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The Limits of Prediction Markets

Economy Erin Lockwood - January 8, 2026.

In early December, Time magazine named the “Architects of AI” its 2025 Person of the Year. The lead-up to this announcement has always generated considerable speculation,...

Slow economic recovery playing havoc with German politics

EU Ferry Biedermann - January 8, 2026.

Germany is this year expected to technically break a three-year streak of economic stagnation but only with a meagre average 1 per cent growth forecast....

Seizures of tankers as a new instrument of US sanctions

Politics Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - January 7, 2026.

On the night between 6 and 7 January, an operation was conducted in the North Atlantic which, while technical in execution, marked a shift in...

Pope Leo XIV convenes cardinals and signals reforms ahead

Globalization TA | AP Insight - January 7, 2026.

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday opened a new phase of his pontificate by gathering the world’s cardinals to Rome and indicating some reform-minded priorities by...

How the Stock Market Could Sink Trump in 2026

Economy Desmond Lachman - January 7, 2026.

In a recent campaign-style speech, US President Donald Trump asserted that “the only thing that’s really going up, big, it’s called the stock market, and...

UK, Europe face fresh threat as Trump focus switches from Venezuela to Greenland

UK Harvey Morris - January 7, 2026.

A golden rule of British diplomacy is to avoid public disputes with the United States, with the proviso that it does not always work. The doctrine...

Tehran powerless to rein in the economic crisis that sparked the protests

Middle East TA | AP Insight - January 6, 2026.

Protesters angry over Iran's ailing economy conducted a sit-in Tuesday at Tehran's Grand Bazaar, witnesses said, with security forces ultimately firing tear gas and dispersing...

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