Aid
BUSINESS
Ukraine Looks to the GCC at Time of Crisis
UAE-Ukraine CEPA deal slashes tariffs, boosts GDP, and strengthens Gulf ties in key sectors like tech, agriculture, and investment.
Ukraine War
Peacekeepers Line Up: Britain First in Line with Ukraine
Paris summit debates EU peacekeepers in Ukraine: UK backs deployment, NATO tensions rise, whilst Moscow warns of escalation.
US-China
New Zealand Surfed Out of the Pacific: China Waved In
Cook Islands moves closer to China, rejecting New Zealand oversight, as Pacific nations reassess Western aid and alliances.
Gaza War
Trump Spins Aid as ‘Hamas Explosive Condoms’ in Latest Remarks
Trump's latest spin, turning humanitarian aid into 'Hamas exploding condoms', reveals a legacy of distorted truths in U.S. political history.
Popular
Abu Dhabi Rebuffs British Universities Over Campus Radicalisation
The world’s wealthiest patrons now view Western campuses as hazards, forcing a costly inversion of the traditional hierarchy that once defined global education.
Bury the Lead: MTV ‘Death’ and the Way We Read Now
As MTV continued broadcasting across the United States and most of Europe on 1 January 2026, millions of social media tributes mourned a channel that had never actually shut down.
La Befana: Italy’s Winter Gift Giver
As Rome's Piazza Navona packed with families yesterday for the 2026 Befana celebrations, one tradition proves that Italy's Christmas season runs on its own clock.
Slovakia Targets Hungarian History Over Land Titles
By criminalising dissent over post-war property seizures, Slovakia is forcing a choice between the preservation of family history and the risk of a jail cell.Â
Double Bind: Struggle in Syria Between Foreign Peace and Domestic Clashes
As diplomats in Paris weigh the price of peace with Israel, the shelling in Aleppo serves as a lethal reminder of the domestic fractures haunting the new Syria.
