Details of 600,000 orders made from an online pharmacy in Australia could easily be accessed on the internet. Thousands of other companies were just as careless.
Worms, tuberculosis and Zika: A problem only in the world's poorest countries? No. Poverty-related diseases are much more widespread in G-20 countries. What can be done?
As politics has become quicker, coarser and twitter-y, Sigmar Gabriel sets a basic principle of the newer German foreign policy: Facing things more directly.
Gina Haspel, the new No. 2 at the CIA, played a leading role in the torture of terror suspects following 9/11. Now German lawyers are seeking criminal action against her.
The revolution was not the cause of the war in Syria. Over the course of decades, the Assad family established a rigid system of fear – and it was ready to explode.
Many refugees never talked about sex back home. That doesn't just present problems in bed. Now they are learning to do so with the "woman who always talks about sex."
He was provincial, uninspiring and a poor speaker lacking in charisma. But he was successful. It took me a long time to understand why. A guest editorial
Ahead of the European state funeral: The former German chancellor was better at economic policy than he is generally given credit for. At least, he was at one stage.
Never before has the state lost so much money through tax trickery. How did the largest tax scandal in postwar German history come to pass? We have the details.
Von Paul Blickle,
Philip Faigle,
Karsten Polke-Majewski u.a.
The trans-Atlanticist Angela Merkel, of all people, thinks she has the right to pass judgment on America. The story behind an astonishing statement in a beer tent.
Samsung claims that its new Galaxy S8 smartphone has an extremely secure iris scanner. But as a security expert demonstrated to ZEIT ONLINE, it can easily be fooled.
Nigel Farage loves giving interviews. But if you ask him about his connections to Russia and about the consequences of Brexit, he'll put a stop to the conversation.
In the small town of Habichsthal in Lower Franconia the local bank branch is closing. Like many other branches, it is suffering from a lack of customers.
For the last several weeks, we have been asking our readers how they are doing. Psychologist Michael Boiger explains what insights can be found in the data.
In 2015 hackers spent weeks spying on the Bundestag's computer network. How did they do it? The following is a reconstruction of a spectacular intelligence operation.
Von Patrick Beuth,
Kai Biermann,
Martin Klingst u.a.
What might France look like under a Front National government? The town of Hayange provides a glimpse. Mayor Fabien Engelmann governs the town like a madman.