Did you know that there's an organisation that promotes the idea that some races are genetically 'low IQ'? Welcome to 'scientific racism', the underground movement that seeks to cloak racial stereotypes under explanations based on widely discredited theories.

'Scientific racism' exposed: How a secretive group promotes racist stereotypes in Europe

Germany's Ursula von der Leyen secured European parliamentary approval on Tuesday (July 16) to become the first female European Commission president after she won over socialists and liberals with her vision of a greener, fairer and rule-based Europe.

Von der Leyen secures powerful EU executive top job

The Spanish government is dealing with the Catalonian secession movement in entirely the wrong way, its intransigent, hardline approach is inflaming tensions to no end

Catalonia: Spain's hard line is no way to handle a secession crisis