From Store of Value to Paper Claim: Why Currency Isn’t Money?

Anyone with even a minimum level of financial literacy (the kind you get after surviving one dinner conversation with your accountant uncle) should know that Harry Browne’s good old-fashioned Permanent Portfolio is the financial equivalent of...

Reading South America

Commentary Arthur Dash 53 Minutes Ago Debbie Jacob - DEBBIE JACOB CURRENT EVENTS often call for a good book that can provide an in-depth analysis of an issue. Take, for instance, the US decision to challenge Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and...

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales: ‘The EU is making some disastrous ­missteps over the regulation of speech’

The internet entrepreneur talks to Adrian Weckler about his new book, the dangers of European laws on hate speech, being on texting terms with Elon Musk but wanting ‘Twitter’ to go out of business, and having no regrets about not making billions...

MoS Margherita signs Book of Condolences, pays tribute to Thailand Queen Mother Sirkit at Thailand embassy in Delhi

New Delhi [India], October 31 (ANI): Union Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita paid solemn tribute by signing the Book of Condolences at the Thailand Embassy in New Delhi on the passing of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, the Queen...

No longer a Prince or a duke: What all has Britain’s Andrew lost? What benefits does he keep?

He was born a prince — into a life of royal privilege as the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II. However, on Thursday (October 30), Britain’s King Charles III stripped his younger brother Andrew of his royal titles, including prince, and ousted...

German Progressives Raise the Specter of the Far Right

“Everything that comes from the far right is a factor of division!” The phrase sounds almost like a mantra from Mao’s Little Red Book, and it would almost be laughable if its author were not one of the most influential prelates in Germany:...

Europe’s Top Fighter Jet: Eurofighter Surpasses 600 Typhoon Deliveries

The Eurofighter consortium has reached a new milestone, delivering over 600 Typhoon fighter jets to customers out of roughly 800 ordered. This was reported in an official Airbus document. According to the report, 613 Typhoons had been delivered as...

Palestinian scholar who wrote iconic book on Zionism reflects on the Gaza genocide and our duty to history

Originally published in Arabic in two volumes in 1977 and 1986, the esteemed Palestinian scholar Sabri Jiryis’ Arabic-language History of Zionism, is now available for the first time in English as The Foundations of Zionism. Released on October 7,...

'Stop Killing Games' Campaign Closes in on Getting EU Regulators to Intervene

The Stop Killing Games campaign is gaining momentum overseas, with organizers closing in on verifying enough signatures to allow them to go before the European Commission. "Stop Killing Games is a consumer movement started to challenge the...

Spain’s emeritus king on his undeclared fortune: ‘It was a gift I did not know how to refuse. A grave mistake’

Juan Carlos de Borbón, who reigned as King of Spain for nearly 39 years, is back in the public eye just weeks before the 50th anniversary of the Spanish monarchy. It may seem unusual, but the former monarch has decided to give a few interviews to...

‘I knew I needed help. I knew it was over’: Anthony Hopkins on alcoholism, anger, Academy Awards – and 50 years of sobriety

Anthony Hopkins in 2017. Photograph: Sebastien Micke/Paris Match/Contour/Getty Images‘What’s the weather like over there?” asks Anthony Hopkins as soon as our video call begins. He may have lived in California for decades but some Welshness...

From Kyiv to Paris – How a New Course Traces Ukraine’s Royal Footprints Across Europe

Ukraine’s story does not begin with modern borders. Long before the word “Europe” took on its current meaning, the rulers of Kyivan Rus – the powerful medieval state centered in Kyiv – were shaping dynasties, ideas, and alliances that reached far...

Former King Juan Carlos of Spain Makes a Dig at Daughter-in-Law Queen Letizia in New Book By Meredith Kile

NEED TO KNOW King Juan Carlos, the former monarch of Spain, revealed a "disagreement" with his daughter-in-law, Queen Letizia, in his upcoming memoir The former King writes that the wife of his son and successor, King Felipe, "did not help to...

Where will France go? Interview with La France Insoumise

First published at Meer. In the nine years since its founding in 2016, La France Insoumise (LFI) has become the leading left formation in France, with its current parliamentary representation at 71, ahead of the traditional parties of the left,...

Brussels readies ‘European Democracy Shield’ for online platforms

117The European Commission plans to require the largest online platforms to help detect and counter “hybrid threats” under a proposal due in November. The measures would expand existing obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA) and form a...

Spain’s Poverty Problem

Spain’s Socialist-led government claims to have reduced socioeconomic inequality to “historic lows.” In some respects, this seems to be true. Spain currently scores 31.2 on the Gini income inequality index, down from 31.5 in 2023 and 33 in 2021....

Osmond drilling extends its stretch of prospective EU critical minerals

Drilling has extended the prospective strike of mineralisation at Osmond Resources’ Orión EU critical minerals project. Pic: Getty Images Osmond Resources maiden drilling has extended prospective strike of rutile, zircon and monazite Holes extend...

Conservative Harvard student magazine is shut down after publishing article laced with Nazi rhetoric

CAMBRIDGE – A conservative magazine at Harvard University was suspended by its board of directors Sunday amid scrutiny over an article published in September that closely resembled the rhetoric of Adolf Hitler. In its September print issue, the...

The Best Time to Visit France for Outstanding Food and Fantastic Weather

France has a magnetic pull for many travelers, myself included. In fact, I’ve been to France three times in just the last 18 months, including a river cruise, a romantic trip to Paris with my husband and a journey through the Vallee de la...

Europe’s regulatory framework for hydrogen: What lies ahead for the industry?

The 2024 Gas and Hydrogen Package constitutes the largest legislative development in the European gas market in over a decade. Member States now have until mid-2026 to translate the provisions of the Hydrogen Package and its Directive into...