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BUSINESS
Palantir: UK Fraud Files and the Swiss Press
Palantir got inside the FCA's fraud files this week while a Zurich court heard its case against a magazine that reported Switzerland had rejected it nine times.
BUSINESS
Israel: A One Way Ticket Out of the Holy Land
While the government focuses on immediate battles, a quieter and more permanent defeat is taking place at the boarding gates of Israel's main airport hub.
BUSINESS
Lost in Automation: AI Predictions and the Reality Check
Although tech giants claim office jobs will vanish in months, their software remains stuck in an English bubble that cannot grasp the wider global world.
BUSINESS
Big Tech Giants Take Over the European Public Square
Invisible code, engineered thousands of miles away, dictates the daily cadence of European voices.
BUSINESS
Starlink, Grok, and the Price of Private Infrastructure
As UK regulator Ofcom launched a formal investigation into X on 12 January 2026 over Grok's generation of sexualised deepfakes, including images of children, the case exposed how everyday life runs on systems voters never designed.
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Pope Leo XIV Returns Augustine to Algeria
Pope Leo XIV landed in Algeria this week on the first-ever papal visit to the country, hours after Donald Trump told him to stop "catering to the Radical Left" over his criticism of the Iran war.
Lebanon Ceasefire: New Deal Ploughs the Same Furrow
Trump brokers a truce in Lebanon, leaving a ten-day window to test the old structural deadlock that has defined the Blue Line for generations.
Melania Defends Reputation as Epstein Story Returns
Standing in the White House Grand Foyer this week, Melania Trump delivered a six-minute statement denying ties to Jeffrey Epstein that even her husband did not know was coming.
Operators of Vital Importance: France’s TotalEnergies on Trial
The state-shielded groups now answer for their conduct in lawless foreign territories, as French courts finally weigh strategic value against moral costs.
The North Sea Trades Big Oil for Giant Wind Farm
While Donald Trump rails against turbines, the world's biggest offshore wind farm lands in Norfolk.
