When President Donald Trump warned that federal funds could be “re-evaluated” for New York City following Zohran Mamdani’s landslide victory as mayor-elect, it sounded at first like familiar bluster. But…
Rachel Reeves’s “Settling-Up Charge”: An Exit Tax With Real Teeth, And Real Risks.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is said to be weighing a “20% settling-up charge”, effectively an exit capital-gains tax on business assets, aimed at people who cease UK residency and move to…
“State, Settlers, And The Slow Erasure Of The West Bank”
At first light on Saturday, Israeli forces mounted coordinated raids across the occupied West Bank, from the Old Askar refugee camp in Nablus to Nur Shams and Far’a refugee camps…
Maduro’s Last-Ditch Play: An Investigative Deep Dive Into Caracas’ Scramble For Weapons As U.S. Power Piles Into The Caribbean.
The public story is straightforward: the United States has moved the region’s largest concentration of naval and airpower in decades toward Venezuela’s doorstep, saying it’s fighting drug trafficking. The secret…
HMRC’s Christmas Crackdown: Double Tax Bills, Frozen Child Benefits, And The Return Of Bank Raids.
As winter tightens and household budgets strain, Britain’s tax authority has plunged tens of thousands of people into confusion, anger, and fear. From “double-billed” savers to families wrongly stripped of…
Trump Orders Resumption Of U.S. Nuclear Testing: A Strategic Shock.
WASHINGTON, USA, Oct. 30 — In a dramatic pivot, U.S. President Donald Trump announced via Truth Social that he has instructed the Pentagon to immediately resume testing U.S. nuclear weapons,…
“A Pause That Kills”: How Israel’s “Resumption” Of The Ceasefire Became A Tactical Cover For Renewed Bombing Of Gaza.
A U.S.-brokered ceasefire that took effect in October 2025 has been punctured repeatedly. Between 28–30 October, a fresh wave of Israeli airstrikes, including more than ten attacks around Khan Younis…
England’s Hospices Are Dying: Inside The Collapse Of End-Of-Life Care.
Across England, the places meant to offer peace and dignity in death are themselves dying. Hospices, long hailed as the backbone of compassionate end-of-life care, are closing beds, laying off…
“A Measured Response” Or Testing The Truce? Israel Kills 104 In Gaza As U.S. Insists The Ceasefire Will Hold.
The overnight bombardment that killed at least 104 Palestinians, dozens of them children, on October 29 is not an aberration. It is the latest, most violent example of a pattern…
“A Band-Aid On A Broken System”: Inside The UK’s Shift To Military Barracks For Asylum Accommodation.
The decision by the Home Office to house roughly 900 male asylum seekers in two military sites, Cameron Barracks in Inverness (≈ 300) and Crowborough Training Camp in East Sussex…
