A Rwandan senate delegation has expressed concern over the heavy influence Belgium holds in shaping European perspectives on Africa’s Great Lakes regional affairs, particularly among Nordic countries.

Relaxed nations revealed? This comes at a time when the level of global peacefulness has deteriorated by 2 percent since 2008.

Traveling East might have been an appropriate tendency for early humans living in what is now Europe near the end of the Ice ...

An archaeological study of human settlement during the Final Palaeolithic revealed that populations in Europe did not decrease homogenously during the last cold phase of the Ice Age. Significant ...

A new study sheds light on how prehistoric hunter-gatherer populations in Europe coped with climate changes over 12,000 years ...

Every year, the World Happiness Report releases its rankings. The report seemingly provides a clear, numerical snapshot of ...

Finland once again ranks as the happiest country in the world. With Finland retaining its top position once again in the 2025 World Happiness Report -- for the eighth straight time -- followed by ...

For the eighth year in a row, Finland has been named the happiest country in the world, while the United States hits a new low. Plus, more on the state of happiness and well-being around the globe.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Finns share their insights as Finland is again ranked the happiest country in the world Mexico ranked in the ...

It’s that “ski it now before it goes” season. With spring’s advent and warmer, rainier weather, that snowpack is disappearing fast. Bare ground is popping up everywhere. If your favorite trail is ...

The world’s happiest country has managed to keep its No. 1 ranking for eight years running. The picture in the United States isn’t so rosy. While Finland once again tops the World Happiness ...

Every Nordic country found itself in the top 10, which also included Costa Rica. Finland and several other Nordic countries have been – once again – assessed as leading the world in happiness ...