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WORLD
The New World Order: As America Retreats, Europe and Allies Rise
As the U.S. retreats from Ukraine, Europe re-arms, reshaping global power. Is this the end of U.S. hegemony and the rise of a multipolar world?
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.
BUSINESS
Cost of Living Crisis Continues: UK Water Bills to Soar 25% in 2025
Uk water bills face their latest price hike in 2025 as the cost of living crisis exposes the UK's failed privatised model compared to other European models.
EUROPE
Can the Nordic Welfare Model Solve Western Europe’s Cost of Living Crisis?
Could the Nordic Welfare Model, with its universal healthcare, social security, and progressive taxation, solve the UK’s cost of living crisis?
BUSINESS
Gulf Tour Commences for British Prime Minister Starmer
On Monday morning, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer began a regional tour of the Gulf starting in the United Arab Emirates.
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.
