Philip Oltermann

Russia’s war in Ukraine has earned Norway billions – and caused controversy As the sun plunges into the Oslofjord on a December evening, passersby stop outside Norway’s new €620m national art…

Ben Green doesn’t have to worry that Vladimir Putin might cut off Europe’s gas this winter, fret about a seasonal revival of Covid-19, or panic about a looming global food crisis.

Parts of Belgium, France and Netherlands also badly affected as unprecedented rainfall wreaks havoc. At least 58 people have died and dozens more are missing in Germany after much of western Europe…