Income
Food & Drink
Finland: When Prosperity Packs on the Pounds
In Finland, saunas once sweated away stress, now fast food feeds growing waistlines as wealth brings unintended consequences.
BUSINESS
Oman: Rentier State No More
Oman breaks Gulf tradition with first-ever income tax on top earners, marking a bold step toward post-oil economic transformation.
EUROPE
Universities Pay the Price for Anti-Migration Politics
Politicians celebrate lower student visa numbers while university staff clear out their desks and students wonder if they'll graduate.
EUROPE
Schengen: Freedom of Movement No More?
Schengen under strain: EU faces rising border controls, migration pressures, and terror threats, testing free movement and unity.
Popular
Bosnia Off Air: Will Brussels Let the Last Broadcaster Die?
Bosnia’s public broadcaster BHRT nears collapse as funding is withheld, journalists work in tents, and regional media freedom fades
STC Take Hadhramaut: Fragmentation Leaves No WinnersÂ
Clashes in Hadramout expose Yemen’s deep fractures as tribes, the STC, and oil interests battle over autonomy, power, and survival.
Thailand-Cambodia Fighting Raises Questions for Winter Travellers
Airstrikes on the Thai-Cambodian border look alarming from afar, yet tourism ads still show turquoise bays. How should travellers read this contradiction?
National Security Strategy: The Era of Investment Power
Washington has stopped acting like a global policeman and started operating like a hedge fund, trading lectures for massive sovereign wealth deposits.
Moscow’s Calculus: Guns Fall Silent, Commerce Speaks
As Moscow sheds the weight of defunct military pacts, it ruthlessly prioritizes the economic engines that bind it to Europe.
