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Fighting Over Thin Air: Europe’s Green Energy Myth
Wind isn’t infinite—Belgium’s turbines cut Dutch output by 3%, exposing how poor planning makes renewable energy rivals, not allies.
EUROPE
Under Review: Israel’s Largest Trading Partner Second Guessing Relations
EU launches review of Israel trade deal amid Gaza crisis, citing humanitarian law breaches and growing internal bloc pressure.
EUROPE
Bosma: Dutch Colonialism in Full Force on Belgium Partition
Dutch Speaker Bosma stirs controversy with call to carve up Belgium, risking EU turmoil and reigniting old nationalist dreams.
EUROPE
Hydrogen Boom: Europe’s Energy Transition Via Oman
As Oman, Netherlands, and Germany join forces to create history's first liquid hydrogen superhighway, global energy flows reinvent themselves.
EUROPE
Intellectual Exodus: American Brains Arrive on the Continent
Europe courts top American scientists fleeing political pressure, as the Netherlands and France launch academic freedom initiatives.
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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.
