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LIFESTYLE
LeBron’s Collab with LVMH: Marketing Genius or Risky Timing?
LeBron shocks fans with “the decision of all decisions..." not retirement, but a Hennessy collab amid looming U.S.–France trade tensions.
BUSINESS
Airbus’ Edge on Boeing is Innovation, Not Government Support
Airbus thrives without political backing, unlike Boeing, relying on strong demand, quality, and independence to outpace rivals.
BUSINESS
Relations in the Rear View For Now: The U.S.-India Diplomatic Crisis
U.S.-India ties face worst rupture in two decades as Modi rejects Trump’s invite; tariffs, BRICS tensions, and mistrust redefine Asia balance.
BUSINESS
Capitulation by Trade: Why the EU-US Deal Serves Nobody Well
When Brussels agreed to a 15% trade tariff this week, European officials chose expedience over economic sense.
BUSINESS
Meloni Rides Out the Transatlantic Storm in Style
With a warm handshake in Washington, Meloni cast herself as Europe's Trump whisperer while tariff thunderclouds gathered over transatlantic trade.
Popular
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.
