Month: July 2026

The number of drug-related deaths has dramatically risen in the last year, press reports said Tuesday. In 2025, 528 people under the age of 30 died from illegal drugs such as heroin or crack. That’s nearly 53% more than in 2021, the daily BILD newspaper reported, citing figures from the Federal Criminal Police Office. Among […]

France returned 23 archaeological artifacts borrowed from Syria 15 years ago on Tuesday, coinciding with French President Emmanuel Macron's official visit to Damascus in a symbolic gesture reflecting growing ties between the two countries. The artifacts, which had been loaned to the Arab World Institute in Paris in 2011 from Syrian museums, were returned to […]