From day one, tech platforms like Uber, Airbnb and Deliveroo made the deliberate strategic decision to ignore regulations all over the world with the explicit intention of establishing sector-dominating monopolies, all the while claiming they were disrupting them.
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Once considered a drug for the elite, cocaine has become widespread across all social classes. On the market, a gram—which cost €100 in 2015—now sells for around €60, while its average purity has risen from 49% in 2013 to 73% in 2023. Purer, cheaper, and more widely available: the combination is explosive. We trace the path of the white powder from Colombia to France.
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According to a recent report from Europol, the nature of organised crime in Europe is fundamentally changing, making it more entrenched and destabilising than ever before.
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On the 30th and 31st July 2026, nearly 80,000 people attempted to cross into Ceuta from Morocco. At least 141 drowned. Months later, Ceuta remains mired in a humanitarian, social, and political crisis.
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The USA has left the WHO, the Trump administration has announced billions of cuts to medical research programmes, and the Secretary of Health is a notorious anti-vaxxer. Right now, it’s best not to get sick in America. Particularly as the healthcare system there is already largely failing.
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The sanctions have failed. A Russian “ghost fleet” is now sailing the world’s oceans. According to several studies, these ships account for nearly 10% of the global fleet. Invisible, constantly changing their identities, and operating on the fringes of international law, these tankers circumvent sanctions and secretly fuel the Kremlin’s war economy.
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In the past five years, over two trillion dollars have been invested in AI with roughly 75% going into US companies like Anthropic or OpenAI. But to date, there is still no viable business model for all this investment. Is the AI bubble about to burst?
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Going for a swim at a public pool. Rinsing off in the shower before getting dressed in a locker room stall. And then realising you’re being watched. Worse yet, filmed without your knowledge.
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In a ravaged Palestine, power is fragmented among three opposing forces: a weakened Hamas in Gaza, the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, and a “technocratic committee” appointed by Donald Trump, which is meant to oversee post-war governance, security, and reconstruction in the Gaza Strip. Stuck at the gates of the enclave and contested by all, this new player reveals a global battle to decide who will govern the Palestinians.
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