A week of news showing the UK economy is slowing has ironically yielded a positive for mortgage holders and the broader economy itself – borrowing […]
Month: January 2025
Lawyers for Navalny sentenced for passing along his letters
A Russian court on Friday sentenced three lawyers for the late opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny to as much as five and a half years […]
Lithuania vows to raise defence spending to 5-6% of GDP to combat threat from Russia
The Baltic nation’s announcement comes weeks after US President-elect Donald Trump said NATO allies should spend at least 5% of GDP on defence. ADVERTISEMENT Lithuania […]
The Dynamics That Polarise Us On Social Media Are About To Get A Lot Worse
Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced big changes in how the company addresses misinformation across Facebook, Instagram and Threads. Instead of relying on […]
French President Emmanuel Macron in Beirut to discuss support for Lebanon under new leadership
Emmanuel Macron’s trip to Lebanon, his first in more than four years, follows a 60-day ceasefire deal that aims to end the Israel-Hezbollah war. ADVERTISEMENT […]
Drug-Addicted Rats Eating Marijuana Kept As Evidence In US Police Station: Report
Rats have been found consuming drugs, especially marijuana, seized and stored by the Houston Police Department (HPD), Texas, leaving hundreds of cases vulnerable to destruction, […]
American Express agrees million-dollar deal to settle sales and marketing probe
The New York-based financial giant provided inaccurate tax advice to customers and potential customers on wire products mainly aimed at small and mid-size businesses, New […]
Goodbye TikTok, Ni Hao RedNote? + A.I.’s Environmental Impact + Meta’s Masculine Energy
Listen to and follow ‘Hard Fork’Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTube | iHeartRadio The deadline for TikTok to sell or to face a ban […]
How Elon Musk Is Elevating Trump’s Foreign Policy Of Deliberate Disruption
Donald Trump’s first term gave the world a taste of deliberately disruptive unwanted involvement in the domestic affairs of other countries, with examples ranging from […]
Trust issues? These are the professions Europeans trust the most and the least
Across 21 different professions, Europeans trust doctors and scientists the most. Meanwhile, politicians are the least trusted, despite a gradual increase since reaching a low […]