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In the fight against climate change, every month, let alone year, is key. However, 2025 will be more important than most in determining the success or failure of the landmark 2015 Paris climate agreement.

Christmas holidays tend to be a time of joy for many families around the world. However, this year’s festivities will also be tinged with great sadness for many as the world on Thursday (Dec. 26) marks the 20th anniversary of the devastating Boxing Day Tsunami.

When the Conservatives won the 2019 UK general election with their largest majority since the victories of Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s, party leader Boris Johnson had high hopes of remaining in power for another decade.

Ordinarily, Saturday’s 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall might have been expected to be a cause for much joy in Germany. However, celebrations of the milestone will for many people be subdued given the nation’s deep economic and political funk.

Keir Starmer has spent more time on foreign policy issues than perhaps any recent UK prime minister during the crucial first 100 days in office. Yet, much of his attention so far has focused on the Middle East and Europe, not least with the wars involving Israel and Ukraine.

Of all the 27 EU nations, it is the bloc’s most powerful state and largest economy, Germany, that may have the most at stake in November’s US election. This was clear on Thursday and Friday, when Joe Biden made what is likely to be his last presidential trip to Europe.