Scandal: the only export that never needs a customs form. From Tokyo boardrooms to Timbuktu town halls, humanity’s most reliable GDP booster is the sudden, lurid implosion of someone else’s reputation. While economists fuss over trade balances and exchange rates, the true international currency remains the gasp, the leaked document, and the hastily deleted tweet….
Wednesday, 17 September 2025, 03:14 UTC – While the rest of the planet keeps sleepwalking toward its next geopolitical migraine, the stars have apparently convened an emergency Zoom call to issue marching orders to 8.1 billion unpaid interns. From the smog-blurred balconies of São Paulo to the neon-hazed rooftops of Seoul, the same cosmic fortune-cookie…
GLOBAL SMACKDOWN REPORT: The Planet’s Weekly Recap of Who Got Owned, Who Got Lucky, and Who Still Owes Us Rent By Dave’s Locker Foreign Desk ZURICH—If you squint hard enough, every news cycle looks like an over-booked wrestling card: the same tired gimmicks, the same surprise run-ins, and a commentary team pretending the outcome wasn’t…
