I took my kids to Lapland on the Santa Claus Express, but would we actually get to meet Santa?
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Moments into his second term, Donald Trump was unequivocal in his inaugural address. “The golden age of America begins right…
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The 100 Best Male Footballers in the World for 2025
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When your goal is to “help Europe correct its current trajectory” because it is “weak,” “decaying,” and facing “civilizational erasure,”…
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…
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When holistic practitioner Emma Cardinal, 32, became pregnant in May 2023, she planned to have a home birth with midwives.…