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LIFESTYLE
Scientology’s Public Relations Push: Community Service as Strategy in Europe
Scientology-backed volunteers boost drug-prevention across France, using community outreach to reshape the group’s public image.
EUROPE
Jurassic Justice: The Price of Time
Britain’s NCA seized £12.4m dinosaur skeletons, exposing a global fossil smuggling trade and legal battles over Jurassic heritage.
LIFESTYLE
Lebanon Deserves Headlines for Its Wonders, Not Wars
Ancient temples in Lebanon, from Baalbek to Byblos, stand as timeless symbols of beauty, resilience, and cultural heritage.
EUROPE
A Martyr is Political Capital: Meloni Links Kirk Assassination to Red Brigades
Meloni politicises Charlie Kirk’s assassination, linking U.S. violence to Italy’s past terrorism and framing her government as defender of democracy.
Popular
Lithuania: Small States and the Price of Acting Alone
Some small states tried to champion democratic values on the world stage but found that moral stands are often too hard to maintain without an economic shield.
Ronaldo Boycott Exposes Saudi Football’s Fault Lines
One player refused to play. An entire model began to crack.
Trade, Not Tribes: Phoenician Culture Spread by Contact, Not Conquest
As a study published in Nature on 23 April 2025 analysed DNA from 210 individuals across 14 Mediterranean sites, researchers discovered that Phoenician ideas travelled further than Phoenician bodies, challenging centuries of assumptions about ancient expansion.
News Room No More: Bezos Cuts Washington Post by One-Third
One-third of staff gone. Democracy dies in spreadsheets.
Youthful Economic Leverage: Africa’s Coming Negotiating Power
At a point at which wealthy states grey and workforces shrink, Africa prepares to use its youthful population as a powerful tool for global negotiation.
