China is keeping Vladimir Putin’s war machine humming
Despite Western sanctions, China continues to export dual-use goods to Russia’s defense sector – including video game gear ...
Argentina’s pensioners are hit hard by Javier Milei's austerity measures, but protests are muted
Pensioners are being hit especially hard by the Argentine government's austerity measures, but the opposition is failing to ...
Scenarios for Europe, part 1: Salvaging what's left
What does Trump mean for European countries? In the first part of this three-part series, we look at a scenario of stagnation ...
Riches buried in the Sahara fuel a perilous gold rush
A gold rush has broken out in the Sahara in recent years. Thousands of young Africans are digging in the sea of sand with ...
Trump has fallen into Putin’s trap. He made three key errors
The U.S. President started the negotiations on Ukraine with high expectations, but he has achieved little. Now he has to ...
The Chinese assembly-line artists who copy van Gogh's sunflowers
Products that are seen as forgeries in the West are seen as «re-creations» in China, where the culture does not condemn ...
Behind the rise of the brutal Venezuelan gang that makes even the White House nervous
The Tren de Aragua gang rose from its origins in a Venezuelan prison to become one of Latin America's most dangerous criminal ...
Despite Trump's hopes, mining in Greenland still faces major challenges
Donald Trump claims that Greenland is a raw materials paradise. But despite its wealth of critical minerals, mining there is ...
Shell retreats from renewables but sees a green future
Shell is retreating from renewables and doubling down on fossil fuels – even as its own scenarios see a clean-energy future.
New measure of world's most «stable» countries offers surprises
A new global ranking postulates that a country's economic attractiveness should be measured not by its mere competitiveness ...
Mexico's president appears to have mastered the art of dealing with Trump
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum and U.S. President Donald Trump could hardly be more different. But her response to ...
The UAE's spy-in-chief is turning his country into a global AI power
Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan heads the UAE's spy services, and also manages investment funds worth $1.5 trillion. He has made massive global investments in the AI sector even as he arranges for ...