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Sovereignty’s Price: Why the UK’s Security Networks Are Slower After Brexit?

In one year, 40,000 stolen phones were sent to China. Since Brexit, British authorities no longer have access to EU intelligence networks that helped track illegal tech flows.

Memories, People, and Places: Mark Ronson and His New Memoir

Mark Ronson's decision to write from where it all started in Night People feels as intentional as his choice to bring that reflection to life on stage — not as a retrospective, but as a living conversation with the past.

Rats and Economic Neglect: Furry Problems of UK Cities

Across Britain’s streets, rats boldly roam in broad daylight, showing how economic neglect can lead to a growing biological problem.

The GCC in the Heart of Europe: Saudi and Emirati Investment in Real Estate and Tech

Gulf petrodollars shift from real estate to European tech as Saudi and UAE funds invest in startups, golden visas, and strategic assets.

Protectionism Wave Finds Ground in Europe

Farmers across Europe protest taxes, trade deals, and cheap imports, from UK’s inheritance tax fight to Eastern Europe's border blockades.

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AfDB Turns to Gulf as Western Funders Step Back

The African Development Bank has installed a president with ingrained Gulf experience as Washington pulls back hundreds of millions

Modern Toys, Old Childhood: Barbie and Lego at a Crossroads

As Mattel unveiled its first autistic Barbie yesterday, developed over 18 months with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, the $11.87 doll raised familiar questions about whether modern toys widen childhood or quietly narrow it.

Alps Without Snow: Winter Tourism Tries Reinvention

As Grandvalira in the Pyrenees postponed its late-November 2024 opening until mid-December, warm temperatures left slopes across France, Austria and Spain grassy well into the month, forcing managers to watch thermometers anxiously.

Iranian Heritage Under Threat From All Sides

As civil unrest spreads across Iranian cities in early January 2026 and President Trump renews warnings about military options, the country's 28 UNESCO World Heritage sites sit vulnerable to dangers from multiple directions.

Kawthoolei Republic: Italy’s CasaPound Export Radical Dreams to Myanmar

In Myanmar’s remote hills, a rogue general and his Italian allies are forging a sovereign state on a harvest of ideas Rome would not permit at home.Â