On 29 September 2025 a multi-story musala (prayer space) collapsed at Pesantren Al-Khoziny in Sidoarjo, East Java, killing at least 61 people. A similar tragedy occurred again about a month later on 29 October, when the roof of a female student dormitory collapsed at Pesantren Syekh Abdul Qodir Jaelani in Situbondo, East Java, claiming the…
Stockholm has quietly become one of Europe’s most efficient capital-raising hubs. As The Economist recently observed, “Stockholm is Europe’s new capital of capital,” citing a surge in IPOs, deep private equity activity, and growing demand for Swedish corporate debt. For investment practitioners and institutional investors, the question is not simply why capital is flowing to…
Fortnite developer Epic Games says the account some people believed to be linked to Jeffrey Epstein is a “ruse.” In a reply on X, the developer writes, “an existing Fortnite account owner changed their username” to “littlestjeff1,” an alias spotted in several emailed receipts from YouTube in the Epstein files. The email suggests that “littlestjeff1”…
« When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” — Dr. Maya Angelou In March 2011, Donald Trump said on The View, “I want him to show his birth certificate. There is something on that birth certificate that he doesn’t like.” PoliticusUSA is not beholden to any political party or special interest….
We may receive a portion of sales if you purchase a product through a link in this article. There’s something oddly embarrassing about wearing red to dinner on Valentine’s Day. Maybe it’s the way a holiday outfit can feel too perfect (borderline costume-y) even though dressing to a theme is part of the fun. This…
Estonia and Singapore share striking similarities as relatively small nations with vibrant tech and startup scenes. Anchored in common practical values and perceptions, both countries excel in the digital economy, boasting robust startup ecosystems and a focus on cybersecurity. Strong government support and well-established networks The key drivers behind their appeal lie in strong government…
Javier Milei’s Davos speech marks a decisive break with a dominant political mindset: the belief that upholding and expanding political power justifies moral compromise and that political authority should be judged primarily by effectiveness rather than legitimacy. This “might makes right” logic was perhaps most coherently formulated as a political philosophy by the early modern…
On Monday, OpenAI launched Codex, an agentic coding tool marketed to software developers. Today, OpenAI also launched a new model designed to turbo-charge Codex: GPT-5.3 Codex. The company says that the model transforms Codex from an agent that can merely “write and review code” to one that can do “nearly anything developers and professionals do on…
Frank Clem, a pickleball pal of mine, recently put out the word that he was collecting whistles to deliver to the front lines of anti-ICE demonstrations in downtown Los Angeles, Highland Park, Pasadena and other locations. I was out of the country at the time, but shortly after I returned, I thought about Clem when…
After years of extreme drought, flash floods and overflowing rivers across the Maghreb are triggering unprecedented protective measures – the army and civil defense are coordinating the rescue of tens of thousands. Rabat – At the beginning of February 2026, the hydrological situation in northern Morocco worsened drastically. After a long dry period, intense rainfall…
