Starting January 2026, elections have already become headline news in multiple regions. In Uganda, the presidential and parliamentary vote on January 15 was overshadowed by an internet blackout and heavy …
Culture & Politics
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The United Nations was never meant to be loved. It was meant to be endured. Eighty years after its birth, the UN now exists in a strange limbo: too weak …
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Culture & Politics
How Much Global Trade Passes Through the Panama and Suez Canals?
by adminby adminIf global trade were a bloodstream, the Panama and Suez Canals would be its aorta and carotid arteries. They are tiny in size compared to the oceans they connect, yet …
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The Arctic was once the ultimate geographical dead end: an icy ceiling at the top of the world, locked away by permanent sea ice and brutal conditions that made navigation …
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Since late December 2025, Iran has experienced widespread protests stretching into January 2026. Demonstrations began among bazaar merchants and small business owners in Tehran over economic pressures, including a rapidly …
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From the very first sentence of his public proclamations, Donald Trump has framed his burgeoning U.S. control of Venezuelan oil reserves as if it were some sort of patriotic energy …
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Let’s dispense with polite framing: Americans woke up this week to a foreign policy no serious strategist would publish even in satire. After a dramatic U.S. military operation in Venezuela …
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Culture & Politics
X’Grok Sparks Outrage: AI‑Generated Sexual Images Flood X, Testing Platform Moderation
by adminby adminIf you thought AI sexual misconduct online was a fringe problem, guess again. Grok, the flagship AI from Elon Musk’s xAI built into the X social platform, has crossed a …
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Elon Musk is the embodiment of a modern corporate paradox: a billionaire cloaked in the language of innovation, freedom, and progress, yet repeatedly acting in ways that contradict every single …
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When you strip away diplomatic euphemisms and policy whitewash, the U.S.–Venezuela relationship comes down to three immutable facts: oil reserves, strategic hemispheric hegemony, and geopolitical signalling. The United States, whose …
