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Gen Z alcohol consumption rises as boomers cut back, challenging industry assumptions
LONDON (Realist English). The study, which surveyed more than 26,000 consumers across the world’s 15 largest alcohol markets, found that...
Read more‘Squid Game’ finale asks: What is left of our humanity?
SEOUL (Realist English). As Squid Game approaches its final, blood-soaked chapter, the show’s masked Front Man offers Player 456 a...
Read moreLabubu mania propels Pop Mart into global toy elite
BEIJING (Realist English). A palm-sized, scruffy-looking elf has turned Pop Mart, a Beijing-based toy company, into a global phenomenon. The...
Read moreRussian office workers spend up to four hours daily on routine tasks, study finds
MOSCOW (Realist English). Office employees across Russia spend up to four hours a day on routine work, according to a...
Read moreDavid Beckham set to receive knighthood in King Charles’ Birthday Honours
LONDON (Realist English). David Beckham, one of Britain’s most iconic footballers and global public figures, is expected to be knighted...
Read moreAI deepfakes of Pope Leo XIV surge online, exposing gaps in platform safeguards
ROME (Realist English). AI-generated videos and audio clips of Pope Leo XIV are proliferating rapidly across social media, drawing millions...
Read moreJapan’s birth rate falls below 700,000 for the first time, deepening demographic crisis
TOKYO (Realist English). The number of babies born in Japan fell to an all-time low in 2024, dropping below 700,000...
Read moreHealthcare flashpoint: Obama sounds alarm on Republican plan
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Former President Barack Obama has issued a rare public warning about efforts by Congressional Republicans to significantly...
Read more81% of Japanese view Trump’s return with concern, not optimism
TOKYO (Realist English). A new survey conducted by Kyodo News reveals that 81% of Japanese citizens feel “more anxious than...
Read moreUNICEF: UK ranks low on child happiness and health
LONDON (Realist English). The United Kingdom has been ranked 21st out of 36 high-income countries for overall child wellbeing and...
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Sheaito Moussallam: Iran is the main obstacle to Greater Israel
BEIRUT (Realist English). The Middle East today is an echo of exploding bombs, diplomatic dead ends, and dozens of contradictory interpretations...
‘Capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy’: Larry Fink on inequality, AI and the evolution of markets
NEW YORK (Realist English). Larry Fink, founder and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investment company with $14 trillion in assets...
Maria Nikiforova: Young people of the liberated territories are waiting for peace and justice
MOSCOW (Realist English). Maria Nikiforova, an expert on youth policy at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian...
155 billionaires vs. 150 million people: Zyuganov on the social catastrophe in Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov presented the pre-election program "Victory...
UAE boosts production bypassing OPEC, but oil prices rise
MOSCOW (Realist English). Leading researcher at IMEMO RAS, Candidate of Historical Sciences Stanislav Ivanov has analysed for Realist English the possible consequences of...
Kurdish Genocide: From the Ottoman Empire to Erdoğan — a Chronicle of a Century of Terror
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Crimes against the Kurdish people have not been isolated episodes but have been carried out by successive Turkish...
Will Trump and Xi Agree on a New World Order?
BEIJING (Realist English). Relations between the United States and China in May 2026 can best be described as an “armed...
Pentagon withdraws troops from Germany: minus 5,000 soldiers in Europe and cancellation of a missile battalion
BERLIN (Realist English). On 2 May, the Pentagon officially announced the withdrawal of 5,000 US troops from Germany over the next...
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