Welcome to today's edition of Navigator, CityLab's biweekly Saturday newsletter. For those of us who were lucky enough to have spent much of the past year and a half working from home, the return to the office…

Angela Merkel starts her exit from German politics. Photographer: Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu/Bloomberg By Chris Reiter and Sam Dodge July 15, 2021 Angela Merkel’s remarkable run as Germany’s first female chancellor made her the undisputed queen of…

What’s happening? London rejects the calculation made by Brussels detailing the Brexit settlement bill, and a transatlantic trade deal remains a long way off. Bickering over the settlement is the biggest part of any divorce.…

The European Union rolled out an ambitious climate plan to transform every corner of its economy on Wednesday, and braced for years of tough negotiations to turn it into reality. Every industry will be forced…

Fulfilling one of his campaign promises, U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order intended to crack down on monopolistic practices while expanding business competition. The directive targets three industrial sectors in which the White House…

Moscow (AP) -- A plane carrying 28 people crashed Tuesday, apparently as it came in for a landing in bad weather in Russia’s Far East, and everyone aboard was feared dead. Wreckage from the An-26…

President Xi Jinping struck a defiant tone in a speech marking the Communist Party’s 100-year anniversary, calling China’s quest to gain control of Taiwan a “historic mission” and warning the country’s adversaries to avoid standing…

Millions of people in some of the worst Covid hotspots in Southeast Asia are in no rush for inoculation or just saying no, swayed by disinformation on social media from both local sources as well…