Reid Packard New York City, USA Attribution: Anders Krøgh Jørgensen from Unsplash Professional sport leagues may seem as though they only care about the competition and entertainment, as each individual team makes income directly. However, they are much more financially cognizant behind the scenes. In 2024, the NFL generated $22.2 billion in revenue, the MLB generated $12.8 billion, and the NBA generated $11.6 billion. Many fans believe that individual football teams benefit

Emir Can Aksoy London, UK Attribution: Igor Omilaev from Unsplash Artificial Intelligence, in the form of machine learning and deep learning, has transformed the field of modern medicine. In recent years, these technologies have been significantly involved in the analysis of healthcare data, the diagnosis of diseases, and the delivery of customized treatment interventions in the medical field.   Machine learning has traditionally provided the foundation for computer-assisted

Eleni Zampelis Maria Karystiannou. Attribution: Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Generic. Maria Karystiannou made her entry into Greek public affairs primarily as a moral authority instead of a political figure. After the Tempi train tragedy, she emerged as one of the leading advocates urging the government to take responsibility, not through party politics or ideological discourse, but by rallying public pressure and determination. Her credibility was rooted in her moral standing and

Jeremy Adu-Poku London, UK ICE agents, Minneapolis, 7 January 2026. Attribution: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 International. Minnesota is again discovering how quickly local tragedy can metastasise into national crisis. The fatal shootings of Alex Pretti and Renee Good—both involving federal immigration officers and both now under investigation—have unsettled Minneapolis and exposed deeper fissures in America’s approach to law enforcement, federal power and civic trust. These

Tommy Lin London, UK Stock Market Display Attribution: Wix The foundation of modern finance - derivatives markets, algorithmic trading, risk management - surprisingly rests on equations originally developed to describe pollen grains moving in water, a concept seemingly unrelated to finance. In 1900, thea French mathematician called Louis Bachelier wrote his doctoral thesis where he argued that stock prices move like particles in Brownian motion, following what we now call a c

Imaad Nasir London, UK The World Economic Forum 2026 in Davos. Attribution: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 International. Amidst the furore of the 2026 World Economic Forum, one speech stood out. Taking the world by storm, Canadian PM Mark Carney’s address recognised that an old-world order had finally been annihilated by confrontation, blatant self-interest and calculated aggression. Western-based analysts hailed the moment as epoch defining-a speech that would shock fellow

Parker Rodgers New York City, USA Image of Trump Attribution: Library of Congress from Unsplash As of 2025-2026, Americans are currently in interest debt of 1.23 trillion dollars.Interest rates are the price a bank charges to loan money, usually represented by a percentage. For example, if someone were to borrow 10,000 dollars at a 15% annual interest rate and were able to pay it off in one year, it would cost them 11,500 dollars. However, interests compound  as the years go

Eilidh Thomson  Rhode Island, USA Attribution: Rawpixel (via BPHawkeye), CC0 1.0 Universal. As New England celebrated a hard-fought AFC Championship win amid the snow in Denver, memes honoring Patriots quarterback Drake Maye began circulating before the final whistle. Fan accounts like drakemayelover , boasting over 350,000 Instagram followers, posted slides captioned “Fun Drake Maye Fact — He’s going to the Super Bowl” and “Three guarantees in life: death, taxes, and Drake M

London, UK. Nate Varga Von Kibed. America depends on Taiwan’s microchips to power its economy and military. It should defend the island that produces them. On a humid evening in Hsinchu, Taiwan’s tech capital, the hum of wafer etchers carries across the city. Inside one of TSMC’s immaculate factories, a young engineer watches CNN: another debate in Washington about de-risking supply chains. He sighs. For all the talk of resilience, he knows that the servers, cars, and fighter

Emir Can Aksoy London, UK Photo by Manuel on Unsplash Quantum computing has been around for a while. As a concept, it was first introduced in the 1980s by notable physicists such as Richard Feynman. In the following decades, innovation in the quantum realm led to the development of the first 2-qubit and 3-qubit quantum computers in the late 1990s. In the past 5 years, IBM has made a huge leap by opening the Quantum Computation Centre and Quantum System Two, representing their

Talia Branchmoore London, UK Annie Morris, London Studio, 2017. Attribution: James Petts, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Modern art is often criticised as simplified and purposeless, exemplifying society’s ability to over-analyse and give meaning where there is none. And the work of multidisciplinary British artist, Annie Morris, initially washed over me in the same contemporary wave. She creates large stacked spherical figures made with foam and cast in bronze which balance

Revolution Beauty’s unexpected decline has become the new textbook example of how reputational damages bleed into legal disputes and M&A devaluation. Irina Mechkarova London, UK Photo by Siora Photography on Unsplash The global success that is Revolution has seen faced a trajectory over the past decade that reveals how regulatory non-compliance, as opposed to general market volatility following the COVID travesty, led to its collapse. The brand, with its beloved products foun

Eilidh Thomson Rhode Island, USA Attribution: Isaac Davis, The Nubian Message, thenubianmessage.com , Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication As the application cycle for American higher education begins its tumultuous rollout for the graduating high school class of 2026, thousands of students will sign binding commitments to their favored institutions. While providing the surface-level appearance of comfort and confidence to these young adults, in reality, Early De

Dafni Tsimpre Athens, Greece Fasces motif, Sheldonian Theatre. Attribution: David Iliff, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Once you start noticing it, it’s everywhere. Pay attention to political debates, everyday conversations, and even online comment sections. The F-word is there: “That’s fascist! He’s a Fascist! It’s clearly fascism.” A word, an intricate concept, that was once specific to a detrimental political ideology, is now scattered like confetti to describe any group,

Imaad Nasir, London, UK Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and Pakistan Army Chief, 2017. Attribution: Saudi Press Agency, cc.spa.gov.sa , Creative Commons License On 17 September 2025, a relatively discreet development took place for an attention-consuming Middle East, yet it had remarkable implications for the geopolitical balance in the world’s foremost hotspot for conflict. In Riyadh, PM Shehbaz Sharif and Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman signed the Saudi-Pakistani Strategi

Jeremy Adu-Poku, London, UK Nobel Prize Medal (Anastasiya D / Unsplash) 10th October. Shortly after 11:00 local time, Jørgen Frydnes, chair of the Nobel Committee, fielded questions from journalists nestled amongst the hallowed halls of the Nobel Institute, Oslo. Extraordinary press coverage was reflective of how this year’s Peace Laureate election had become a cause célèbre, as President Trump sought to further eclipse his democratic predecessors. At long last, a journalist

Eleni Zampelis, Athens, Greece The National Assembly in Paris Charles de Gaulle's saying: "How can you govern a country that has 246 kinds of cheese?" was never actually about cheese. It was about the French paradox: a state whose cultural wealth is matched only by a reluctance to be governed. In 2025, this saying has tragically gone stale.  The French form a republic of cheese in the most lite

Reid Packard NYC, USA In 2026, the world's biggest sporting event will take place in North America. For the first time in its history, the FIFA World Cup will be hosted by three different countries: The United States, Canada, and Mexico. This World Cup will also be the largest to ever take place, with 48 teams competing in 16 different cities. In the past, the World Cup had taken place in one city with 32 teams competing. With the tournament being less than two years away, al

Sonia Rumfelt, New York, USA Photo by Raúl Mermans García  on Unsplash On May 8, 2025, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the...

Eleni Zampelis, Athens, Greece Photo by Robson Hatsukami Morgan  on Unsplash For years, South Korea wasn't just renowned for its...