A swim for unity at Bondi Beach, the site of Sydney’s darkest day. Yet on land, tensions are rising.
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Year: 2025
I took my kids to Lapland on the Santa Claus Express, but would we actually get to meet Santa?
Christmas was just days away, and Helsinki was buzzing with festive spirit. We wandered through the Tuomaan Markkinat in Senate…
Donald Trump promised a new ‘golden age’ for the US economy. So where is it?
Moments into his second term, Donald Trump was unequivocal in his inaugural address. “The golden age of America begins right…
My weirdest Christmas: I was flirting with my crush like crazy when a huge wave came out of nowhere and ruined everything.
Christmas in Barbados is different. Forget snow and scarves—we do Christmas in flip-flops, sweating through church services and pretending to…
Each year, the “word of the year” seems to take on a darker tone. While “six-seven” might be irritating, it has actually broken that pattern.
What connects the word “vape,” the crying-laughing emoji, and the phrase “squeezed middle”? It’s not just a clever crossword clue…
The 100 Best Male Footballers in the World for 2025
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Top UK Films of 2025: Number One – One Battle After Another
Paul Thomas Anderson’s countercultural drama-thriller One Battle After Another, inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s novel Vineland, remains a formal puzzle that…
The 50 best albums of 2025: No. 1 – Rosalía: Lux
On paper, Lux sounds more like a challenging bonus round on University Challenge than a new album from a pop…
Europe has lost all credibility in the Middle East. To regain it, the path forward lies in Syria, Iraq, and Lebanon.
A year after the fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, the country’s new president, the former jihadi fighter Ahmed al-Sharaa, spoke…
Like MAGA disciples’: Meet the Trump allies causing a stir in Europe.
When your goal is to “help Europe correct its current trajectory” because it is “weak,” “decaying,” and facing “civilizational erasure,”…