November 2025

Retiring to France? Don’t Forget Your Wallet

France’s move to make non-EU retirees pay into its public health system has triggered predictable alarm among American pensioners dreaming of rosé-soaked afternoons on the Riviera. But beneath the surface of this

November 30, 2025

Opinion

Record $2.2 Billion Haul: ChrysCapital Bets Big on India’s Growth Engine

ChrysCapital’s closure of its $2.2 billion Fund X marks the largest private equity fund ever raised by an India-focused firm, surpassing its previous $1.35 billion fund by over 60%. This achievement highlights

November 29, 2025

Asia·Opinion

Britain’s Diplomatic Fire Sale Risks Shrinking Its World Role at the Worse Possible Moment

Britain’s plan to “rationalise” its £2.5 billion overseas estate may look like prudent housekeeping in an era of tight budgets. In reality, it risks becoming a strategic blunder that further hollows out

November 28, 2025

Europe·Opinion

Trump’s Venezuela Gambit: Guns, Talks, and Oil Dreams

President Donald Trump’s second term has reignited a confrontational approach toward Venezuela, blending economic sanctions, military posturing, and diplomatic overtures aimed at dismantling Nicolás Maduro’s regime. This stance prioritizes curbing drug trafficking

November 27, 2025

Americas·Explainer

The €140 Billion Question Europe Won’t Answer

As Ukraine edges toward a potentially catastrophic funding shortfall early next year, the European Union faces a familiar dilemma: the collision between geopolitical necessity and internal political fragmentation. What should have been

November 26, 2025

Europe·Opinion

Italy’s Google Deal Shows National Regulators Still Shape Europe’s Tech Crackdown

By reaching a settlement with Google over how the company seeks consent to use customer data, Italy’s competition watchdog has underscored an important reality of Europe’s digital rulebook: even in an era

November 25, 2025

Europe·Technology

Women Under Siege in Global Conflicts

From the shattered streets of El Fasher to conflict-scarred towns across Sudan, women and girls are enduring acts of sexual violence so brutal that they defy comprehension. Survivors describe ambushes at the

November 24, 2025

Africa·Culture

A Strategic Triad for the Future: Australia-Canada-India Forge a New Tech Alliance

In the rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape of the 21st century, alliances that combine economic power, technological innovation, and shared democratic values are defining the contours of global influence. At the G20 summit

November 23, 2025

Americas·Asia·Australia·Opinion

A Curiously Cordial Collision: Mamdani Meets Trump

The Oval Office played host to one of the more unexpected theatrical episodes of contemporary American politics: an encounter between President Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani, the freshly minted mayor-elect of New

November 22, 2025

Americas·Opinion

Saving the World From Itself: Why the UN Still Matters at 80

Dag Hammarskjöld once warned that the United Nations was never meant to deliver paradise—only to keep humanity from plunging into hell. As world leaders assemble for the 80th session of the UN

November 21, 2025

Opinion

Retiring to France? Don’t Forget Your Wallet

Record $2.2 Billion Haul: ChrysCapital Bets Big on India’s Growth Engine

Britain’s Diplomatic Fire Sale Risks Shrinking Its World Role at the Worse Possible Moment

Trump’s Venezuela Gambit: Guns, Talks, and Oil Dreams

The €140 Billion Question Europe Won’t Answer

Italy’s Google Deal Shows National Regulators Still Shape Europe’s Tech Crackdown

Women Under Siege in Global Conflicts

A Strategic Triad for the Future: Australia-Canada-India Forge a New Tech Alliance

A Curiously Cordial Collision: Mamdani Meets Trump

Saving the World From Itself: Why the UN Still Matters at 80

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