AfD
EUROPE
It is Lonely in the Middle: How Mass Immigration, Stagnation, and Taxes is Stripping Centrist Politics
Centrist parties across Europe and the UK are losing ground as immigration, stagnation, and rising taxes fuel populist momentum.
EUROPE
Farage Vs Robinson: Drawing the Line Between Populism and Extremism
Nigel Farage distances Reform UK from Tommy Robinson, balancing voter appeal, funding needs, and risks of extremist ties.
EUROPE
Elections 2025: Germany Shifts to the Right
Germany's elections reshape Europe—CDU wins, AfD surges, and migration policies tighten. What’s next for EU politics?
BUSINESS
Europe Falls Out of Love with Tesla: Sales Drop Across the Continent
Once Europe's EV darling, Tesla watches sales and stock wobble while competitors capitalise on Musk's unpopularity in Europe.
EUROPE
Merz Miscalculates Cross-Party Cooperation with the AfD
Friedrich Merz's anti-immigration bill, aligning with the AfD, backfires as Germans protest against the unpredecented decision to align with the far-right party.
Popular
Starlink, Grok and the Price of Private Infrastructure
As UK regulator Ofcom launched a formal investigation into X on 12 January 2026 over Grok's generation of sexualised deepfakes, including images of children, the case exposed how everyday life runs on systems voters never designed.
Cloudflare Pulls the Plug on the Italy’s Winter Games
Cloudflare quits Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics security after Italy fine, sparking US-EU clash over piracy laws and censorship
Mudejar Ruins in Spain: Brickwork on the Edge
At 8:00 on Monday morning, a wall of the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption in Muriel de Zapardiel collapsed, sending 12th-century Romanesque-Mudejar brick crashing onto the ground and turning a quiet Valladolid village into the latest symbol of Spain's heritage crisis.
Poland’s Catholic Football Pilgrimage: Unity, Faith and a Hard Line on Migration
At a Marian shrine where football supporters gather to pray, a presidential call for “Poland without illegal immigrants” turned a devotional event into a political stage.
AfDB Turns to Gulf as Western Funders Step Back
The African Development Bank has installed a president with ingrained Gulf experience as Washington pulls back hundreds of millions
