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BUSINESS
Capitulation by Trade: Why the EU-US Deal Serves Nobody Well
When Brussels agreed to a 15% trade tariff this week, European officials chose expedience over economic sense.
EUROPE
A Hole in One: Bromance, Nostalgia, and Brexit Dividend
When POTUS hosted his Labour counterpart at Turnberry, old allegiances take new forms in a post-Brexit era for old friends.
BUSINESS
Beyond the Green High Ground: The EU’s New Realism
When green ideals meet raw reality, something has to give. Europe’s Indonesia deal shows us what that is.
BUSINESS
EU-UAE Trade Talks: Small Steps Before Big Leaps
Europe's UAE trade talks might succeed where American bluster and Chinese pressure tactics have repeatedly failed.
BUSINESS
UAE-EU CEPA: 27 Deals for the Price of One
UAE and EU launch CEPA talks, deepening trade ties as global power shifts east and multipolar networks reshape world commerce.
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.
