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EUROPE
East Germany: Cheap Rent to Live in a Ghost Town
Desperate towns now offer weeks of cheap housing rent to strangers. This isn't marketing; it's survival.
Film
Critterz: The Automation of the Dream Factory Has Begun
Silicon Valley is making a £24 million bet on solving a Hollywood problem. The outcome could reshape European film forever or reveal the inherent limits of code.
EUROPE
U.S. Wants Türkiye to Hand Back Enigmatic Jet Gear
As Washington reclaims F-35 gear from Türkiye, fears grow that America's prized fighter jets come with a hidden kill switch only the Pentagon controls.
BUSINESS
Privacy and Utility: A Future Without Constant Clicks?
EU cookie consent laws cost citizens billions in lost time. Regulators seek new privacy solutions to reduce user frustration.
Popular
Guilty by Involvement: Britain, Berbera, and Red Sea Tensions
Britain’s state-backed bets on a Red Sea port are now dragging London into a genocidal war in Sudan and a high-stakes diplomatic collision with Saudi Arabia.
Timbuktu Manuscripts Return as Museums Raise Prices
As 28,000 manuscripts arrived back at the Timbuktu Ahmed Baba Institute in August 2025 after 13 years in Bamako, Paris's Louvre raised standard admission to €22, marking the latest divergence in how access to Africa's written past is being rearranged.
Houthi Payroll Politics and Riyadh’s Bet to Secure Yemen Peace
Yemen’s government workers wait for paychecks as Riyadh bets that money will buy the peace that ten years of war was unable to secure.
Africa on Stream: IShowSpeed and a New Online Map of the Continent
As American streamer IShowSpeed's "Speed Does Africa" tour averaged 80,000 concurrent viewers across 20 countries between 29 December 2025 and 26 January 2026, the 28-day broadcast raised old questions about who gets to show the continent and how.
Netanyahu Aide Bypasses Military Censors via German Tabloid
Behind the headlines of a German tabloid lies a high-stakes effort to bypass Israeli military censors.
