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EUROPE
Playing with Fire: Musk, Robinson, and the AfD
Elon Musk's exclusive interview with Alice Weidel, AfD party leader, sparks significant controversy. The interview raisies concerns about the legitimisation of extremist ideologies and interference in European elections.
BUSINESS
Elon Musk Touts Populism Abroad and Openness at Home
Tech titan, Elon Musk, continues to ignite a firestorm in European politics, throwing his weight behind nationalist figures while fighting for skilled immigration in America. The billionaire's support for British and German populists has drawn fierce pushback from European leaders.
BUSINESS
Trade, Tech, and Tension: Storm Clouds
In 2025, U.S.-China relations will face economic, technological, and geopolitical tensions, with trade wars, intensified tech rivalry, and strategic alliances, while fragile opportunities for cooperation on global issues like climate change and AI governance remain.
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.
