Privacy
EUROPE
French Privacy Over Politics: Clooneys Choose Provence
As France's Journal Officiel confirmed George and Amal Clooney's naturalisation on 27 December 2025, the announcement brought attention to a legal framework that protects privacy in ways most countries do not.
BUSINESS
British Virgin Islands Hit by FATF Grey List
The British Virgin Islands, a tiny territory where businesses outnumber residents ten to one, holding billions in wealth within a system designed for silence.
BUSINESS
Europeans Want a ‘Secure, Easy-to-Use, and Free Digital Euro’
Most Europeans want a digital euro that is secure, easy to use, and free, as ECB advances plans for launch by 2029.
Ukraine War
Europe and Ukraine: Today’s Compromise Becomes Tomorrow’s Defeat
Brussels faces its toughest test since 1945 as Washington considers carving up Ukraine without consulting those who built postwar order
BUSINESS
Privacy and Utility: A Future Without Constant Clicks?
EU cookie consent laws cost citizens billions in lost time. Regulators seek new privacy solutions to reduce user frustration.
Popular
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.
Timbuktu Manuscripts Return as Museums Raise Prices
As 28,000 manuscripts arrived back at the Timbuktu Ahmed Baba Institute in August 2025 after 13 years in Bamako, Paris's Louvre raised standard admission to €22, marking the latest divergence in how access to Africa's written past is being rearranged.
Houthi Payroll Politics and Riyadh’s Bet to Secure Yemen Peace
Yemen’s government workers wait for paychecks as Riyadh bets that money will buy the peace that ten years of war was unable to secure.
Africa on Stream: IShowSpeed and a New Online Map of the Continent
As American streamer IShowSpeed's "Speed Does Africa" tour averaged 80,000 concurrent viewers across 20 countries between 29 December 2025 and 26 January 2026, the 28-day broadcast raised old questions about who gets to show the continent and how.
Netanyahu Aide Bypasses Military Censors via German Tabloid
Behind the headlines of a German tabloid lies a high-stakes effort to bypass Israeli military censors.
