December 2025

“Made For Germany” Is History: Covestro Caught In The Waves Of The Sell-Off Submitted By Thomas Kolbe Abu Dhabi’s state-owned energy giant ADNOC has acquired nearly all shares of German chemical powerhouse Covestro. Germany is gradually losing its strategic position in critical industrial sectors. The sell-off is accelerating. Remember the big media spectacle “MADE FOR […]

The Dutch Are The Most Likely To ‘Borrow’ Their Neighbor’s WiFi According to data collected by Statista Consumer Insights, 16 percent of Dutch online respondents said that they mainly access their internet at home via their neighbor or landlord’s wireless connection. As Statista’s Anna Fleck shows in the chart below, this is double the rate of people in

Over €325 Million In Fraudulent Welfare Benefits Support Illicit Gang Networks In Sweden; Report Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, A Swedish government review has found that thousands of people linked to gangs in Sweden have been drawing income from the country’s benefits system for years, creating what authorities describe as a reliable, legal-looking

Alcohol Consumption In The US By The Numbers In the U.S., alcohol consumption remains widespread, with nearly half the population aged 12 or older reporting that they consumed alcohol within the past month. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist’s Niccolo Conte, explores the scale of drinking behavior across America, including how many people drink, binge drink,

Putin Might Soon Clinch A Large-Scale Labor Migration Deal With Modi Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Putin will visit India late next week to meet with Modi for their annual summit, the first time that the Russian leader will travel to India since the special operation began, his last one being in December 2021. Aleksei Zakharov, a Fellow at India’s