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Aimed at the growing number of young Chinese who live alone, a new app asks: Are you dead?

China TA | AP Insight - January 15, 2026.

In China, the names of things are often either ornately poetic or jarringly direct. A new, wildly popular app among young Chinese people is definitively...

Why authoritarian regimes view the EU as a threat?

EU Alberto Alemanno - January 15, 2026.

Make no mistake: despite the claims of US President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and their MAGA acolytes, the European Union is not in...

The impact of Trump’s winning streak

Politics Ferry Biedermann - January 15, 2026.

Things appear to be going very well for Donald Trump, going into the second year of his second term as US president. He has had...

Is Iran next on the list of allies Russia has abandoned?

Russia Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - January 14, 2026.

Vladimir Putin has yet to comment on the dramatic events in Iran, where his allies are facing the largest uprising since the victory of the...

Americans are not enthusiastic about US military engagement abroad

US TA | AP Insight - January 14, 2026.

More than half of U.S. adults believe President Donald Trump has “gone too far” in using the U.S. military to intervene in other countries, according...

Is the Fed's independence in its final days?

Finances Anne O. Krueger - January 14, 2026.

With US President Donald Trump once again ratcheting up pressure on the Federal Reserve, this time with a criminal investigation of Fed Chair Jerome Powell,...

UK heads for potentially unpopular choice on China’s super-embassy

UK Harvey Morris - January 14, 2026.

The UK’s China hawks are sharpening their talons this week as the latest deadline approaches for the government to make a thrice-postponed decision on Beijing’s...

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