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BUSINESS
Guilty by Involvement: Britain, Berbera, and Red Sea Tensions
Britain’s state-backed bets on a Red Sea port are now dragging London into a genocidal war in Sudan and a high-stakes diplomatic collision with Saudi Arabia.
PODCASTS
Rentier No More: AI, Tech, and Renewables
Austria’s Ambassador to the UAE, Dr. Etienne Berchtold, discusses energy, AI, and tech cooperation shaping a new bilateral era.
WORLD
A Skeleton of Itself: How Isaias Afwerki Grounded Eritrea Down
Ethiopia's recent war accusations resurrect fears of another conflict in the Horn of Africa, but the real tragedy is what Eritrea has already become.
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Addiction by Design Enters the Courtroom
Social media addiction trial targets Meta, Google as regulators crack down on infinite scroll and addictive design harms to children.
Bad Bunny’s Zara Shirt Becomes €30,000 Commodity
One performance. One jersey. Thirty thousand euros on resale sites by Tuesday.
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.
