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The Economist: Tariffs will spark retaliation, not a manufacturing renaissance
A doua eră Trump
The Economist: Tariffs will spark retaliation, not a manufacturing renaissance

Donald Trump’s pursuit of tariffs will make the world poorer—and America, too

Reuters: Hamas maintains control over Gaza's administration and security forces
Gaza post-conflict
Reuters: Hamas maintains control over Gaza's administration and security forces

Hamas maintains control over Gaza's administration and security forces. Israel faces dilemma with Hamas' entrenched power in Gaza. Ceasefire deal divides opinion in Israel, future peace uncertain.

The New York Times: For Decades, He Has Regretted Sending a Man Away for Life. Can He Fix It?
Justiție injustă
The New York Times: For Decades, He Has Regretted Sending a Man Away for Life. Can He Fix It?

Weakened by cancer and nagged by his conscience, a former Georgia prosecutor wants the courts to reverse the sentence he demanded for a man who didn’t physically harm anyone in his crimes.

The Guardian: Billion-dollar video game: is this the most expensive piece of entertainment ever made?
De două ori mai costisitor decât cel mai scump film din istorie
The Guardian: Billion-dollar video game: is this the most expensive piece of entertainment ever made?

How player-funded development launched a multiplayer game of galactic proportions – and costs – in Star Citizen

Vox: The bright side of TikTok’s downfall
Interzicerea TikTok
Vox: The bright side of TikTok’s downfall

The end of one wildly popular platform is a chance to overhaul the broken social media industry.

Foreign Affairs: Trump’s Threat to U.S. Intelligence
A doua eră Trump
Foreign Affairs: Trump’s Threat to U.S. Intelligence

Disruption and Demands for Loyalty Would Undermine National Security

G4Media: Cine este ”Doamna Raisa”, noul star TikTok după modelul Georgescu, promovată de Realitatea Plus
Conspiraționiști și suveraniști din România
G4Media: Cine este ”Doamna Raisa”, noul star TikTok după modelul Georgescu, promovată de Realitatea Plus

Instigare la moarte, obsesie pentru arme, cultul personalității lui Putin, conspirații despre evenimente cu impact emoțional major

The Daily Beast: From President to Divine Protector? Putin Elevates Himself to New Heights With Godly Rebrand
Putin, unsul Dumnezeului pravoslavnic
The Daily Beast: From President to Divine Protector? Putin Elevates Himself to New Heights With Godly Rebrand

The Russian leader shocked Kremlinologists by asking the country’s top priest “to engrave his own initials” on chains for the crosses worn by soldiers.

The Insider: Afgantsy Redux
Rusia a finanțat atacuri teroriste împotriva SUA
The Insider: Afgantsy Redux

How Russian military intelligence used the Taliban to bleed U.S. forces at the end of America’s longest war

The Atlantic: The New Rasputins
Călin Georgescu, profet al „noului obscurantism”
The Atlantic: The New Rasputins

Anti-science mysticism is enabling autocracy around the globe.

MIT Technology Review: 10 Breakthrough Technologies
Tehnologie
MIT Technology Review: 10 Breakthrough Technologies

What will really matter in the long run? That’s the question we tackle each year as we compile this annual list. We can’t see the future, but we expect these technologies to affect our world in a big way, for decades to come.

Associated Press: Inside Bashar Assad’s detention centers, where ‘death was the least bad thing’
Dictatura din Siria
Associated Press: Inside Bashar Assad’s detention centers, where ‘death was the least bad thing’

As tens of thousands disappeared over more than a decade, a blanket of fear kept the Syrian population silent. People rarely told anyone that a loved one had vanished for fear they too could be reported to security agencies. Now, everyone is talking. The Associated Press visited over half a dozen of these facilities in Damascus and spoke to nine former detainees, some released on day of Assad was ousted.

The New York Times: Do You Believe in Life After Death? These Scientists Study It.
Cercetări științifice
The New York Times: Do You Believe in Life After Death? These Scientists Study It.

