How the US plans to leave Europe holding the bag if Russia eyepoking ends up badly.
Read more...Agrochemical and pesticide giants like Bayer and BASF are pushing for weaker action on harmful chemicals and climate goals.
Read more...Economists’ comparisons of incomes make social democracies look bad by not attributing value to government healthcare and cheap college.
Read more...The European Court of Justice has just dealt a major blow to Facebook’s approach to users’ data.
Read more...Austria is the first country to go full lockdown after the introduction of the Covid vaccines…and at a higher vaccination rate than the US.
Read more...All elements of McDonaldization, such as heavy reliance on poorly paid casual workers and standardization, operate at German universities.
Read more...Post Brexit Britain is not doing at all well, and things are not going to take a turn any time soon.
Read more...The English gas boiler as a microcosm of Anglosphere elites’ inability to come up with realistic carbon reduction schemes.
Read more...Many Brexiters see Article 16 as a ‘get out of jail free’ card for the Northern Ireland protocol. Here’s why they’re wrong
Read more...On the Great Vampire Epidemic and other elements of vampire backstory.
Read more...A perspective from the Global South on the end game for growth.
Read more...Boris Johnson is expected to eyepoke the EU by reneging on the Norhtern Ireland protocol, presumbly to distract from domestic shortages.
Read more...FIFA has floated a proposal to hold the football World Cup every two years rather than every four. Will the overall effect be a positive one for Fifa’s income?
Read more...Top international vaccine experts contend current evidence does not support a need for boosters for the fully vaccinated general population at this time and recommending instead directing doses to previously unvaccinated populations.
Read more...A new Iran gas find has the potential to supply 20% of Europe’s needs. But its pricing and delivery will be coordinated with Russia.
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