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EUROPE
EU-NATO: Brussels Summit and New Baltic Security
Baltic states push NATO on mine ban review as defense spending tops 2.5% of GDP amid rising Russian threats and EU security shifts.
BUSINESS
AfPak: Border Disputes, Security Challenges, and the Path to Stability
AfPak tensions persist due to border disputes, security challenges, and ethnic divisions, impacting regional stability and trade.
WORLD
Colombia ‘Backs Down’ to Trump
Colombia's refusal to accept Colombian nationals, who illegally entered the U.S, backfires as Trump starts his campaign to deport illegal migrants from the States.
EUROPE
Stalemate in Cyprus: Talks Yield No Breakthrough
Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders' talks on new border crossings stall on the backdrop of concerns over US arms sales.
Popular
Winter Storm Research Rewrites a Witch Trial Tragedy
As new research published in Smithsonian Magazine this week connects a 1617 Arctic storm to Norway's deadliest witch trials, climate historians reveal how weather shock fed decades of persecution.
Prediction Takes Politics: Prophets and Polymarkets Collide
As 11 Peruvian shamans predicted Nicolás Maduro's fall on 29 December 2025, crypto traders were placing similar bets online—five days before U.S. forces extracted the Venezuelan leader to New York.
Mladenov Takes Over Gaza Board After Regional Veto
Nickolay Mladenov becomes Gaza peace board head after Arab states blocked Tony Blair, raising questions about whose interests guide Washington's selection.
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.
