--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Lisa Abend ## Lisa Abend Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close ## Lisa Abend Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Jan 18, 2026 ### [Inside the Danish Campaign to Keep Greenland](https://time.com/7347183/denmark-greenland-trump-europe/) The Danes have tried everything to pacify the notoriously unpredictable president. Now they may be r... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Mar 27, 2023 ### [Birth Control for the World’s Rat Problem](https://time.com/6264623/rat-birth-control-poison-contrapest/) Step aside, rat poison. A new oral contraceptive for rodents may be the answer to the world's infest... [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Feb 16, 2023 ### [How a Feminist Law Went Awry in Spain](https://time.com/6255792/irene-montero-interview-spain-gender-equality/) Spain is at an inflection point on gender [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jan 19, 2023 ### [Why 2023 Could Be the Year of the 4-Day Week](https://time.com/6248369/4-day-work-week-2023/) Both employers and employees have declared global trials of a four-day workweek an overwhelming succ... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Nov 21, 2022 ### [Europe Begins to Cool on Ukrainian Refugees](https://time.com/6234536/ukrainian-refugees-russia-ireland-poland/) Europe has welcomed millions of Ukrainian refugees. But as countries face their own crises, that wel... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Oct 20, 2022 ### [Inside a 'Sponge City' to Withstand Floods](https://time.com/6222020/sponge-city-vienna-climate-change/) This Vienna neighborhood was designed to protect residents from extreme climate change [CLIMATE](/section/climate/) *  Sep 22, 2022 ### [Switzerland Mulls Ban on Factory Farming](https://time.com/6215645/switzerland-factory-farming-protect-animals/) Switzerland already has a strong culture of protecting animals. Activists say it should go further [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Sep 3, 2022 ### [Europe Is Divided on Banning Russian Tourists](https://time.com/6210654/russia-visa-ban-europe-tourists-finland/) For some of Europe’s leaders, the sight of Russian tourists sunning themselves on the beach while th... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Aug 16, 2022 ### [Inside the Return of Europe's Sleeper Trains](https://time.com/6205406/air-travel-chaos-europe-train-climate/) Climate concerns and travel chaos are souring Europeans on flying. Can overnight train travel go the... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jul 1, 2022 ### [Why Air Travel Is Hell This Summer](https://time.com/6192903/why-air-travel-is-bad-now/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jun 20, 2022 ### [Welcome to the Summer of Revenge Travel](https://time.com/6188783/tourism-boom-revenge-travel/) Demand is soaring for vacations that are more frequent, more indulgent, and far from home. [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jun 3, 2022 ### [Danish Political Drama _Borgen_ Is Back at Last, With a Fresh Take on Female Power](https://time.com/6183816/borgen-season-4-netflix/) The show hits Netflix after a 10-year hiatus [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  May 3, 2022 ### [The New 'Blood Diamonds' Come From Russia](https://time.com/6172665/russia-diamonds-sanctions-belgium/) One company, partially owned by the Putin regime, is responsible for mining 27% of the world's diamo... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Apr 20, 2022 ### [A Foreign Fighter on Life Inside Ukraine](https://time.com/6168064/foreign-fighter-ukraine-frontline/) [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Apr 7, 2022 ### [Estonia Is Preparing to Defend Itself Against Putin](https://time.com/6164840/estonia-baltics-russia-defense-putin/) Some 16,000 ordinary citizens in Estonia spend several weekends each year training in guerrilla warf... 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