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2025 US Economy: No Recession, But the Squeeze Is Real

Growth is positive, but paychecks lag behind prices. Inside the two-track 2025 U.S. economy.

The Pocket Panic: How Early Smartphones Are Rewiring Teen Minds

Tech

The Pocket Panic: How Early Smartphones Are Rewiring Teen Minds

New NIH data links early smartphone access to a four-fold spike in teen depression, prompting fresh calls for industry reform and delayed adoption.

Kosovo Votes: Snap Election Aims to Break Year-Long Deadlock

Kosovo Votes: Snap Election Aims to Break Year-Long Deadlock

Kosovo’s snap election draws record turnout as voters seek to break a year-long political stalemate that has stunted EU talks and economic growth.

Brigitte Bardot Dies at 91: The Final Curtain for France’s Most Famous Rebel

Brigitte Bardot Dies at 91: The Final Curtain for France’s Most Famous Rebel

Brigitte Bardot, the French screen siren who turned international sex symbol into a lifelong crusade for animals, has died at 91 in her Saint-Tropez home.

Ballots Amidst the Barrage: Inside Myanmar’s War-Torn Election

Ballots Amidst the Barrage: Inside Myanmar’s War-Torn Election

Myanmar’s junta stage-managed an election as gunfire echoed nearby, offering voters only military proxies and threatening dissenters with jail.

2026 Social Security Overhaul: What 70 Million Americans Must Know Before January Hits

Finance

2026 Social Security Overhaul: What 70 Million Americans Must Know Before January Hits

Four major Social Security changes—COLA tweaks, fixed paydays, higher tax thresholds and optional paper statements—take effect January 1, 2026, affecting 70 million Americans.

Inside Myanmar’s ‘Election’: Ballots Amid the Bombs

Inside Myanmar’s ‘Election’: Ballots Amid the Bombs

Yin Paung Taung’s school-turned-polling site reveals how Myanmar’s election unfolded under military guns, with voters coerced, opposition absent, and bombs falling upcountry.

Ballots Amidst Bullets: Inside Myanmar’s Wartime Election

Ballots Amidst Bullets: Inside Myanmar’s Wartime Election

Myanmar’s military stages nationwide polls while civil war rages, turnout plummets, and rebels deride the exercise as wartime propaganda.

Exclusive by Design: PlayStation Veteran Argues Console Exclusives Still Drive the Industry

Tech

Exclusive by Design: PlayStation Veteran Argues Console Exclusives Still Drive the Industry

Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden says exclusives remain the heartbeat of console sales, even as multi-platform releases gain speed.

Mercury: The Planet That Shouldn’t Exist

Science

Mercury: The Planet That Shouldn’t Exist

Fresh data from the upcoming BepiColombo mission suggests Mercury’s oversized iron core defies planetary formation models, forcing scientists to rethink how close-in worlds are built.