Is reincarnation real? Is communication from the “beyond” possible? A small set of academics are trying to find out, case by case.

The Economist: Cancel culture in Ukraine
Odessa sau Odesa?
The Economist: Cancel culture in Ukraine

What happens in Odessa will shape what kind of country Ukraine becomes

Foreign Affairs: America Needs a Maximum Pressure Strategy in Ukraine
Războiul din Ucraina
Foreign Affairs: America Needs a Maximum Pressure Strategy in Ukraine

Trump Must Gain More Leverage to Bring Putin to the Negotiating Table

The Economist: Jimmy Carter was perhaps the most virtuous of all America’s presidents
Moartea lui Jimmy Carter
The Economist: Jimmy Carter was perhaps the most virtuous of all America’s presidents

The humble peanut farmer who went to the White House died on December 29th, aged 100

1843 Magazine: The strange case of the disappearing football team
Echipa de fotbal dispărută în Transnistria
1843 Magazine: The strange case of the disappearing football team

Nine young men left Ivory Coast to play professional football in Europe. They ended up in the surreal world of Transnistria

The Atlantic: How Liberal America Came to Its Senses
Sfârșitul mișcării Woke?
The Atlantic: How Liberal America Came to Its Senses

The period of left-wing illiberalism that began about a decade ago seems to have drawn to a close. The final cause of death was the reelection of Donald Trump.

PressOne: Investigație PressOne în Congo, la compania militară privată condusă de Horațiu Potra. Sute de „romeos”, recrutați de Potra din Armata Română, Forțele Speciale și Jandarmerie
Mercenari români și extrema dreaptă neo-legionară
PressOne: Investigație PressOne în Congo, la compania militară privată condusă de Horațiu Potra. Sute de „romeos”, recrutați de Potra din Armata Română, Forțele Speciale și Jandarmerie

La sfârșitul lunii august 2024, am mers în Congo, la Goma, unde am stat 3 zile cu militari români și congolezi. Printre ei era și Horațiu Potra șeful uneia din cele două companii private militare care acționează acolo. Potrivit informațiilor obținute de PressOne, Potra și primii români au ajuns în Goma în urmă cu doi ani.

The Atlantic: The ‘Mainstream Media’ Has Already Lost
Mass-media în epoca post-adevăr
The Atlantic: The ‘Mainstream Media’ Has Already Lost

The newspapers and networks of the 20th century are ceding ground. And the people taking their place aren’t playing by the same rules.

The New York Times: How Notre-Dame Was Reborn
Catedrala Notre-Dame de Paris
The New York Times: How Notre-Dame Was Reborn

It took about 250 companies, 2,000 workers, about $900 million, a tight deadline and a lot of national pride.

Foreign Affairs: AI Weapons and the Dangerous Illusion of Human Control
Inteligență artificială
Foreign Affairs: AI Weapons and the Dangerous Illusion of Human Control

America Must Let Autonomous Systems Operate More Freely in War

Al-Monitor: US-allied Syrian Kurdish woman commander: ISIS poised to carry 'fight to new level'
Statul Islamic rămâne o amenințare
Al-Monitor: US-allied Syrian Kurdish woman commander: ISIS poised to carry 'fight to new level'

As Islamic State militants reportedly made advances in Syria on Thursday, the commander in chief of the Women’s Protection Units warned in an exclusive interview that the group’s plans included taking “over entire villages.”

PressOne: Securiștii din spatele mișcării suveraniste încearcă să facă bani cu titluri de stat vechi de 100 de ani și aplicații de dating
Securitatea lui Ceaușescu în România post-comunistă
PressOne: Securiștii din spatele mișcării suveraniste încearcă să facă bani cu titluri de stat vechi de 100 de ani și aplicații de dating

Reacția Dianei Șoșoacă: „Sunt în rugăciune la Sfântul Andrei”