point came in 1857. Explore this part of history in the second chapter of our America at 250 project https://t.co/zpJATsYXET ...

With his oratory, his slogan “Yes We Can!” and his deliberate pitch to the disrespected, Barack Obama followed the very path Jesse Jackson had mapped out in 1984.We remember the activist and civil-rights leader https://t.co/aUfWDXegT2 ...

The rare-earth episode last year was a sharp reminder that Germany has left itself vulnerable to blackmail. But some think Germany and Europe underestimate their own leverage against China https://t.co/NcFqp6CpZN ...

One scientist reckons a prototype neuromorphic computer might be put together as soon as next year https://t.co/xjEkY5dd0l ...

They are calling it the potato flood. Germany, the largest producer of spuds in the EU, is enjoying the biggest harvest in a generation. We explain why the humble vegetable is smashing it https://t.co/n1e6MnOUYcPhoto: Getty Images https://t.co/gth2uQrW4W ...

If France had a point about European strategic independence, why did no one listen? The answers may loosely be grouped into three: it was too soon; it did not seem credible; and it got on everyone’s nerves https://t.co/0J1UEoLYZV ...