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Italy emerges as Europe’s new magnet for the ultra-rich
ROME (Realist English). Italy is attracting a wave of ultra-wealthy individuals, lured by its investor-friendly policies, expanding real estate market...
Dalio warns Trump’s America risks 1930s-style autocracy, debt crisis
LONDON (Realist English). Hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio has warned that the United States under President Donald Trump is drifting...
World’s top central bankers warn of demographic crisis
JACKSON HOLE (Realist English). At the annual gathering of leading policymakers in Jackson Hole, the heads of the Bank of...
AI boom mints record number of billionaires, reshaping global wealth
SAN FRANCISCO (Realist English). The artificial intelligence surge has created dozens of new billionaires in 2025, marking one of the...
Geopolitical shocks erased $320bn in global corporate profits since 2017
LONDON (Realist English). Political and macroeconomic instability has wiped out more than $320bn in profits for the world’s largest public...
Microsoft lays off 830 employees in Washington as part of broader job cuts
SEATTLE (Realist English). As part of its latest global restructuring, Microsoft has cut 830 jobs in Washington state, affecting staff...
‘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...
Bezos’s Venetian wedding: a manifesto of new feudalism
VENICE (Realist English). When Jeff Bezos rents half of Venice for a $50 million wedding, it is more than the...
America’s richest gain $365 billion as GOP tax plan faces backlash over inequality and rising debt
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Despite economic volatility and growing national debt, the 10 richest Americans increased their wealth by $365 billion...
Taiwan fears US weapons use in Iran could aid China
TAIPEI (Realist English). Taiwan has raised concerns that extensive US use of long-range cruise missiles in the war involving Iran...
Strait of Hormuz disruption sends shockwaves through global trade
LONDON (Realist English). Escalating military tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are rapidly disrupting global shipping and energy markets, as...
Iran war puts Vice President JD Vance in difficult political position
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The ongoing war with Iran has placed US Vice President JD Vance in a politically sensitive position,...
Hormuz crisis reshapes global tanker market as shipping routes collapse
LONDON (Realist English). The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the escalation of the Iran war has triggered...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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